The longest you have played a single shooter (total).

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:50 am

God knows HOW long on GigaWing. Probably about 60-70 hours.

A little more than 30 hours on Trizeal, in the first month! Then I stopped playing. 8D

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:54 am

The shooter i've practiced on the most was s1945II, easily 150 hours. But that was mainly spread over 6months. (played for 3 months, stopped then started playing again) Im not into mammoth gaming sessions. After 1hrs play i need a break for at least an hour, i seem to just lose interest and after an hour i start playing sloppy and need a breather.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:14 am

On R-Type... dunno, but I'd guess 50+. Was addicted to the Spectrum version upon it's release, ploughed a lot of time into the C64 version when I switched machines, started again with the Amiga version, and then on to MAME/PS1 R-Types. Been playing it quite constantly since it's release, and still only 1cc'd the thing a handful of times.

I'd guess around 20 hours each for DonPachi, DoDonPachi and Giga Wing 2, and Shiki 2 is rapidly gaining play time.

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:41 am

So far I guess the <50 hours people are more fans of old school shooters?

no way. 15 years with Raiden I+II should speak for themselves.

Thats a little hard for me to say, as I don't count time by the "hours". I judge it by years.

same here.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:22 pm

I got 12 hours at once one time

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:33 pm

Silvergun I'm in about 27 hrs but I can see me hitting 50-100 hrs over this year.

Ikaruga played about 25 hours, but i have spent most of it on stage 4! must get back to the old girl, try and chain some more.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:36 pm

sadly, i have never dedicated myself to any one shmup. so my biggest clock probably hovers around 15-20 hours (this is probably ESPgaluda or Dodonpachi). problem is none of this has been "dedicated" play, so my performance is still rubbish.

PFG 9000 · Post by **PFG 9000** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:45 pm

I've only been into shooters for some two years or so, and only really dedicated for about six months. Going off of my memory of the total time logs on my memory cards, here's my breakdown, more-or-less:

Gradius IV (PS2): 34 hours
Gradius III (PS2): 27 hours
Gradius V: 31 hours
R-Type Final: 14 hours
Shikigami no Shiro 2 (PS2): 12 hours

Ikaruga, Gradius Gaiden, and several others are distributed across so many memory cards that I can't gauge an accurate total, but it's probably between 15-20 hours apiece...mostly 2-player mode.

Of course, if you count non-shmups, I've easily got over 200 hours apiece in Doom, Castlevania: SotN, and Alien Vs. Predator for the Jaguar.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:52 pm

I also have no idea...

But I think the shmup I most played is Aleste 2 (MSX)... I've finished it more than 50 times for sure....

elbarto · Post by **elbarto** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:52 pm

100+ easily on both Parodius Da (been playing since '92) and Oshaberi Parodius (average run 1hr+). I'd rather not think about what the actual amounts for each game are..

Gradius 2, 3 and Gaiden must easily be over 20 hours as well.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:08 am

about 250 hours on rtype to finally 1cc it (1st loop +) on 1 life.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:06 am

About 20 hours with Armed Police Batrider (1CC'd it after 7 hours, raised my score with a half a million after another 5, no progress after that).

About 50 hours of Garegga. I'm stuck at this one, just can't seem to get any further.

Layer Section. I dont' know, a lot of time. Maybe 50 too.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:18 am

The line between the pretenders and asocials has been drawn.

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:47 am

Rob wrote:The line between the pretenders and asocials has been drawn.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:17 am

I didn't think it was that bad.

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:21 am

I thought it was funny

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:50 pm

In terms of consistence, 300 hours or something on Border Down, over 1 year and 4 routes (but easily 150 on D route). Other titles are surely at 100+. I wouldn't consider the extra hours on random plays are truly worthwhile, to some extent. At any case, i'd also about 250 hours on Rayforce and Raystorm.

Not a pretender, i suppose (hence, no

from me ), but not an asocial though, i go out and socialize, i swear

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:03 pm

I'm not antisocial. Most of my playtime is spent in the hours between midnight and 4am, which is after work and before bed. I socialise any other time I have available.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:51 pm

raiden wrote:I thought it was funny

I did too. And I don't mind being a pretender FOR NOW. I mean, have I really earned the right to be anything else?

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:46 pm

That's a fallacy. I'm a hermit and I'm still shit.*

I'm not one of these people who keeps track of the time either, but I have around 100 hours on Ikaruga and R-Type Final. Bizarre really, I'm not especially fond of either of them. I'm not sure if many others have clocks that I could check. Lately I spend most of my time on MAME (teh thief)!

Been playing Gradius 2 and 3 fairly regularly for well over a decade, so I think we'd be talking about 300-400 hours there (each? Scary thought). Recently I've spent a few weekends playing Tatsujin 2, Shikigami no Shiro 2 , DonPachi, Change Air Blade and Psyvariar, probably about 15 hours each there...

I'm probably forgetting all of the games that I really spend time with, because I have a head like a sieve. Sorry!

* Just kidding, I slay all the poseurs.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:51 pm

Games I haven't 1CC'ed yet:
Guwange: ~15 hours
Border Down: ~10 hours
Ikaruga: 35 hours
Giga Wing 2: ~30 hours
Shikigami no Shiro II: ~30 hours
Radiant Silvergun: ~10 hours

Games I have 1CC'ed:
Progear no Arashi: 150+ hours (4 months of playtime)
Armed Police Batrider: ~75 hours (1 month of playtime)
ESP Ra.De: 200+ hours (2 years of playtime, on-and-off)
DoDonPachi: 300+ hours (3 years of playtime, on-and-off)

BR1 · Post by **BR1** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:46 pm

MAME keeps the stat

And several hours on the PCB.

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:05 pm

I have about 180 on Gradius V right now and I still can't 1CC it

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:06 am

Hmm... my mame install doesn't seem to have recorded anytime for me.

Do you have to be using the GUI for it to work? (which would explain it for me as I use a front end).

I'd really like to know how much time I've put into some of the games.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:44 am

More than a hundred hours on Raystorm, Mars Matrix, Darius Gaiden, G-Darius, Gradius Galaxies, Pulstar, and Blazing Star. For sure.

BR1 · Post by **BR1** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:45 am

landshark wrote:Hmm... my mame install doesn't seem to have recorded anytime for me.

Do you have to be using the GUI for it to work? (which would explain it for me as I use a front end).

I'd really like to know how much time I've put into some of the games.

View->Customize Fields

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:38 pm

I think by the time I reached 55 hours counter in TFV I was able to reach the end boss at master difficulty without losing continues...

that one and Super Alester were the ones that grabbed me the most.

Of course, lots and lots of hours at R-Type Final, but just for unlocking purposes and not in legit ways...

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:43 pm

i've got 30+ hours clocked into Ikaruga.

also, 40+ hours in R-Type Final.

also, (might as well mention it, even though it's not a shmup) 50+ hours clocked into Chaos Legion. (needless to say, everything is maxed out. EVERYTHING.) and 30+ hours in Fatal Frame. (insert the same parenthesis-enclosed comment here)

Salem Witch Trials! · Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:00 pm

110 on ikaruga.

100-ish on DDP. (My MAME says 60, but on all computers ever, probably 90-100)

About 45 on Gradius V. I need to play this game again. Its been too long

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:49 pm

Hi all,

I don't know why but most of shmups bore me exactly at 17h. The most I played for a shooter is 37h for Radiant. Otherwise I own too much shmups (IMO) to play them competitively.

I think my playtime will be crushed with Mushi though.

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The longest you have played a single shooter (total).

Longest time spent on 1 shooter?