Post ur 1cc times

[BobbyNewmarkiii]

The news that Caladrius seems to be 'only' 20 minutes for a play through got me thinking, how long are some of my favorite games? I've got a rough idea of how long my few 1cc's took, but never thought to time them.

So, please time 1cc's for shmups of your choosing and post your results here. It may also help to add comments on loops, tlb's alternate routes etc.

I hope to post a few myself - good luck and enjoy!

[Vamos]

Not sure if serious?

[Friendly]

Not sure if serious?

[wariomona]

Not sure if serious?

But actually I'd be more interested in how long it took from 1st credit ever to the 1cc but probably no one times those things.

[KAI]

Haruna Downhill
KAI - 3:26:957 - DC2 - AT

Sector times:
Checkpoint 1 - 0:40:720
Checkpoint 2 - 1:29:491
Checkpoint 3 - 1:57:096
Checkpoint 4 - 2:32:991
Checkpoint 5 - 3:00:723

ups, wrong forum.

[CptRansom]

But actually I'd be more interested in how long it took from 1st credit ever to the 1cc but probably no one times those things.

Pretty sure we already had that thread. Very recently. It's probably only a few pages back, but I'm too lazy/apathetic to look for it.

[Kollision]

five min for scramble

[BobbyNewmarkiii]

Wholly serious.

If I remember correctly, CAVE suggested you use their Bug Timer app to time your runs. Suggest it would be interesting to see how long 1cc's take, so get posting, Bitches!

[Zaarock]

Wholly serious.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45208

[BobbyNewmarkiii]

Wholly serious.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45208

That is not what I'm asking at all, numpty. It is wholly irrelevant to what I posted.

I don't think I could have phrased it much more clearly, but for the particularly retarded forum members - I am asking how long (in minutes and seconds) it takes to 1cc a game from pressing the start button to finishing the final level or killing the TLB - all in one go. This is not about learning the game or anything like that - simply what is the playtime for a 1cc run of a particular game.

For example:

DDP DFK 1.5 - 23 minutes 19 seconds (standard route, no TLB, no loop)

[AntiFritz]

Oh ok, well that makes more sense then.

I generally prefer shorter games to longer ones myself. I've been playing a lot of hellsinker recently. While I haven't 1cc'd it yet, I have been playing short mission because I find the Full Sequence Order mode simply too long (its roughly 45 or so minutes long). The game's not an overly hard game either so it just becomes a test of endurance.

I quite like what Deathsmiles does, it doesn't have a second loop but has the potential to be a much longer game, if you choose to do both extra stages (doing both adds another 20 mins or so to the game). I think it's a good compromise between having a single loop 25 minute game, and a much longer two loop game (with loop one ending up as a chore to play though each time).

I don't record footage of any sort so I can't tell you how precisely how long my times are for anything.

[O. Van Bruce]

Calling forum members retarded...

An 1cc takes what it needs to be completed. There is nothing more to it. You can control some monutes more, some minutes less by playing one way or another but that's not controlling the game, thst's just playing it in one of the many ways the game was intended to be played (there are, of course, some exceptions)

[BobbyNewmarkiii]

Calling forum members retarded...

An 1cc takes what it needs to be completed. There is nothing more to it. You can control some monutes more, some minutes less by playing one way or another but that's not controlling the game, thst's just playing it in one of the many ways the game was intended to be played (there are, of course, some exceptions)

And yet you still don't seem to get it.

Thank you AntiFritz, so Hellsinker full play through would be c.45 mins.

[Zaarock]

derp, confused your post with wariomona's for a minute.

Looking at timings from scoring replays in Hellsinker it's about exactly 60 minutes long. If doing no boss milking it's probably 10 minutes faster. @AntiFritz: I guess you could call it a test of endurance but you can literally get hit over 40 times and still 1cc which is crazy. a death will generally cost less than 2,000 score as well so it's not too punishing. Short mission just skips three stages so it's about 20 minutes faster.

Space Invaders Infinity Gene XBLA/PSN version was about about 75 minutes for me, can be longer if you do boss milking. afaik continuing doesn't affect the length much. Only game I really timed because going for the 1cc felt like a chore at the time because of the length.

Would be cool to have more shmups that can really be played for speed.. right now only kingdom grandprix and cloudphobia come to mind. Always thought there should be more shmups that try something with manual scrolling speeds.

[BobbyNewmarkiii]

I remember getting thoroughly bored by Blastworks on the Wii which just never seemed to end, and getting the same feeling from Infinity Gene on iOS.

[AntiFritz]

Wow, hellsinkers 60 minutes? I suppose it would be considering the last time I played full sequence I didn't get far into segment 8 (so the time for the stage + 2 bosses wasn't included).

[O. Van Bruce]

Wow, hellsinkers 60 minutes? I suppose it would be considering the last time I played full sequence I didn't get far into segment 8 (so the time for the stage + 2 bosses wasn't included).

60 minute when you are sxoring because a big part of the score consist on milking (?)

[AntiFritz]

Wow, hellsinkers 60 minutes? I suppose it would be considering the last time I played full sequence I didn't get far into segment 8 (so the time for the stage + 2 bosses wasn't included).

60 minute when you are sxoring because a big part of the score consist on milking (?)

sxoring? What?

EDIT: Oh scoring, well I suppose so. I've never looked into hellsinker scoring at all.