I CAN CLEAR THIS? Share the shmup that you want to 1CC but..

[copy-paster]

And then another game that I want to 1-sissy is Strikers 1945, yeah even I cleared these sequels the first one still tough to beat and the bullets swings faster, I only get far to stage 4.

[Strikers1945guy]

And then another game that I want to 1-sissy is Strikers 1945, yeah even I cleared these sequels the first one still tough to beat and the bullets swings faster, I only get far to stage 4.

First one is balls to the wall awesome in the later stages. You should watch Plasmo's 1CC on youtube its quite good. Psikyo stuff in later stages is just heavy memorization as the bullets are so god damn fast.

[royalfan84]

Currently working on Battle Garegga....which is a wonder because their are many many easier 1cc games I haven't even came close to mastering....yet something about Garegga pulls me in and keeps me coming back....currently making it to stage 5 Mk.2 boss more and more- while gaining a couple extends along the way. Seem to have met a wall....gonna be awhile on this one. Also been hammering away at DFK 1.5 here and there....getting better at the lazer wheels...my achilles heel so far.

[Zeether]

I want to try 1CCing Raiden II but my main issue is getting through stage 1 unscathed, for some reason every time I try to pointblank the first walker boss it kills me? I'm not sure why because the turret doesn't turn to do the spread attack but it acts like I smacked into the turret.

1) Make sure you're running latest MAME
2) Stay around the top of the turret (where it should shoot the aimed shot at you once it turns). The other side of it has bullets shooting out in a four-way pattern that will count as hits if you're too close to them.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, is there some weird thing in the older versions of MAME where the game is listed as working? Just wondering because I have a MAME Plus! build from right when the Seibu drivers got fixed.

[Squire Grooktook]

I think a 1cc of Dangun Feveron is something I might manage soon.

Stage 4 I find harder then most of Stage 5 for some odd reason. Stage 5 I can improvise through 90% of it on one life, but stage 4 requires an extremely strict route to get through without being walled I find.

[Lobinden]

I am trying to 1CC Axelay, but stages 4 and 6 require very precise routing, that I am still screwing up on.

[BPzeBanshee]

1) Make sure you're running latest MAME
2) Stay around the top of the turret (where it should shoot the aimed shot at you once it turns). The other side of it has bullets shooting out in a four-way pattern that will count as hits if you're too close to them.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, is there some weird thing in the older versions of MAME where the game is listed as working? Just wondering because I have a MAME Plus! build from right when the Seibu drivers got fixed.

Haze did a few collision fixes after it was given the green light so to speak and I remember having the same issue with the boss beforehand. There was a LOT of intermediate builds most of which I was doing the compiling for which might be what you have so better to be safe than sorry.

[city41]

Stage 4 I find harder then most of Stage 5 for some odd reason. Stage 5 I can improvise through 90% of it on one life, but stage 4 requires an extremely strict route to get through without being walled I find.

I find stage 3 is harder than 4 in Espgaluda, and stage 4 is harder than 5 in ESP Rade. Maybe it's a Cave thing?

[Squire Grooktook]

I am trying to 1CC Axelay, but stages 4 and 6 require very precise routing, that I am still screwing up on.

Funny, I think the game requires barely any memo. I picked it up for the first time in ten years (hadn't beaten it since I was a kid) a while ago and made it up to the final boss on improv.

The game is more about mastering your weapons then learning the stages. Never pick anything but Vulcan and Macro Missile for your armaments. Straight weapon doesn't really matter much since they all kinda suck ('cept for Wind Laser which is decent, but you don't get that till the end) compared to the other two slots. You can deal with everything in the game with good Vulcan manipulation and Macro Missile aim.

[Lobinden]

I am trying to 1CC Axelay, but stages 4 and 6 require very precise routing, that I am still screwing up on.

Funny, I think the game requires barely any memo. I picked it up for the first time in ten years (hadn't beaten it since I was a kid) a while ago and made it up to the final boss on improv.

The game is more about mastering your weapons then learning the stages. Never pick anything but Vulcan and Macro Missile for your armaments. Straight weapon doesn't really matter much since they all kinda suck ('cept for Wind Laser which is decent, but you don't get that till the end) compared to the other two slots. You can deal with everything in the game with good Vulcan manipulation and Macro Missile aim.

I have been using the Vulcan, but I didn't know that the Macro Missile was the best one. I'll keep that in mind.

The bulk of the game doesn't require much memo because the game is pretty generous with extends (and the fact that you can get shot multiple times before dying), but there are certain parts in stage 4 and stage 6 where if you don't know what's gonna happen, you're probably gonna crash. Then again maybe I just suck.

I did make it to the last boss, and now I know where Satazius got its last boss design from lol.

[Squire Grooktook]

I think I can agree with all that. There are a few traps in that stage you might want to know about.

And yeah, Macro does insane single target damage. It's your go to for boss and beefy enemy slaughtering.

[pegboy]

In Axelay I honestly think the Cluster bomb is the best weapon for stage 4,5 & 6, it becomes even more apparent in later loops. It's the most devastation weapon damage wise and from all of my testing it's the ONLY way to survive stage 6 (the chomper part specifically) without dying in later loops. It's also the only weapon that allows you to counterstop the game on the final boss if you so choose to try (don't hold you breath, it would take something like 12 hours to do).

Here's my weapon picks for each stage:
Stage 1 & 2: Straight Laser, Round Vulcan, Macro Missile
Stage 3: Needle Cracker, Round Vulcan, Macro Missile
Stage 4 & 5: Needle Cracker, Round Vulcan, Cluster Bomb
Stage 6: Wind Laser, Round Vulcan, Cluster Bomb

Here's my video clearing hard and very hard if you want to see how I use them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jFsGTuXdFs

[Noid]

Raiden IV on the PS3. I played it a bit about a year ago, but was no good at it. I really need to sit down and practice it. I'd like to get the platinum eventually.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Rapid Hero - this game is really easy to memorize since so many boss attacks are static/aimed, but for whatever reason I haven't been able to actually beat this yet.

R-Type Leo - I can reach the section before the final boss... and then lose all my lives. The giant enemies that stomp around are really difficult for me.

Kaikan - I've actually 1CC'd this as Type A, but I really wanted to try and get a good score on this, but damn if I ever suck at the scoring. It feels so easy to drop chains, even with Type D's screen busting flamethrowers. I just can't stand it playing this for score, and it makes me feel kinda like there's something wrong with me.

Guwange - The first Cave PCB and first game I ever played on a candy cab. I'd like to really clear it if only for nostalgia's sake, but it's quite tricky!

I haven't been able to clear Futari 1.5 Original despite playing it on and off for weeks. Every time I play a credit I find 6 new ways to die. I don't know what's wrong with me.

I always find my clears come when I mentally force myself to bomb much earlier rather than take risks with dodging. If I get in the mindset of "I'm not allowed to die unless I have zero bombs left" it's much easier for me to progress in a game, even if that means bombing at points where I might have occasionally gotten through. It's way too easy to hoard your bombs thinking you'll use them at the boss, only to lose them all!

[Shepardus]

It's way too easy to hoard your bombs thinking you'll use them at the boss, only to lose them all!

Or what I'm often guilty of - "I'm almost got enough for Break Mode / Hyper / Supernatural Border / 30-second Boost count, I'll just survive a bit longer until-" *BOOM*

[Stevens]

I always find my clears come when I mentally force myself to bomb much earlier rather than take risks with dodging. If I get in the mindset of "I'm not allowed to die unless I have zero bombs left" it's much easier for me to progress in a game, even if that means bombing at points where I might have occasionally gotten through. It's way too easy to hoard your bombs thinking you'll use them at the boss, only to lose them all!

I've gotten better about this the longer I've played.

Since I've picked up SDOJ I rarely die with bombs in stock. Not to say I haven't died..I've died quite a lot:D

[Kollision]

Star Force
NES

I gave up, maybe one day I'll get back to it

[Gamer707b]

Man, all this Axelay talk is making me want ti fire up my SNES. This was the first shooter I beat. I love it. For me personally , the 16 bit shooters are priceless. Ahhh, takes me back.

[KoopaTGR]

I cleared the JP version of DonPachi

So now a few other shmups I've think I can clear are:

Batsugun (original ver.) - This is like a proto DonPachi, so who knows

Hyper Duel - Made it to the last stage before.

Storm Blade - Same as above.

[finisherr]

For DOJ I would just recommend watching some No-MISS runs of stage 4. Figure out why some of those routes work. Have them in your head. Then, save right before level 4 starts and keep drilling that level. You'll get it.

Stage 4 really is tough though. I still only No-Miss it if I get lucky a few times through it. I almost always eat it once I get to those sliding crane things.

[city41]

Four times now I have beaten Espgaluda with one continue where I just need the first life of that continue for about 2 seconds. So frustrating! When I'm mere seconds away from getting the 1cc I get so nervous

I've also been playing lots of DDP DOJ and man, that game is making me way better at Galuda.

[Obscura]

For DOJ I would just recommend watching some No-MISS runs of stage 4. Figure out why some of those routes work. Have them in your head. Then, save right before level 4 starts and keep drilling that level. You'll get it.

Stage 4 really is tough though. I still only No-Miss it if I get lucky a few times through it. I almost always eat it once I get to those sliding crane things.

The key to the crane-turrets is to stay off the bottom of the screen and go entirely around around the blue walls, rather than trying to go through that gap in the center or trying to slide between them. Since they spread as they go down the screen, going low means trying to micro-dodge through it, which usually means dying or bombing, but if you stay high on the screen, they won't take up as much space.

(Staying high on the screen to make macro-dodging everything easier is good advice for a lot of DOJ, actually.)

[Chaos Phoenixma]

staying high on the screen is a good idea in general. Makes restreaming stuff in games a lot easier in general. Obviously it doesn't apply to all games, but it works well in a lot of stuff.

[JBC]

A wise man once said I could make Undead Line my bitch.

But... I have yet to do so.

[Jonst]

Ibara. I should also put this in the late realisations thread. I will never clear this game.

[Blinge]

You've said similar before Jonst..

As for me, Bakraid is looking real tempting right now. For the trilogy!

[Jonst]

Maybe, but I feel done (for now). Going back to Garegga following the info you shared...

Bakraid is a piece of piss, even i cleared it! (Although you'll probably go for advanced course right after normal) which you will also get

Edit: I'm drunk and feeling weird... But bakraid is easy...

[Stevens]

I approve of this weekday drunkeness.

Got a Cave title out of the way since my last post here, will add Progear someday soon.

An ALL of Under Defeat still eludes me. I haven't been played it in a few months, but I started playing it again this weekend with that bourbon fueled cornucopia of DC shooters. That particular game comes flooding back to me within a credit or two so I know I can get away with playing only a couple of credits a week.

Haven't ran PG since Saturday, but have been spending more time with Fast Striker Maniac. It's not easy, but it is easier than the last time I played it.

I'm going to run these three in rotation and see what happens.

[Jonst]

Cave title out of the way Stevens??

Ah, under defeat is in your blood man... I've been toying with the idea of going back to it, but will try Garegga again first...

I love that you're so loyal to dc shooters!... Fast striker maniac would be a cool clear... That progear has got to be soon though.

[Stevens]

Yeah - got it a few months after that post. November 15' I want to say.

I love that you're so loyal to dc shooters!... Fast striker maniac would be a cool clear... That progear has got to be soon though.

I feel FS is under appreciated in general. Original is fun and easy enough for anyone to get into and maniac reminds me a bit of DDP with its chaining and focus laser. I made it to the guardian on three or four credits, but am still obviously a ways off from a clear.

One minor gripe though - dying via suicide bullets when you get the joker because the bullets are fucking cloaked by that asshole.

Omake is great too, I love that there are no pick ups:D