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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition
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Was playing rtype last night. I can get as far as level 5 on 1 continue, but man, that 2nd half of level 5 is something else!
Must have continued 20 times trying to beat the boss. Not even close! I'm sure there's some strategy and I could look at videos or something, but that's cheating
Brought me back to when games were rock hard, gradius pops into mind. And I've heard that gradius 3 takes the biscuit0 -
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Stage 5 is just straight up shooting. Ripple laser works really well. For the boss just keep moving and concentrate on dodging rather than damage.
Stage 6 is when it gets insane. It's pure memorisation and it's where I give up on 1 credit. Stage 7 is a ****ing nightmare especially if you lose your force power up.
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Retr0gamer wrote: »Stage 5 is just straight up shooting. Ripple laser works really well. For the boss just keep moving and concentrate on dodging rather than damage.
Stage 6 is when it gets insane. It's pure memorisation and it's where I give up on 1 credit. Stage 7 is a ****ing nightmare especially if you lose your force power up.
If you die before the boss you'll only be able to pick up an option and missiles though, starting from the halfway point.
That boss isn't easy to dodge! It can get you in a corner and then it's all a hail Mary
The boss is moving, the blobs are shooting toward you, and then the blobs track you for a second shot... Will give it another shot tonight
Had a look there at a video, yeah its a breeze with all power ups. Try doing it without them!0 -
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It's mostly about not panicing and remembering that staying alive is more important than doing damage. Once you get him down he isn't the worst but I've never felt comfortable fighting him as I've gotten to him before and had runs spectacularly killed by his cheap shots too many times.
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Retr0gamer wrote: »It's mostly about not panicing and remembering that staying alive is more important than doing damage. Once you get him down he isn't the worst but I've never felt comfortable fighting him as I've gotten to him before and had runs spectacularly killed by his cheap shots too many times.
Man, I beat that mofo last night, only picking up two speed powerups. Went on and on and on!
Those old school shooters are a different breed from the patterns of bullet hell shooters like ikaruga. Everything is directly aiming for you. Theres nothing to "learn" really, and without power ups its like playing a different game. Thunder Cross is like that too, cruising until you lose all your options! Need to get Gradius 3 :P
Theres so many independently moving things coming at you from different angles, pretty sure I looked like this last night...
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Playing Alien 3 on the Mega Drive. Nothing special, the time limit gives it a good challenge but then trying to find the exit is a pain in the ass. Got to level 5 I think, almost half way.
I find once you get past the second set of stages the game gets a lot easier.... and a lot more boring as the set dressing is way more generic.
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Got as far as level 4 a few times on Air Buster (I'll get back to r-type!), Introduces a great little gimmick I haven't seen before!
When you get to space, your controls are changed, like a zero gravity thing. So if you move up, your ship continues moving up on its own until you change direction again. So you never stop moving. Cool little twist, adds another layer of difficulty on top.
Also the music from that level is cool, but standing with your head near the speakers of an arcade cabinet makes everything sound better anyway
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