[1cc] R-Type (Arcade) - 1-ALL (1 Life Clear)

Описание: Fun and famous game by Irem.

The two main difficult things in this game are:
The fact that you have to remember which weapon you're supposed to use at which part, and whether your force (the spinning thing) is supposed to be behind or in front of you, as it's pretty difficult to switch it from front to back position (or the opposite) in the middle of a fight. The force is extremely important because it will protect you from most shots, some parts are pretty much impossible if you don't have it where it should be.
The fact that you pretty much have to clear the whole game with one life. Sure it's possible to survive for a while after a death, but the game is quite stingy when it comes to upgrades and killing the final boss without being at full power is extremely hard. I think that if you die somewhere after stage 4 it's pretty much over when it comes to powerups, but I may be wrong.

First loop went fine. A few spots in my strat were rough around the edges and maybe I played a bit too risky sometimes, but overall it worked fine. You pretty much have to know the game by heart anyway. Not necessarily every enemy spawn point but the strategy to use, because one mistake will simply kill your run.
I didn't make it far into the second loop because I went blind into it, as my objective for now was a 1-ALL. I used my loop 1 strat but after a while it stops working (in this case, because of some sturdier than usual enemies), and after my first death it was the downward spiral. Looking back I played pretty sloppily against the second boss, but anyway, I don't think I would have recovered in stage 2-3 or 2-4 (especially considering that I didn't know what to expect).

It's a pretty good game and it's easy to see why it became a classic, it's nicely paced, with nice music and a cool art direction. Also, throwing your force, switching it from front to rear or vice-versa is very satisfying for some reason.

Maybe I will try to get the 2-ALL in the future, I made quick progress in this game, but for now I have other plans.

0:00 - Stage 1
2:42 - Stage 2
4:45 - Stage 3
6:26 - Stage 4
8:23 - Stage 5
10:19 - Stage 6
12:41 - Stage 7
15:35 - Stage 8
18:08 - Stage 9 (2-1)
20:34 - Stage 10 (2-2)