This was the first video game I ever got as a little 5yr old kid, I could never get past lvl 2 so to see you do such a great job is awesome to me, way to go Arcus!!
@dangaiden
2 жыл бұрын
same here bud, grew up watching my dad playing this game and when I tried it was impossible for me...now I try and lvl 2 as well 🤣 what a nostalgic music!
@theriverofgordon1470
2 жыл бұрын
Took me about 32 years off and on to beat this🤣
@mozpatton
2 жыл бұрын
Horrific to think the same thing happens when you visit the real life Easter Island.
@woody6856
2 жыл бұрын
Haha
@VintageMidiMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Arcus does not need the Konami code, that much is clear.
@alphonseblackwood2930
2 жыл бұрын
Loved gradius 3 on snes. Made it my mission to beat it on hard mode when I was younger. Never got the chance to play the original though. Nice run Arcus!
@cjxj2202
2 жыл бұрын
Gradius 3 was amazing.
@AboveEmAllProduction
2 жыл бұрын
It was bad because it had massive slow down unplayable
@StreborKram
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I’d have been throwing my controller around the room. That level of chill is a sight to behold.
@forgiveman
2 жыл бұрын
The music in this game is awesome.
@MrFatsluttytone
2 жыл бұрын
Although I agree, the classical music in Gyruss on NES beats it.
@FrankIsDoingThings
2 жыл бұрын
A lot of good clunks in this one. Nice video, Arcus.
@virtualcolt
Жыл бұрын
I love how you flex by petting your cat while you play. You're awesome man.
@stest2935
2 жыл бұрын
I remember it took me way longer than 11 minutes and 1 life to pass this game back in the late 80s. Probably because I chose the laser option instead of the ceiling shots. Still one of my favorite plane shooting game.
@MrFatsluttytone
2 жыл бұрын
Witnessing Arcus ace Gradius makes me ask myself why I even try. 🏆
@citizenstranger
2 жыл бұрын
that defeatist. him doing so well should push you to do better. 🧐
@TheJadeFist
2 жыл бұрын
Personally I've only ever made it to the 2nd level like once. These are the type of games you have to actually get good at and that requires time and motivation.
@shane1489
2 жыл бұрын
Still amazes me an early NES game could be this hectic without much slowdown at all
@taemien9219
2 жыл бұрын
There's definitely slow down going on especially with alot of sprites on the screen. But the NES handles it well by being consistent. So its not stuttering. It'll also start alternating sprites shown per frame so that it can fit more. Which is why you see things flash occasionally when alot is going on.
@ProxyEarthVideo
2 жыл бұрын
sometimes i get on youtube and don’t know whether to watch michael jordan do slam dunks, marshawn lynch absolutely demolish the field, or watch Arcus just eviscerate the entire catalog of NES games. mash mash mash and clunk
@petventures
2 жыл бұрын
What amazing graphics for an 8 bit game
@zackschilling4376
2 жыл бұрын
You should check out Gradius 2 on the Famicom if you haven't yet, its an amazing game. We never got it in the West cuz Konami made a special cart for it and in the US, only Nintendo made the cartridges so if your game need a special mapper chip or whatever (look at the Famicom's version of Contra with the moving backgrounds, mini maps and cut scenes inbetween levels, all which need a special chip ), you were S O L. Also check out Crisis Force for Konami's mastery of the 8-Bit NES/Famicom. Amazing shooter!
@Graterstuuf
2 жыл бұрын
Such a chill run.
@jetkey885
2 жыл бұрын
I remembered beating this game without ever dying once as a fifth grader. It was hard and took weeks but once I beat it, the game seems easier as I beat it again and again just to prove to my brothers that I'm that good at playing the game. My brothers had more joy watching than playing. My kids these days with their free-to-play games, the times had changed.
@Mheyos
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Arcus Ara you the real DARYL ? Great things from Paris ❤️
@yousefslimani99
2 жыл бұрын
and I played this game over and over again and never get bored of it
@Canadas_Very_Own
2 жыл бұрын
The Easter Island level used to kick my butt all. The. Time.
@moltenhotmedia1048
2 жыл бұрын
You have the focus of a laser beam and the reflexes of a panther.
@dariobong8184
2 жыл бұрын
I finished it only one time when I was 15th years old. Very cool how you plaied, thank you
@sleeptime5464
2 жыл бұрын
just for clarification, he collected power-ups until the "?" power-up is highlighted. then got the thousands digit of his score to 0 then collected another power-up to receive turbo fire. To activate the warp to stage 3, you must destroy each of the four hatches that appear on this stage when the thousands digit of your score is even. Of the four hatches, three are on the lower portion and one is on the upper portion. To activate the warp to stage 5, you must destroy 10 or more Moai statues. Use missiles to destroy bottom lying faces, and double-shot or options to destroy top lying faces so he didn't get the lazer on purpose because he doesn't need it the thing that i don't understand is that he keeps shooting when its lagging.. and this is a speed run.. won't the game run faster if he stops shooting?
@IvanOdintsoff
2 жыл бұрын
I would never be able to track all this lol
@710jameson8
2 жыл бұрын
The bosses make it lag
@wsmith4
Жыл бұрын
I remember back in 95 I was able to do this in less than 8 minutes. Of course back then we didn't have ways to capture it.
@AbominusRules
2 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how this and Life Force were almost exactly the same
@AlexanderQuinn1
2 жыл бұрын
I used to play this game back in the day when I was 8, but iv never seen skills like this !!
@caseyhayes4590
2 жыл бұрын
this game is nuts audio/visuals for how early it was in US NES release dates.
@HaYaTo_LogresJPRPG
2 жыл бұрын
U r the Legend Of Famicom 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@ZeroHourProductions407
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, seeing arcus *not upgrading immediately* with the pickups was really getting to me, even if he knew what he was doing for this run. Still impressive to see.
Maybe I can't remember properly since its been over 25 years. But I believe I did the warp to skip the 2nd stage while I had option, shield, and Lazer then I skipped 4 as well by destroying the faces on 3rd stage. I always thought it was because I destroyed the bosses so quickly not because of a specific pattern
@bezerker99
2 жыл бұрын
🤠🚀🕹️ Nice job, Arcus~ The Force is definitely strong with you, my friend
@Deezo187
2 жыл бұрын
This is cool to watch I have been playing the arcade version on switch its super hard! Love it!
@francyszz3
2 жыл бұрын
oh good, so muy memories with this classic, I had cartridge with the Konami code already activated so that made easy beat the game for me
@eyefreely9682
2 жыл бұрын
Geez I forgot about this one.
@chaseman94
2 жыл бұрын
4:26 - I've been playing this since I got my NES back in 1989 and I never knew this or the various tricks performed throughout the rest of this game.
@davidmarshall2399
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man I've been wondering when you'd do gradius.
@derekdavidson6738
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that you didn't use the laser much. I use it the whole way until stage 7 when I switch to double. Also, I get over the top of the tentacles in stage 5 and use the missiles...always seemed easier. In stage 3, if you get your options angled down to the left as you go past the faces, you'll kill them and defend against the bubbles. Love this game
@sleeptime5464
2 жыл бұрын
he had auto fire
@spiritnexus999
2 жыл бұрын
I never even beat this game and you killed it in under 12 minutes...
@norbertovalle7928
2 жыл бұрын
My hero
@yeaandsowhat5213
2 жыл бұрын
Arcus is a g
@yousefslimani99
2 жыл бұрын
My Childhood Game
@kenpatner
2 жыл бұрын
I don't see an Arcus Lifeforce speedrun. None?
@casucasueq4479
2 жыл бұрын
Love this game. ♡♡♡♡♡ If you like this game I'd also recommend Lifeforce for the 8 bit nes & Vanguard for the Atari 2600.
@kenkobra
2 жыл бұрын
Was this the same that said "F you" at the top when you paused it?
@volvoguy804
2 жыл бұрын
First game I played on my flip-phone.
@POINTS2
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! And... Clunk!
@Jexel999
2 жыл бұрын
Ur def the man !!! Klunk!
@FantasyYeet
Жыл бұрын
Ninja gaiden guy!!!
@TowMater603
Жыл бұрын
in all my years , i beat this game once ! once....and i am in my 40's. lol i could never beat Gradius 2 though. i tried and tried.. but nope.
@rncbmx2456
2 жыл бұрын
Dude you better take your ninja Gaiden record back
@superduty2023
2 жыл бұрын
Tito tapped!!!!!!!!!!
@Blueniter
2 жыл бұрын
Arcus have you heard someone just beaten your record on Ninja Gaiden 1 NES Your time 11m 38s 067ms The new world record holder 11m 37s 833ms TheRetroRunner
@kens976
2 жыл бұрын
I watched both retros and Arcus ninja gaiden runs and Arcus runs were much smoother at the beginning. Retros run almost resulted in a death by the leap of faith bird jump and another spot where he pressed jump and it didn't jump. So there is definitely room for improvement. Arcus, you can do it.
@besotoxicomusic
2 жыл бұрын
Sooo, does speedrunning a shooter like this amount mostly just not dying and having every shot count in a boss fight?
@davidmarshall2399
2 жыл бұрын
That's what I figured. The scrolling is pretty much fixed.
@prizim
2 жыл бұрын
good clunk
@alessandrothando5396
6 ай бұрын
Show vc rem boas ablidades❤❤❤❤❤❤
@SilverHwk7
2 жыл бұрын
This seems an odd genre to speedrun. In the case of this game, it seems like it's all about lag control and boss placement.
@wsmith4
Жыл бұрын
What does it mean when these speedruns say any%?
@dirtface5923
2 жыл бұрын
no konami code respect
@CatGamer-wc2ij
2 жыл бұрын
It was not in fact a good clunk. Close, but no clunk cigar.
@tren380
2 жыл бұрын
Why no laser upgrade?
@maxhemenway
2 жыл бұрын
1:45
@brandonspicer2482
2 жыл бұрын
1:38 You forgot to back tap the asteroid. ...and the to start with code.
@ToyKeeper
2 жыл бұрын
So strange seeing a speedrunner not pick up speed upgrades. I understand why, but still.
@p-pobzshroomie8179
2 жыл бұрын
Good clonk
@highlander723
2 жыл бұрын
I never understood how to get the warp zones in this game It only happened to me once as a kid.... how do you get the warp zones in this game anyway?
@renabarca1328
2 жыл бұрын
Destroy the 4 hatches when the 4th to the last digit of your score is even (0, 2, 6 8, etc). That's why he didn't use any power ups like missile and options in stage 1 in order to get the precise scores
@IvanOdintsoff
2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaand 🧠
@fabez83
2 жыл бұрын
Smash smash smash like like like and clonk lol 😆👍
@TheJadeFist
2 жыл бұрын
This game's boss music is so unfitting.
@jiayouchinese
2 жыл бұрын
Why do you only play Republican games?
@weltgeist013thomas6
2 жыл бұрын
I could do better. 😎 (uhm, couldn't * could not. I couldn't do better). 👍
@BIGDINKMAN
2 жыл бұрын
Arcus. Why dont you challenge yourself? Try speed running Section Z.
@weltgeist013thomas6
2 жыл бұрын
NES classic, Capcom . . 👍 I finished that game when it came out, when I was in highschool. Hard one to beat. & it's better than the arcade version,too.. 🤔 but a speed run ? 🏃 😀 yeah, clunk!
@BIGDINKMAN
2 жыл бұрын
@@weltgeist013thomas6 i owned it. Got it right before double dragon came out. Yes its hard but not silver surfer hard. Lol. Its an easy bet that Arcus could nab a WR pretty quickly.
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