Tried Ether Vapor after a break of three weeks or so. It was quite ugly. Let us not speak of that. Not abandoning that project, just postponing it for now. I still want to get the no-miss eventually, I don’t really feel like uploading the 1miss-vid. It even uses the not-so-safespots for which I’ve since learned proper tactics. I cleared that game so many times I guess I burned myself out a bit on it, I really don’t feel like playing it any more at the moment.

So now I’ve played R-Type Delta for few days. Used to have the PAL version which I played some, but sold it at some point and now I went and got the US version. Got to Stage 5 easily enough where the real learning stuff begins, lots of flying pipes and whatnot there. After several attempts got past those and reached the boss(es), of which I had NO recollection of whatsoever. Killed the Giant Space Vagina on my last life and went O_O when the Battleship swooped in. Died there.

Awesome game.

Anybody know if there actually is a stage select in the game as suggested by several cheat and faq sites? They state different unlocking requirements, some say you have to use the Delta Weapon 10,000 times (!), others that you need 20 hours of gameplay. The former sounds rather ridiculous and I won’t even bother if that’s the way to unlock it, stage select would just make practice a bit easier. Well, I could always practice on emulator if need be.