Well that was entirely unexpected. Did my usual run, was happy to see that my tactics for Stage 6 worked nicely, was a bit surprised when I even killed the boss (first time for that)  and then my jaw dropped to the floor when I went and beat Stage 7 despite not having seen it before. So…yeah. R-Type Delta cleared on Normal using RX and it was a no-miss, no-bomb.

Huh.

Stage 6 was much more difficult than the last stage, in which the only part where I felt some worry was at the very end where you have to dodge the sperm without the Force. There were few very close calls there. Reviewing the replay I see the ship’s hitbox is very small, in Stage 5 there’s a bullet that passes through the back of the ship and in Stage 6 I end up trapped inside the boss’ coiling tail and almost the entire canopy is inside the tail for a frame or two. So the hitbox must be in the very middle of the ship. Or maybe that tail has its own hitbox smaller than its graphics, who knows.

So…what now? Do I go forth and try to beat the game with the other ships, crank the difficulty up to Hard, go for a No-Force clear or move on to something else entirely? I’m still in a WTF-just-happened state of mind, I really wasn’t expecting to clear the game yet. According to the game’s timer it only took me 8 hours and 20 minutes.

Video available at http://www.ghegs.com/movies/Ghegs_R-Type_Delta_RX_nomiss.mp4