Test Emulator Game

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/2836M
TAS originally published on 2015-05-04
Ikaruga (2001) is a vertical shoot 'em up published and developed by Treasure as a spiritual successor to its earlier title, Radiant Silvergun (1998). It was first released on arcade machines, then eventually ported to Dreamcast, GameCube, XBLA, Android, and even Steam, thanks to the loyal following among the Western shoot 'em up fans. GameCube version was chosen for creation of this TAS as it provided both the most arcade-accurate port, and the most accurately emulated platform of those available at the time.
Ikaruga features a polarity mechanic wherein enemies can be black or white, shooting black or white bullets, respectively. Additionally, player ships themselves can switch between black and white: when white, ship absorbs white bullets and deals extra damage to black enemies, and vice versa. When enough bullets are absorbed, a powerful enemy-seeking attack can be unleashed. As such, typical gameplay consists of frequent polarity switching, chain-killing enemies, and absorbing bullets instead of dodging them; to capitalize on this, the author chooses to control both player ships in order to absorb as many bullets as possible, do more damage, and pick off escaping enemies without breaking a kill chain.
The goal of this TAS is to maximize the score. Ikaruga's scoring system mainly consists of color-based enemy chaining: killing three enemies of the same color in a row increases chain value, messing up the color sequence resets it. Absorbing bullets and lasers, speedkilling bosses, and having spare lives at the end are also significant score boosts—all of these are used in the TAS to the fullest extent. The final score is a massive 50,230,200, only attainable with two players.

It's a practice video for the 'Super Speedrun Showcase' Twitch broadcast that I am participating in on October 2nd.
(10월 2일 트위치에서 진행하는 슈퍼 스피드런 쇼케이스에 이 게임으로 참가합니다. 시청 주소는 아래 URL을 참고해 주세요.)
Player 2 is a new player who has rarely played this game. We continue to practice until the event and aim for 1 Credit Cleared.
Game Setting : Player number from 3 to 9.
Another : Factory Setting. Japan Version.
 
 

Not sure if anyone still cares about this old lightgun game, but i managed to get running at high quality.

 

by Video Game Esoterica
Considering it is the 35th anniversary of the Castlevania franchise...what better way to celebrate than to do a massive retrospective on every mainline game ever released from Konami. From the NES 8-bit originals to the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, PS2, Xbox and beyond! Because Castlevania is retro gaming royalty and it's only fitting we pay it some tribute!
But what about Castlevania: The Arcade? The Konami arcade exclusive arcade game that is rarer than gold? Well...why not!
Patreon Thanks : Seth Peterson, John Thompson, Paul Daniel, Porch, John Anderson, RayceARoni, Kuranghi, Jason Hixon, Alex Tessler,  Jonathan Leung, Martin Donlon, Tom Van Deusen, Barobob, Steve Randall, ahab, K-2, Renaissance 2K, Ivar Wennerholm,  Adrien Sebbane, tobemorecrazy,
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Castlevania: The Arcade is a massive arcade cabinet released in 2009 by Konami that is near to impossible to find. I have a PC PCB that can run it but I've never found the image...until now! And wow...it just runs on Windows 10 with a few tricks. Video Game Preservation for the win! But we need your help as controls are a bit tricky!
But if you ever wondered what it would be like to mix Castlevania from Konami with The House of the Dead from Sega...now you will see or you could just go play Vampire Night from Sega on PS2...kinda the same concept except earlier lol
But as far as rare video games are concerned it doesnt get much rarer or more obscure than this! Video game history and video game preservation all rolled up into one delicious Dracula sized bite!
Thanks to my Discord forum members Dremcast and powergyser for helping make this video possible today! Join my discord if you want to help!
Join the discord if you want to help get controls working. Link below! Also you’ll want to look for “Castlevania the arcade (extracted)” on that archive site and it might not be fully finished by 9 am when this goes live so be patient or join the Discord
Questions? Comments? Just leave them below and I will do my best to answer each and every one of them!
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by Insert coin
Gameplay continues from Giga Wing and Giga Wing 2. Generations has no characters to pilot the 4 selectable planes and no storyline.
Each ship varies in ability more drastically than they do in previous Giga Wing games including flight speed and shot type.
The player now selects which stage (out of two) to tackle first (in previous Giga Wings the plane choice affected the starting stage).
The distinctive Reflect Force attack remains a major part of gameplay, though the new Reflect Laser from Giga Wing 2 was removed for Generations.
A major addition is the ability to gain additional points from defeating enemies at close range. Generations is also the first and only Takumi scrolling shooter to use a vertically-oriented monitor (with standard player-controlled vertical scrolling).
In 2-player mode, both player shares the same multiplier, which allows players to reach score levels otherwise impossible to achieve in single player mode.
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by FDP Semrawut

This video features gameplay footage and flyers from 22 different Laser Disc based arcade games.
by The Laird's Lair