![Assault Shell [PC] - Original Full 2-ALL Playthrough (B2) @psymagearcade](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ySQYxsbIXZQ/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Assault Shell is a bullet hell shmup created by Team Overclocked and released in 2020 on Steam. Team Overclocked is a one-man team consisting of Tyler Hughes, aka Someguy009, a member of the Western shmup community. One man team or not, this is definitely one of the best indie shmups on Steam that I've played yet.
Stylistically, this game borrows a lot from Crimzon Clover as well as the Dodonpachi and Espgaluda games made by CAVE. The Stand system is very similar to the Break system from Crimzon Clover. Interestingly enough, you do not have a bomb in this game, but it doesn't feel all that necessary when you have the Break activation and your SP weapon to cancel bullets.
The thing that really stands out is how well the game plays and the overall balance. All the ships (4 ships, 2 SP weapon choices per ship) feel viable for a 2-ALL even if some are a bit better than others (G1 is an excellent survival ship in particular compared to A1) and there's a ton of depth when playing for score, like there should be in a bullet hell shmup like this. Nothing feels too spongy or ridiculously unbalanced from an enemy standpoint. Even the TLB, though very difficult, is definitely learnable and pretty reasonable by TLB standards. I just don't think it should be able to be fought in every mode, only Original Full. In particular, it's a bit weird to put that fight in Light Mode, which is the game's Novice mode. However, that's a pretty minor complaint. The bullet patterns are quite creative and actually take a little bit of influence from Touhou at times. You can tell from playing it that the dev is a serious shmup fan.
There are a couple of small flaws with this game. One, the graphics are a bit lacking. Granted, this is a one-man team so it's probably a bit unfair to expect CAVE levels of art, but it could have been better. Two, the dialogue between stages in the first loop doesn't add much and comes off as forced. However, this complaints are small in the grand scheme of things.
This game is supposed to be receiving a sequel some time this year, so it'll be interesting to see if it improves on the original or not. Someguy009 has a bright future as a shmup developer IMO.
Assault Shell Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/1432970/ASSAULT_SHELL
Assault Shell itch.io page: overloadedstudios.itch.io/assault-shell
Assault Shell 2 Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/2173850/ASSAULT_SHELL_2
00:00 Start
00:33 Stage 1-1
03:40 Stage 1-2
07:14 Stage 1-3
11:33 Stage 1-4
17:10 Stage 1-5
23:46 Stage 2-1
26:42 Stage 2-2
30:12 Stage 2-3
34:26 Stage 2-4
40:01 Stage 2-5
46:37 TLB
Note: I did notice a little bit more micro-stuttering when playing the video file back in VLC before uploading. Not sure why that happened, but if you noticed some stutters, those are not frame rate dips and not something I experienced when playing through the game.
Assault Shell is a bullet hell shmup created by Team Overclocked and released in 2020 on Steam. Team Overclocked is a one-man team consisting of Tyler Hughes, aka Someguy009, a member of the Western shmup community. One man team or not, this is definitely one of the best indie shmups on Steam that I've played yet.
Stylistically, this game borrows a lot from Crimzon Clover as well as the Dodonpachi and Espgaluda games made by CAVE. The Stand system is very similar to the Break system from Crimzon Clover. Interestingly enough, you do not have a bomb in this game, but it doesn't feel all that necessary when you have the Break activation and your SP weapon to cancel bullets.
The thing that really stands out is how well the game plays and the overall balance. All the ships (4 ships, 2 SP weapon choices per ship) feel viable for a 2-ALL even if some are a bit better than others (G1 is an excellent survival ship in particular compared to A1) and there's a ton of depth when playing for score, like there should be in a bullet hell shmup like this. Nothing feels too spongy or ridiculously unbalanced from an enemy standpoint. Even the TLB, though very difficult, is definitely learnable and pretty reasonable by TLB standards. I just don't think it should be able to be fought in every mode, only Original Full. In particular, it's a bit weird to put that fight in Light Mode, which is the game's Novice mode. However, that's a pretty minor complaint. The bullet patterns are quite creative and actually take a little bit of influence from Touhou at times. You can tell from playing it that the dev is a serious shmup fan.
There are a couple of small flaws with this game. One, the graphics are a bit lacking. Granted, this is a one-man team so it's probably a bit unfair to expect CAVE levels of art, but it could have been better. Two, the dialogue between stages in the first loop doesn't add much and comes off as forced. However, this complaints are small in the grand scheme of things.
This game is supposed to be receiving a sequel some time this year, so it'll be interesting to see if it improves on the original or not. Someguy009 has a bright future as a shmup developer IMO.
Assault Shell Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/1432970/ASSAULT_SHELL
Assault Shell itch.io page: overloadedstudios.itch.io/assault-shell
Assault Shell 2 Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/2173850/ASSAULT_SHELL_2
00:00 Start
00:33 Stage 1-1
03:40 Stage 1-2
07:14 Stage 1-3
11:33 Stage 1-4
17:10 Stage 1-5
23:46 Stage 2-1
26:42 Stage 2-2
30:12 Stage 2-3
34:26 Stage 2-4
40:01 Stage 2-5
46:37 TLB
Note: I did notice a little bit more micro-stuttering when playing the video file back in VLC before uploading. Not sure why that happened, but if you noticed some stutters, those are not frame rate dips and not something I experienced when playing through the game.
![Assault Shell [PC] - Original Full 2-ALL Playthrough (B2)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ySQYxsbIXZQ/mqdefault.jpg "Assault Shell [PC] - Original Full 2-ALL Playthrough (B2)
Assault Shell is a bullet hell shmup created by Team Overclocked and released in 2020 on Steam. Team Overclocked is a one-man team consisting of Tyler Hughes, aka Someguy009, a member of the Western shmup community. One man team or not, this is definitely one of the best indie shmups on Steam that Ive played yet.
Stylistically, this game borrows a lot from Crimzon Clover as well as the Dodonpachi and Espgaluda games made by CAVE. The Stand system is very similar to the Break system from Crimzon Clover. Interestingly enough, you do not have a bomb in this game, but it doesnt feel all that necessary when you have the Break activation and your SP weapon to cancel bullets.
The thing that really stands out is how well the game plays and the overall balance. All the ships (4 ships, 2 SP weapon choices per ship) feel viable for a 2-ALL even if some are a bit better than others (G1 is an excellent survival ship in particular compared to A1) and theres a ton of depth when playing for score, like there should be in a bullet hell shmup like this. Nothing feels too spongy or ridiculously unbalanced from an enemy standpoint. Even the TLB, though very difficult, is definitely learnable and pretty reasonable by TLB standards. I just dont think it should be able to be fought in every mode, only Original Full. In particular, its a bit weird to put that fight in Light Mode, which is the games Novice mode. However, thats a pretty minor complaint. The bullet patterns are quite creative and actually take a little bit of influence from Touhou at times. You can tell from playing it that the dev is a serious shmup fan.
There are a couple of small flaws with this game. One, the graphics are a bit lacking. Granted, this is a one-man team so its probably a bit unfair to expect CAVE levels of art, but it could have been better. Two, the dialogue between stages in the first loop doesnt add much and comes off as forced. However, this complaints are small in the grand scheme of things.
This game is supposed to be receiving a sequel some time this year, so itll be interesting to see if it improves on the original or not. Someguy009 has a bright future as a shmup developer IMO.
Assault Shell Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432970/ASSAULT_SHELL/
Assault Shell itch.io page: https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/assault-shell
Assault Shell 2 Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2173850/ASSAULT_SHELL_2/
00:00 Start
00:33 Stage 1-1
03:40 Stage 1-2
07:14 Stage 1-3
11:33 Stage 1-4
17:10 Stage 1-5
23:46 Stage 2-1
26:42 Stage 2-2
30:12 Stage 2-3
34:26 Stage 2-4
40:01 Stage 2-5
46:37 TLB
Note: I did notice a little bit more micro-stuttering when playing the video file back in VLC before uploading. Not sure why that happened, but if you noticed some stutters, those are not frame rate dips and not something I experienced when playing through the game.")
![S.T.U.N. Runner [Atari Lynx] - All Stages 1CC 744,675 pts](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ynT7-BT9dOE/mqdefault.jpg "S.T.U.N. Runner [Atari Lynx] - All Stages 1CC 744,675 pts
S.T.U.N. Runner is a futuristic driving/racing game with shooting elements originally released in arcades by Atari Games in 1989. The arcade version ran on a modified version of Ataris Hard Drivin hardware and featured fully polygon 3D graphics, which were quite a revelation at the time though not the first arcade game to do so. The Atari Lynx would receive a port developed in-house by Atari Corporation in 1991, which is the port that I cleared for this run.
This game is known for being one of the best arcade ports done on the Atari Lynx back in its heyday, which is saying a lot. Obviously, the Lynx was not capable of delivering an entirely 3D port of this game. Instead, the programmer, D. Scott Williamson, opted to utilize the Lynxs sprite scaling to give off the illusion of 3D. This turned out to be a brilliant move, as this ended up much better than even the Amiga port. The game pulls off the pseudo-3D perfectly and the game manages to give off a great sense of speed, albeit with a little bit of slowdown at times but nothing that hurts the game overall.
The gameplay here is a mix between a racing game and a shoot em up. It looks like a precursor to F-Zero with the futuristic car hovering about the ground, the boost pads, and the tunnels that are reminiscent of the pipes youd see in F-Zero X and GX much later. Like in RoadBlasters, you can shoot at enemies by pressing A but unlike that game, you can even shoot ones that are above you by holding down while firing. Also from RoadBlasters is the option to skip to a later stage at the start with a certain amount of bonus points. However, you can easily outscore that 200,000 pt bonus from starting on Stage 11 if you just start from Stage 1. You can earn shockwaves by passing over enough green stars in a particular stage. The shockwaves are your bombs: they clear the screen even taking out the grey armored cars that cant be shot down. These are very helpful, especially near the end, and you can carry up to six of them.
The stages appear to be pretty faithful as well except for one change: the Ultimate Challenge can be finished in this version. In the arcades, it is supposed to be impossible to finish with the amount of time youre given so youre just supposed to go as far as you can. That is not the case here. Also, this version is really easy, especially if youre playing via emulation and are able to see better than you would on an unmodded Lynx. Then again, the arcade version is not known for being brutal either, as even the original did not have much RNG nor did it have the fuel system of something like RoadBlasters that is rigged against the player. Most of this game is a cakewalk until you get to the Ultimate Challenge, which is the only real difficulty spike and is not that easy. However, I was able to stockpile enough shockwaves and hit just enough boost pads early on to get through it. If you dont beat the final stage on one try, it does result in a Game Over with an ending screen without the fireworks, so Im assuming thats the bad ending.
Despite the easy difficulty, there appears to be some potential for score play in terms of killing enemies, hitting boost pads, finishing as fast as possible, not losing shields from getting hit, and grabbing those green stars. It plays extremely well and holds up today.
One small note: I did use external autofire off of my Qanba Crystal (which Ive modded into a mixbox at this point) but theres a pretty low shot limit in this emulator (which is probably true for the real thing) so it ends up not giving me a real advantage because I wasnt even close to the normal 15HZ that my fighstick would usually give me. You can sustain the same rate of fire with your fingers or thumbs tapping manually, which I try to avoid nowadays in order to take care of my hands. In fact, I almost 1CCd the game on a cheap Anbernic handheld with no autofire, but my right thumb was cramping a bit after losing on the final stage.
00:00 Intro
00:19 Stage 1
00:53 Stage 2
01:37 Stage 3
02:30 Stage 4
03:29 Stage 5
04:29 Stage 6
05:37 Stage 7
06:27 Stage 8
07:12 Stage 9
08:03 Stage 10
09:13 Stage 11
10:05 Stage 12
10:54 Stage 13
11:54 Stage 14
12:46 Stage 15
13:52 Stage 16
14:50 Stage 17
15:53 Stage 18
16:48 Stage 19
17:34 Stage 20
18:28 Stage 21
19:25 Stage 22
20:19 The Ultimate Challenge
#atari #atarilynx #arcadegames #drivinggames #classicgaming #handheldgames #racing #atarigames")
![Omega Blast [Sega Genesis] - 1st Clear 518950 pts.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zTvKMJPtC68/mqdefault.jpg "Omega Blast [Sega Genesis] - 1st Clear 518950 pts.
Omega Blast is a brief but excellent caravan shmup for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. I first discovered this game because of Shmup Junkie. He recently revisited it again in his Mega Drive shmup video and gave it an A ranking, which is a fair rating for its only mode: a 2 minute score attack. The bullet density is crazy for a 16 bit game and overall, its an intense 2 minutes.
Played with autofire from my arcade stick.")
