Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Shmups: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPO56tlewLYTmgTvz7jTUU8EUV7LtMNgk
In the US, the original Battle Mania was retitled as Trouble Shooter.
Please note that this is segmented and edited.

Notes
I played the official US release of the original Battle Mania, which likely butchers the script, because there isn’t a fan translation available for the Japanese version while there is one for the sequel.

There is a bug during the second boss where if you activate the special weapon (bomb), it causes the game to start registering inputs you aren’t doing, like pausing the game if you press the C button. I've actually encountered this with a few other games and it's always in very specific circumstances so rather than a controller or emulator issue, maybe it's just a weird bug from the era?

You get extra health based on your score and the final boss massively inflates your score as you fight it, you pretty much have infinite health as a result.

00:00 Intro
01:43 Level 1
05:45 Level 2
11:11 Level 3
16:03 Level 4
22:11 Level 5
28:39 Level 6
34:16 Ending/Credits