Wild Matsu | Pocky & Rocky 1CC Normal @WildMatsu | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
A video of me clearing the SNES game Pocky & Rocky (known in Japan as 奇々怪界：謎の黒マント, Kiki Kaikai: Nazo no Kuro Manto), developed and published by Natsume.
I always meant to clear this game, but never got around to it. When I heard about Reshrined, I assumed it was a remake and so I decided to wait until it came out and clear it instead. When I bought Reshrined and discovered it was actually a sequel and not a remake, I came back to clear this game. I have credit mashed through Reshrined's story mode once; after this, I'd like to go back to it and get a 1cc in it as well.
One funny thing about this game is, you get one extra heart whenever you clear a stage, but if you get a game over and continue, you lose all of your accrued extra health. This means that credit mashing through the game can actually be much harder than just going for a 1CC, since by the time you get to the game's hardest stages, you will have half as much health. A friend of mine and I tried credit mashing through the game in co-op mode a while back and we got stuck on stage 5. I was the weaker player, but again, we probably would have done better if we'd practiced separately and gone for a joint 1CC.
I may not have gone for the 1CC if the game weren't designed the way it is, but it feels nice to be able to say I got a 1CC in the game--and have proof of that in video form. Every other clear of this game I see online is not just 1CC but also deathless, and I see why: the bar is only marginally higher. My first and only death occurs on the final boss, which I barely practiced. I only really specifically practiced stage 3 and 4. Stages 1 and 2 aren't that hard and I refined them over the course of making attempts. Once I finished practicing stage 3 and 4, the final stages didn't seem particularly hard to me, and I started doing attempts immediately instead of practicing them. So, unsurprisingly, the run gets sloppier and less refined towards the end. Good enough, though.
A video of me clearing the SNES game Pocky & Rocky (known in Japan as 奇々怪界：謎の黒マント, Kiki Kaikai: Nazo no Kuro Manto), developed and published by Natsume.
I always meant to clear this game, but never got around to it. When I heard about Reshrined, I assumed it was a remake and so I decided to wait until it came out and clear it instead. When I bought Reshrined and discovered it was actually a sequel and not a remake, I came back to clear this game. I have credit mashed through Reshrined's story mode once; after this, I'd like to go back to it and get a 1cc in it as well.
One funny thing about this game is, you get one extra heart whenever you clear a stage, but if you get a game over and continue, you lose all of your accrued extra health. This means that credit mashing through the game can actually be much harder than just going for a 1CC, since by the time you get to the game's hardest stages, you will have half as much health. A friend of mine and I tried credit mashing through the game in co-op mode a while back and we got stuck on stage 5. I was the weaker player, but again, we probably would have done better if we'd practiced separately and gone for a joint 1CC.
I may not have gone for the 1CC if the game weren't designed the way it is, but it feels nice to be able to say I got a 1CC in the game--and have proof of that in video form. Every other clear of this game I see online is not just 1CC but also deathless, and I see why: the bar is only marginally higher. My first and only death occurs on the final boss, which I barely practiced. I only really specifically practiced stage 3 and 4. Stages 1 and 2 aren't that hard and I refined them over the course of making attempts. Once I finished practicing stage 3 and 4, the final stages didn't seem particularly hard to me, and I started doing attempts immediately instead of practicing them. So, unsurprisingly, the run gets sloppier and less refined towards the end. Good enough, though.
![Barkley 2 - hweru3 [DwarfNET]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ecp634B-DeM/hqdefault.jpg "Barkley 2 - hweru3 [DwarfNET]
This music is a preview of the music in Barkley 2. Or, by its full name, The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa.
This preview came from the ToG Music Pack sent out to backers of the project.
You can follow the games progress here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesofgames/barkley-2-an-rpg-sequel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam
Or here: http://www.talesofgames.com/
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fmNMqR83AdNRhN3aT7T47LXsmU3JbYs")
![Barkley 2 doomwop [DwarfNET]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fTOFLIUMXTE/hqdefault.jpg "Barkley 2 doomwop [DwarfNET]
This music is a preview of the music in Barkley 2. Or, by its full name, The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa.
This preview came from the ToG Music Pack sent out to backers of the project.
You can follow the games progress here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesofgames/barkley-2-an-rpg-sequel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam
Or here: http://www.talesofgames.com/
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fmNMqR83AdNRhN3aT7T47LXsmU3JbYs")
![GADOBADORAKYURA (Gado Badorrer - Brandish 2: The Planet Buster) [VRC6]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gWILpRfAcEE/hqdefault.jpg "GADOBADORAKYURA (Gado Badorrer - Brandish 2: The Planet Buster) [VRC6]
A VRC6 arrangement of Gado Badorrer, composed by Naoki Kaneda of Falcom Sound Team JDK, for Brandish 2: The Planet Buster. (Some people write Gadobadorrer as one word, but The Dark Revenant went with Gado Bistalle, so making Gado its own separate word seems to be the preferred localization.)
Based largely on the PC-98 version rather than the SNES version.
Debuted at my Chipspace set at MAGFest 2019.
To explain a not very funny joke at length: The VRC6 chip is most widely known for its use in the Japanese version of Castlevania III: Draculas Curse. In Japanese, Gado Badorrer would be rendered Gado Badorā (ガドバドラー), and Dracula would be Dorakyura (ドラキュラ). Hence, the title of this cover joins them at dora to make GADOBADORAKYURA.
Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/matsumuho/gadobadorakyura")
![La-Mulana 2 - Surtr as 9th Guardian [Hard Mode, No Subweapon/Hot Spring/Fairy]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hjf1qr7idzc/hqdefault.jpg "La-Mulana 2 - Surtr as 9th Guardian [Hard Mode, No Subweapon/Hot Spring/Fairy]
I experienced a bug I havent seen anyone else whos played La-Mulana 2 talk about. My gates puzzle didnt work correctly, which allowed me to complete it before defeating Surtr and Vidofnir. I have no idea how this happened or how I might have triggered it. So, I was able to defeat Hel before Surtr, and therefore fight Surtr as my 9th and final guardian, which is not normally possible, giving him the largest possible HP bar.
Someone has already shown all 9 guardians on Hard Mode with No Subweapons, Hot Springs, or Fairies, but being able to fight Surtr last is something with no known method of reproducing that may be patched out soon, so I had a unique opportunity to show what hes like as the 9th guardian on Hard Mode.
Yes, Im using the Angel Shield if you want to count that as a subweapon. The achievements in both La-Mulana 1 and 2 that ask you to beat all bosses without subweapons do not count it, so I did not either. Really, it barely makes a difference in this fight... I had it on just in case.
By the way, there is no way to make the game look like this... I manually cropped out the black bars and decorative border in post. Just because I had to put up with windowboxing doesnt mean you should have to. I really hope thats something they fix soon...")
