THSC Hellfire (1989) (Arcade) @Lucasrainford
THSC Hellfire (1989) (Arcade)  @Lucasrainford
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
It's the penultimate challenge of Season 11 and it's TheTaffman's choice, he went for a balls hard shmup by the name of Hellfire released in arcades in 1989 by Toaplan.
The primary unique gameplay feature is the weapon system, which allows the player to change their firing direction by rotating their ship's weapon angle using the "change" button. The ship can cycle through four firing modes (indicated by color changes), each fixed in a different direction: straight forward, straight backward, up and down, and four-way diagonal.
Cool shmup but way too difficult for me, I managed to make stage 2 pretty early on but just couldn't make it again after many attempts, I'm posting early as I'm off to PLAY Expo this weekend :)
Here's my run....

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THSC Hellfire (1989) (Arcade)

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