Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is my submission for the Season 10 Tubers High Score Challenge game Baraduke (also known as Alien Sector) by Namco (1985) played on my R-Pi5 running Batocera.
For this season I'm adding commentary! Sometimes it'll be as I play but more often it'll be overdubbed, as it is here. I get the name of the enemies wrong (they're Octy not Octo) but really, who cares? ;)
This game is frustratingly difficult and at times seems impossible. Too many random elements, large bullets and unforgiving collision detection meaning there are times when you just have nowhere to go without getting hit! Also if you touch a wall or ceiling you can't move until you back away which makes dodging the many already hard to avoid enemies and bullets even more awkward!
Anyway, I'm happy with this score. Not a game I'd actively avoid in future, it's not actually that bad when not playing for a challenge!
This is my submission for the Season 10 Tubers High Score Challenge game Baraduke (also known as Alien Sector) by Namco (1985) played on my R-Pi5 running Batocera.
For this season I'm adding commentary! Sometimes it'll be as I play but more often it'll be overdubbed, as it is here. I get the name of the enemies wrong (they're Octy not Octo) but really, who cares? ;)
This game is frustratingly difficult and at times seems impossible. Too many random elements, large bullets and unforgiving collision detection meaning there are times when you just have nowhere to go without getting hit! Also if you touch a wall or ceiling you can't move until you back away which makes dodging the many already hard to avoid enemies and bullets even more awkward!
Anyway, I'm happy with this score. Not a game I'd actively avoid in future, it's not actually that bad when not playing for a challenge!
