Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago

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No death clear of this vertical shmup developed by Capcom and published in 1992
on arcade and later on consoles, more recently on pc.
Various element of gameplay come from 19xx series, infact i consider Varth part of the series,
or at least a spin off set on another planet (Varth) 700 years later.
This game is also known for Ryu's cameo, in addition to various others (Yashichi, Mobi chan, etc..).
I did a podless run for scoring (50K for every stage w/o pods) and i used a "bomb macro"
to quickly refill bombs. This macro consist in 30Hz autofire on direction down,
this because in this game ship movements recharge bombs,
most of highscore run (including wr) use this even if it feel like a tool assisted.
I did this run on Wolfmame 0.264 with 30Hz autofire and the above mentioned macro.
For a more skillfull run (with manual bomb recharging)
go check DGN's run: youtube.com/watch?v=k0z5O1gu3_I&t=2580s
done on Japan version (with checkpoints).
00:00:00 Title
00:00:29 Stage 1 - Boss 1 (Spider)
00:01:47 Stage 2
00:03:29 Stage 3
00:05:12 Stage 4 - Boss 2 (Satellite)
00:07:50 Stage 5
00:09:36 Stage 6
00:11:19 Stage 7 - Boss 3 (Dragon Fly)
00:12:21 Stage 8
00:14:07 Stage 9
00:15:50 Stage 10
00:17:34 Stage 11 - Boss 4 (Crober Four)
00:19:34 Stage 12
00:21:17 Stage 13
00:23:00 Stage 14
00:24:43 Stage 15 - Boss 5 (Steel Golem)
00:26:50 Stage 16
00:28:37 Stage 17
00:30:35 Stage 18
00:32:27 Stage 19 - Boss 6 (Bloody Hawk)
00:33:44 Stage 20 (Bonus Stage)
00:34:18 Stage 21 - Boss 7 (enhanced Satellite)
00:35:38 Stage 22 - Boss 8 (enhanced Dragon Fly)
00:36:20 Stage 23 - Boss 9 (enhanced Crober Four)
00:37:56 Stage 24 - Boss 10 (enhanced Steel Golem)
00:40:16 Stage 25 - Boss 11 (enhanced Bloody Hawk)
00:41:16 Stage 26
00:43:00 Stage 27
00:44:43 Stage 28
00:46:26 Stage 29/30 - Boss 12 (DUO)
00:49:35 Ending
00:50:47 Credits
00:52:01 Special 1cc ending (lore about colonization of Varth)