Fantasy Strike Evo 2017: Lord Knight (Valerie) vs. Snake Eyez (Rook) BoatsandJoes 2017-07-20 | This was Grand Finals of a single elimination Fantasy Strike side tournament at Evo 2017. Match is 3 out of 5 games. Lord Knight and Snake Eyez both picked up the game that day, as far as I know.Get Fantasy Strike by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign here! fig.co/fantasystrikeIf you want to read my thoughts on the game, you can check them out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1PYq_U_EG-UwomMAK3v8nzir5qqbg_0wFSW_kUiqD7JY/edit?usp=sharing
Down the Match hard mode clear BoatsandJoes 2025-04-26 | Play for free boatsandjoes.itch.io/down-the-matchHard mode goes through all 13 depths. At the start I'm more concerned about the timer. After depth 6 I'm mostly concerned with not blowing up, but it gets easier near the end.The real secret to defeating hard is playing medium a lot. Depths 6-10 are deadly, so messing around in them is extremely helpful.I use a few advanced techniques: normally pieces don't match while freefalling, but if you pull one piece out of a stack, the pieces formerly above it are eligible to match with it for 1 frame (I use this on the slimes and cacti in depth 1). I also use the "make it rain" button to get through ice: as long as I get my 4 guys, the rest is generally quick to clean up. Even if the guy you want takes a long time to come out, that means the guys who did come out are all similar.Next I'm going to go for lots of all clears and (in separate runs) destroyed clocks. I'll start on easy and work my way up.Song: LOUD ABOUT US! - Goes Like [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: ncs.io/GoesLikeWatch: http://youtu.be/eDcKZpoUc6sSong: Approaching Nirvana & Alex Holmes - Darkness Comes [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/DarknessComesWatch: http://youtu.be/NxpmN_f7AbYSong: Sam Ourt, AKIAL & Srikar - Escape (Juan Dileju & Sam Ourt VIP Mix)[NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Escape_VIPWatch: youtube.com/watch?v=TtFSSfoUVo4Song: Zachz, Фрози, Joyful - BoogieMusic provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/BoogieWatch: http://ncs.lnk.to/BoogieAT/youtube
Down the Match trailer BoatsandJoes 2025-04-25 | Play now for free! boatsandjoes.itch.io/down-the-matchTrailer by youtube.com/@timovideogamesThis is my third game! I made it in 5 weeks in Godot.The art, music, and sound effects I got with permissive licenses on opengameart.org , ncs.io, freesound.org and itch.io .Song: Toxic Joy - All Night [Arcade Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/allnightWatch: http://ncs.lnk.to/allnightAT/youtubeSong: Zachz, Фрози, Joyful - BoogieMusic provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/BoogieWatch: http://ncs.lnk.to/BoogieAT/youtube
Super Metroid spring ball jump to Gauntlet BoatsandJoes 2024-04-12 | Small clip for my blog post about why I love Super Metroid cohost.org/BoatsAndJoes/post/5528979-sequence-breaking-isGenerally, you would get up here using walljumps, bomb jumps, space jump, or speed booster. But you can also get up this way, if you want :) This technique is more useful in other rooms.Details about spring ball jump here https://wiki.supermetroid.run/Spring_Ball
Daytona USA advanced 31173 BoatsandJoes 2023-10-05 | This is not my best time, but that's ok! Played on Model 2 Emulator with an xbox controller.Daytona USA is available for $10 digitally on Playstation 3.0:17 race starts
Doctor Thongs release trailer BoatsandJoes 2023-09-26 | boatsandstudios.itch.io/dr-thongsnewgrounds.com/portal/view/900510Two week puzzle game made in collaboration with Lunaticker.Runs in browser, or on Windows/Linux.Dancin by Luke Bergs | soundcloud.com/bergscloudMusic promoted by chosic.com/free-music/allCreative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Dodonpachi 1-ALL C-L (31,777,010) BoatsandJoes 2023-06-19 | Dodonpachi 1st loop with no continues! My 2nd clear of a game made by Cave. Cave games are manic, with bullets everywhere! I made up some good survival strategies, but in order to clear, I needed to learn good bomb usage. Good bomb usage = using them at all, instead of dying and losing them!0:12 Stage 12:20 Stage 25:05 Stage 39:13 Stage 412:48 Stage 516:41 Stage 6Run commentary:I pick the C ship for wide shot (for surviving stages), and Laser type to move faster while lasering (for surviving bosses). Because I picked laser type, my shot powers down when I die, so after death I rely on the laser until I power up.Stage 1: I get a good score on the first half, but it's just for fun, not critical to mission success.Stage 2: I kind of try to score, but from now on I need to focus on survival. I dismantle the boss because it makes him do the gatling attack for longer, which (barely) lets me kill him before his last fast bullets reach me.Stage 3: Good bomb usage in the second half (as in, I used bombs). At 7:31, I didn't realize the left turrets were still alive, but luckily my ship squeezed between the bullets (and when I looked back at my ship, I saw surprise scary bullets and bombed). I dismantle the boss for safety; 8:06 is usually the scariest part, and I should have bombed, but I didn't, so I die (losing only one bomb, at least).Stage 4: At 9:50 I'm a bit slow to get left, so I have to go "around the world." This is often unsafe, but I've done it in this spot before: it appears to be safe here. 10:28 I've planned how to navigate the three ships + army of cars coming up. If bullets force you to move away from a ship, the cars can keep you from moving back, then multiple ships appear on screen at once: you pretty much have to bomb. Because I'm confident and points-greedy, I grab a bomb powerup at max bombs for extra points (I will still bomb if I have to). The tank section and turret sections after are both also hard: I do end up bombing the turrets, but there's another bomb item there. Starting at 12:04 I am ready to bomb at any moment, but I don't have to bomb until 12:20 (the spread pattern was pretty easy this time).Stage 5: At 13:10 I die with two bombs in stock. Good bomb strategy is to bomb when I feel like I'm not in control of the situation, and run out of bombs before going for tense dodges (making failure less costly, but still keeping some fun tense moments in the game)! Going for risky dodges before running out of bombs is a bad habit that has been very hard for me to break, even though I understand that it's better both for my performance and my enjoyment to not do that. My bad habit has only wasted a couple bombs in this run so far though: a big improvement! And in this run I use more bombs after I die instead of less: also a big improvement. 13:44 to 14:31 I've planned the route and practiced it a bunch: it goes very well. Even as things get hectic near the end, I don't feel like I'm in immediate danger and have to bomb. 14:31 the first 100% planned bomb in the run: I have no other reliable tactic against the second big box. I deliberately violate my strategic principle of "don't make risky dodges until out of bombs" at 15:24 because I have a specific route for this boss, which involves a planned bomb. In a previous run, I entered the boss with 0 bombs, and died twice because I've gotten used to this route (which I lifted from lunaria_STG youtube.com/watch?v=uGInSPBAvYI&t=15m43s ). So I cling to my last bomb, make it through, and mostly kill the boss as planned (I do die to contact damage near the end, but I expected to die relatively soon anyway, to refill my bombs).Stage 6: I am exactly on pace for my "how many bombs to use in each stage" plan. 18:39 I enter this difficult section with one bomb left, but I safely navigate the hallway without being forced into anything too risky! And then I die immediately afterwards on a much easier part. But I'm SO CLOSE to the end of the game, and I enter the boss with 11 bombs: barely not enough to just mash bomb, but I just do the first, easiest dodge and then space my bombs out for a very relaxing final boss (which I have earned with all of my practice)!Closing thoughts:Getting over my bomb hangups and my "restarting stage 1 over and over" hangups took some introspection. I think I'm prepared to tackle some other bullet hells with my better bomb usage (using bombs at all instead of dying with full bombs always) and my better play habits (not expecting an immediate 1CC: way more fun for me to play for small improvements which will lead to an achievement, instead of playing for "I want the achievement! Now!").I will take a small break and then pick up a new ship or a new game!P.S. There's a way harder 2nd loop of Dodonpachi with an infamous true final boss: Hibachi. If you want to see high level gameplay of both loops with caption commentary, you can watch Jaimers! youtube.com/watch?v=_nh_11rOb8E&t=60
Espgaluda 1CC (Ageha 23450990) BoatsandJoes 2023-05-31 | My first no-continues clear of a game developed by Cave! They made some great bullet hell games. Espgaluda is difficult, especially the final boss, but it's still one of Cave's easier releases. I really like the art+music+vibes+gameplay!Espgaluda has 4 buttons: shot (good coverage), laser (good damage, slow micrododging), a bomb, and a slowmo button. When you kill enemies normally, they drop green gems. Toggling the slowmo button turns bullets pink, slows them down, and drains green gems. Killing an enemy while in slowmo drains more gems to turn their bullets into gold, giving lots of points. You get 1ups at 4 million and 14 million points, so you want to save some green gems for survival, but use some for big juicy cancels!Green meter on the bottom left is bombs.Tap the button for 25% meter small bomb, or long press for a ~50% big bomb. Bombs give invincibility, and big bomb does high damage. I struggled to use bombs, and wrote a blog post about how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, if you're interested. cohost.org/BoatsAndJoes/post/1575678-use-your-freaking-boP.S. getting hit while in slowmo auto-small bombs to save your life, but it costs 50% meter.0:09 Stage 12:41 Stage 26:21 Stage 311:26 Stage 416:26 Stage 5A19:57 Stage 5B21:22 Final BossNotes on this run:I pick Ageha because he's fast, which helps in dodging some stuff.Stage 1- If you slowmo after your gems drain to 0, the bullets turn red and speed up. This is worth some points, and if you leave it on for a while and then turn it off, enemies will drop more green gems until you lose a life. I do fast motion in stage 1 mostly for kicks, though.Stage 2- I slowmo big guys for score. On the last boss pattern, you can stop a few bullets by killing the popcorn.Stage 3- My score is pretty good already, so I speedkill most trains before they can shoot much, and start using slowmo for safety. There's aggressive popcorn paired with movement-restricting cannons on the airship at 8:10, but also a bomb refill and 1up. With good positioning you can kill the popcorn and cannons before they cover the screen, or you can also tap dodge. If I identify early that things are getting bad, I can slowmo, but at the end I'm pinned and have to bomb. On the boss I'm hit during slowmo twice, which uses up my bombs.Stage 4- I've practiced stage 4 the least. Some guys cover the screen if you don't speedkill them. When that happens, I slowmo to cancel bullets. 14:05 I go to the right before killing the tank and don't return quickly enough, so I have to slowmo back to the left. I leave it on a bit too long and a bunch of popcorn gets destroyed, draining most of my gems. I try to dodge the next guy at normal speed and get hit. I could have gotten out of that situation in a few ways, but I feel good that I died with all resources used. 15:08 I get the easy pattern, which is nice. 15:30 there are better strats, but I just wing it. I drift too far to the side while dodging, and I should bomb, but my "bomb hoarding" habit comes back when I've died recently, so I get hit again. I use resources well the rest of the fight, and 2 deaths into stage 5 is totally fine.Stage 5A- Stage 5 I've practiced the most, and made up a pretty detailed route. 17:17 I should go to the right immediately, but I forget, so I slowmo it and the next section. The next section is a shorter but harder version of the stage 3 airship. I do a few risky dodges, which convinces me to bomb at the right moment late. I get through unharmed, plus earn the last 1up earlier than I usually do. I autobomb the boss's opening volley, but overall stage 5 went great with no lives lost at all.Stage 5B- The little Alices are fun. I get best results with turning laser on and sweeping across quickly, killing everyone. Move forward past the bullets already on screen, and you have space to sweep back, killing the next group. 20:43 has Alices that spray everywhere instead of aiming at you: I speedkill them as much as possible, and then use slowmo to cancel some bullets.Final boss I've practiced a lot. This is like my 7th time taking a full run to him, and I have a ton of resources left, so I'm not as nervous. 22:46 sometimes is easy, but this time it crisscrosses, and I bomb it. 23:06 I usually slowmo, but I have low gems, so I bomb it. The next pattern's trick is to stay under him for as long as possible. When you move to the side he starts flinging stuff sideways, which will cut you off if you go too early. 23:51 all 4 patterns are hard, so I spend resources on them when possible. Last pattern I have 1 extra life. It's best to hang near the bottom, for less crisscrossing. During this pattern, slowmo does low damage & causes him to fire extra bullets, and bombs heal him: at 25:50 I heal him a bit by mistake. But I make it through!Played on Fightcade FBNeo with 1 frame runahead, and an autohotkey script to change hold-to-fire to toggle-to-fire (lets me play longer without hand pain).
Sorcer Striker 1-ALL commentary (Bornham 2-2 1757970) BoatsandJoes 2023-05-25 | Video without commentary: youtube.com/watch?v=rj0fYfXHCWsPlayed on Fightcade FBNeo with an autohotkey script for 15Hz autofire and push to toggle fire on/off.0:45 Stage 13:49 Stage 27:21 Stage 311:47 Stage 415:41 Stage 521:40 Stage 628:07 Ending
Tetris the Grand Master 2 Death Mode level 437 BoatsandJoes 2023-03-25 | Personal best. Played for Carnival of Death 2023.
Spelunky 2 no items, but I failed the final boss BoatsandJoes 2023-03-05 | Audio replaced because I had copyrighted music in the original recording. This was recorded in 2020, the year Spelunky 2 came out, but I misplaced the footage until now.Category leaderboard with rules mossranking.com/cat.php?cat=214Music:The Moon DropsRoad TripLukewarm Hazy
Daytona USA beginner course 22203 BoatsandJoes 2023-02-24 | I love this game. I like racing games with grippy cars that you can still slide around corners (so Daytona, Ridge Racer, Split/Second, Burnout, some Need For Speeds, kart racers etc.).In the beginner course, you only *need* to slide on turn 3. I shift to 2nd gear when I drive past the grass, and back to 4th when the speedometer says 290 km/h.There's a pit lane that repairs your car (with a ~10 second animation): useful only in long races. At the start and end of lap 8, you can use it as a shortcut (no animation). On other laps, you can squeeze past the pit trigger if you hug the FAR right side of the pit lane. Usually I touch grass a little (much better than pitting). This shortcut is pretty unforgiving, especially at high speed: I've kind of gotten the hang of it at medium speed. I still tapped the wall pretty hard exiting the pit lane on lap 7; luckily a car bumped me back up to speed.Played on model 2 emulator on controller. Room for improvement, but I placed 1st, and it's my current best time on this track.You can play Daytona on PS3, Xbox 360, later Xboxes with backwards compatibility, emulator, a smattering of other systems (Saturn etc.), or maybe an arcade if you're lucky! 0:23 race starts
Kings Quest VI any% 16m40s BoatsandJoes 2023-02-13 | Fun game casually and to speedrun. This is after a few casual playthroughs and a couple days of speedrun practice. No big mistakes: lots of room to improve movement (diagonal movement is instant at the highest speed setting, and you want that instant movement as much as possible). I've timestamped some notable glitch abuse.0:28 Run starts2:34 Gnome skip8:33 Tile skip8:50 Cataclypse12:04 Fast hedges16:53 Fast duel23:57 Girl in the TowerLeaderboards speedrun.com/kings_quest_vi_heir_today_gone_tomorrowKing's Quest VI World Record Speedrun History youtube.com/watch?v=6CNJ7CxwaZUKing's Quest IV + V + VI on GOG gog.com/game/kings_quest_4_5_6I'm using the "no wobble" patch and autohotkey rebinds. I have a s d f as esc, insert, alt, and enter respectively (labelled in my NohBoard overlay as menu, walk, alt, and enter. "click" is left mouse and "skip" is right mouse).
Tetris the Grand Master instant gravity mode GM BoatsandJoes 2022-12-02 | This is my first 20G mode GM, and was performed on the official PS4 port that released today! ($8 USD; also available on Switch). TGM is a fun take on Tetris that asks you to keep a flat/staircase-shaped stack so that you can slide pieces along the top of it without getting stuck.The video is missing the first 15 seconds or so. This run is in the hi score mode, which boots you directly into the game in either normal mode or 20G mode, and has a separate leaderboard. Pausing and savestates are not allowed. In order to get the highest grade, you need to survive to level 999, get 40,000 points by level 500, get 126,000 points by the end of the game, and finish the game under 13m30s. The 40,000 point condition is harder in instant gravity mode, because pushing down to drop a piece through the air gives you a point multiplier that is unavailable in this mode.I got a bit distracted near the end, but the game was basically won at that point already. I do not appear on the leaderboard at the end because it needed a bit of time to update, but I was in 6th (at the time, and not counting the normal leaderboard or the Switch leaderboards).
Its Mr. Pants: funny-looking but fun! (wipeout mode hard clear) BoatsandJoes 2022-09-01 | My friend recommended me this game as a joke. It was created by Rare for the GBA in 2005: it was originally going to be a Donkey Kong game, but Rare lost the license, and decided to feature a different character instead.... We all thought I would play for 1 minute, go "ha ha" and move on, but now we're all playing it!You place randomly given pieces into a grid. You cannot place a piece on top of anything the same color, but you can cover up other colors. The goal is to create rectangles 2x3 or bigger to make them disappear (bigger clears make different animal sounds!).In Wipeout mode, the board starts messy (randomly generated), and you have to "clean up Mr. Pants' naughty mess" within 2 minutes (yuck). Hard mode has 3 colors, and you unlock it by clearing the 2 color Medium mode. Doing so unlocks Special mode, which I cleared a few days after this was recorded.Rare developers talking about the making of It's Mr. Pants youtube.com/watch?v=CLJAVWMI1F4
TriAngels - Release Trailer (free puzzle game) BoatsandJoes 2022-03-26 | Play in browser or download for free boatsandstudios.itch.io/triangelsThis is my first game; maybe more will come in the future :) I made most of it last year. This year, I finally went back, cleaned it up a little, and released it!Trailer Music: Prelude Op. 28 No. 12 in G sharp minorComposed by Frédéric Chopin, performed by Ivan Ilić and recorded by Judith Carpentier-Dupont in Paris, October 2005Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeRecording is sped up from 70 seconds to 60 for this trailer.
Espgaluda Two Credit Clear BoatsandJoes 2022-01-18 | Espgaluda is an arcade game developed by Cave in 2003. You can kill enemies to get gems, and then spend gems to slow bullets down and turn them into gold. Espgaluda is on the easier side of Cave games, but the final boss is a big difficulty jump. This is a run with one game over: dying 3 fewer times would have finished the game in a single credit. This is my personal best for now. My score when I game overed on the final form of the final boss was 16,515,040.Score run with caption commentary, by superplayer Jaimers: youtube.com/watch?v=SB1idDgK9PMDetailed Espgaluda information: https://shmups.wiki/library/EspgaludaBoth Esp Ra.De. and Espgaluda II are available on Nintendo Switch, along with some other fun Cave arcade games like Mushihimesama :)0:00 Stage 11:41 Stage 1 boss2:38 Stage 25:02 Stage 2 boss6:22 Stage 39:55 Stage 3 boss11:25 Stage 414:25 Stage 4 boss16:13 Stage 518:03 First boss revenge19:41 Alice clones21:02 Final boss23:52 Second credit26:10 Ending
Im a Tetris Grand Master! BoatsandJoes 2021-12-18 | My first time getting the best grade in this clone of Tetris the Grand Master 1 :) I've been playing off and on since I saw TGM played at AGDQ in 2015: 7 years ago! youtube.com/watch?v=_oqRCaDeeGg?t=25m I know people who got GM faster, but I got it, baby!I'm mostly playing for fun and not for grade, but I got really thirsty for GM once I completed the game for the first time. Enjoy the gameplay and royalty-free music!G1 Master mode in Shiromino is a clone of Tetris the Grand Master 1's Master mode. Dropping pieces and clearing lines increases your level. The gravity increases until it becomes instant at level 500, and then you must survive to level 999. Scoring points increases your grade from 9 to 1, then from S1 to S9, then to GM. GM has a few additional requirements, including: you have to achieve the S4 grade before level 500 (in this game I made a clean stack on top of my messy stack before level 500 to get a few extra points), and you must finish under 13:30 (I stack (too) high in low gravity, minimize thinking time, and lock pieces without confirming "did it go where I wanted?").The credits bugged out a little bit in this game. This mode stops tracking time and score once the credits start, so it doesn't really matter.Download Shiromino here (mode is G1 Master) github.com/shiromino/shiromino/releasesDownload Cambridge here (different clone, easier to configure controls. Mode is Marathon A1 with ruleset Classic ARS) github.com/MillaBasset/cambridge/releasesIf you like Tetris, also try Tetris Effect Connected, Tetris 99, or tetr.io ! There are rumors that Arika is trying to release a TGM sequel/port: if they can, I'm buying it right away!Music:EDM Detection Mode by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500026Artist: http://incompetech.comThe Emperor's Army by Jeremy Blake youtube.com/channel/UChnxLLvzviaR5NeKOevB8iQNatural by Endless Love youtube.com/channel/UChnxLLvzviaR5NeKOevB8iQ
Shiromino G1 Master mode S9 in 14:02 BoatsandJoes 2021-11-28 | Download Shiromino here github.com/shiromino/shiromino/releasesG1 Master mode is a clone of Tetris the Grand Master 1's Master mode. Dropping pieces and clearing lines increases your level. The game speed increases until level 500, and then stays the same until the game ends at level 999. Scoring points increases your grade from 9 to 1, then from S1 to S9, then to GM.This was a great game for me, a full minute faster than my first S9, and fulfilled all of the GM point requirements. I'm happy with how clean my stack is around level 900 :) In order to get the GM grade, I need to get to level 300 a half second faster, and finish 32 seconds faster overall.If you like Tetris, also try Tetris 99, Tetris Effect, and tetr.io !
Shiromino G1 Master mode S9 in 15:08 BoatsandJoes 2021-11-20 | Download Shiromino here. github.com/shiromino/shiromino/releasesG1 Master mode is a clone of Tetris the Grand Master 1's Master mode. Dropping pieces and clearing lines increases your level. The game speed increases until level 500, and then stays the same until the game ends at level 999. Scoring points increases your grade from 9 to 1, then from S1 to S9, then to GM.This is my first S9. I got enough points for the GM grade, but I need to finish a little faster (13:30 or under), and also hit S4 a little earlier (by level 500 instead of 522).If you like Tetris, also try Tetris 99, Tetris Effect, and tetr.io !
ZeroRanger Green Orange/Normal Mode 1 Credit Clear (589375 C+) Ship Type B BoatsandJoes 2021-08-11 | 0:00 Stage 1-12:25 Stage 1-26:52 Stage 1-3 first half11:08 Stage 1-3 second half15:34 Stage 1-419:36 Boss Rush23:33 Loop 2: Stage 2-126:14 Stage 2-231:40 Stage 2-336:32 Ikaruga and marbles39:00 Despair42:20 Escape44:28 Rank, Credits, and scoreZeroRanger site with demo: se-made.com/zeroranger.htmlSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/809020/ZeroRangerItch.io: system-erasure.itch.io/zerorangerZeroRanger is really good! I love the music, the look, the levels, the setpieces, the enemies, the weapons, the modes, and the ships. It's difficult, but with modes, continues, checkpoints, dynamic difficulty, and extra lives, it's reasonable to see all of the game (without trivializing it) (although Despair is dang hard). The game is tough but not mean most of the time (for example, you cannot die in the final escape sequence). I kept finding new neat things each time I played, including this time.Your score in the top left fills up with a slightly different color from left to right as you earn points. It fills faster the fewer extra ships you have. When it fills entirely, the color empties and says "life up," giving you an extra ship. During the final boss fight at 40:37, I lose my last ship, but a shot that I had already fired earns me the last few points I need to get an extra ship and save my life. My heart was pounding after that!My playthrough is mainly focused on survival, but I still try to score to get extra ships. In order to score well in Green Orange/Normal Mode, you want to kill certain enemies quickly to spawn extra orange enemies, and leave certain enemies alive to bridge parts of the stage that have no enemies (since your score multiplier goes down if you go 2 seconds without shooting something). Leaving enemies alive can be dangerous, so in this run I kill most enemies as quickly as possible. You also get points for hitting bosses, killing bosses quickly, having many lives remaining at the end of a stage, and for collecting SE Bonus items (I skip some bonuses that I find difficult/dangerous to go for).I picked the default color palette and Type B, flamethrower, charge shot, sword for both loops this run. Type B's shot and flamethrower have good coverage, and its charge shot/shield is really good against 1-3 second half "the boys are back in town" and Despair/marbles. Its sword does a lot of damage in general and has some specific powerful uses: for example, at 36:05, I deflect Grapefruit's spirit bomb attacks, and at 39:49, I parry the final boss' chop attack. Other weapons have other uses: for example, lock-on is really good at maintaining your multiplier and Type C's charge shot pierces through all of the train cars in 1-3, taking them out easily.I came back to the game to play White Vanilla/Light Mode (my 1CC here youtube.com/watch?v=9t4AIxsu_Iw ), and didn't originally plan to 1CC Green Orange/Normal Mode. When ZeroRanger was new, I didn't like the idea of 1CCing a 2 loop mode, but now I understand and like the idea behind this one (replay the first 2.5 stages with all of the weapons, then the rest is different) from Electric Underground's interview with System Erasure here youtube.com/watch?v=V1wyPN4DaJE . Also, Despair At Last at 38:15 is my favorite song in the game!ZeroRanger is exciting to play! Will definitely play Hard Mode/Black Onion when it is added, but I think I might go for higher White Vanilla/Green Orange scores too. Check out this high score Green Orange run from Erppo with caption commentary (1.37 million points) youtube.com/watch?v=PbzOUNjSEJk ! Check out what Green Orange mode looks like from a fresh save in this 1CC with caption commentary from TripleMoon (different dialogue and a True Last Boss)! youtube.com/watch?v=04MecEyzGQ4
Blue Revolver normal 1CC 41,310,510 BoatsandJoes 2021-08-05 | 0:00 Stage 12:38 Stage 25:44 Stage 310:52 Stage 415:10 Stage 5http://bluerevolvergame.comBlue Revolver is a bullet hell/danmaku style shooting game from indie developer Stellar Circle. It has a lot of practice features and settings: I play with hitboxes on, and I left them on in the replay. "Normal mode" is the easiest mode: the dynamic difficulty is capped at 2 out of 5, and you need fewer points to get all 4 extends (extra lives).When you kill an enemy with your shot, it increments your chain counter by 1 (capped at 8). If you don't kill anything for a while, you lose your chain. If you kill an enemy with your secondary weapon while your chain counter is at 8, they're worth 64 times as many points! This is the main way to get points. You will need to refill your chain after doing this, and you need to pick up energy drops to refill your secondary weapon.This is my first 1 credit clear of this mode. I have been getting better at shooting games, so I got it after just a few runs of stage 1-4 and some extra practice in stage 5. Played on Steam version 1.12 with Val, Variable Shot, and Hyper Laser.Watch a Parallel mode run by Kiwi with commentary from Plasmo and developer Danbo at Stunfest 2019 here youtube.com/watch?v=nzoAMxYL5YI&t=11:28
ZeroRanger Light Mode 1 credit clear BoatsandJoes 2021-08-04 | 0:00 Stage 12:46 Stage 26:29 Stage 310:03 Stage 415:19 Stage EXZeroRanger is an arcade shooting game from 2 person Finnish indie developer System Erasure. It is available on Steam and itch.io. There is a free demo available through Itch and the System Erasure website.store.steampowered.com/app/809020/ZeroRangersystem-erasure.itch.io/zerorangerse-made.com/zeroranger.htmlLight Mode/White Vanilla is "easy" mode. It has most of the areas from the Normal Mode/Green Orange, slightly rearranged. It has a different scoring system, and bonus EX stages after each level. It gives a lot of extra 1 ups, and it leaves out some of the more challenging stuff from Green Orange mode.This is my first time clearing White Vanilla/Light Mode without using a continue. I used the Type-B ship with flamethrower, lock-on, and sword. I got a score of 797,128 and a rank of B. I played ZeroRanger when it released, but I haven't played White Vanilla/Light Mode until recently. I like the game, and I'm going to keep playing it!If you want more information and better gameplay, please watch this Z rank run from Jaimers! youtube.com/watch?v=AAxz7OFiASs
Super Metroid any% in 1:10:08 BoatsandJoes 2021-06-30 | From a livestream before bed twitch.tv/boatsnjoes
Super Metroid Any% in 1:21:17 BoatsandJoes 2021-06-19 | In my last personal best, I died to Draygon and Mother Brain. By not dying, I saved 5-6 minutes (lost 3 to other stuff). Haven't played in a while, but this was nice.
Shiromino G1 20G mode S8 in 14:30 BoatsandJoes 2021-05-09 | Download Shiromino here. github.com/shiromino/shiromino/releases G1 20G mode is a clone of Tetris the Grandmaster 1's instant gravity cheat code. Dropping pieces and clearing lines increases your level. The game ends at level 999. Scoring points increases your grade from 9 to 1, then from S1 to S9, then to GM. The game speed stays constant. This is my first 20G game that reached level 999. To get GM, I need a few more points and to finish the game under 13:30. If you like Tetris, also try Tetris 99, Tetris Effect, and https://tetr.io !
Shiromino G1 Master mode S8 in 17:09 BoatsandJoes 2021-05-08 | This is my first game that reached level 999. It's messy, but I think I can do better and faster :)G1 Master mode is a clone of Tetris the Grand Master 1's Master mode. Dropping pieces and clearing lines increases your level. The game speed increases until level 500, and then stays the same until the game ends at level 999. Scoring points increases your grade from 9 to 1, then from S1 to S9, then to GM.Download Shiromino here. github.com/shiromino/shiromino/releasesIf you like Tetris, also try Tetris 99, Tetris Effect, and tetr.io !
Super Mario 64 16 Star in 27:53 BoatsandJoes 2021-04-30 | Doing better! Happy with how the Bowser levels/fights went.
Phan Phan double star BoatsandJoes 2021-01-30 | There is a small chance that Sparky will already be attacking when you enter the room, in which case you can run to the right and get the double star without having to set him up. Otherwise, you have to run to the right to bait Sparky into attacking.Once Sparky is attacking, give yourself some space, then run + jump and inhale a little after you jump (not immediately, but still pretty early; about when Kirby is level with the top of the step). The rock in the background is an excellent visual cue for the jump; your jump arc should trace the outline of the rock.
Poppy Bros No Copy Abilities strat BoatsandJoes 2021-01-30 | Killing a Poppy Bro with one double star only works if the Poppy Bro decides to jump backwards. I don't know the exact odds, but it seems like less than half of the time. Sometimes the remaining Poppy Bro decides to jump high to throw a bomb, which makes him hard to hit, but if you inhale the dead Poppy Bro quickly enough then you should be able to kill him first. If the two Poppy Bros don't throw a bomb at the same time, but you still get a double star: you should run under the one that threw a bomb first, and then try to double hit the other one.
Bugzzy strat BoatsandJoes 2021-01-30 | This takes about the same time as the world record strat, but helps with consistency (easier to inhale both bugs without getting hit).Crossing up Bugzzy in between the two bug spawns will cause him to place the two bugs closer together, although you can get the double star regardless as long as you have enough horizontal momentum and inhale the bugs soon after the second bug spawns.Being in the air may make Bugzzy spawn bugs less often, though. May have to wait on the ground and then fly up after he's selected his attack but before he performs it.
2-2 Grand Wheelie Double Star in Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland No Copy Abilities BoatsandJoes 2021-01-30 | Saves time on this boss who likes to be random, but the trick is inconsistent (2 frame window, but one of the frames only rarely works, so it's more like 1 frame). This trick as far as I know was discovered by Marche9th/mapler90210; I just did some experimenting with it. These are Marche's methods: youtube.com/watch?v=KXsDrH_UUNc youtube.com/watch?v=9uIbTH0xzZk 1. after landing, jump onto the bottom step and bonk the right wall. This should make Sparky spark. 2. Tap left in order to get as far to the left as possible without falling off the step. I use two left taps here: more taps makes it easier to get close without falling off. You have some leeway here, but getting a similar position each time means similar timing for the jump/inhale each time. 3. Hold right. 4. Press jump and inhale one frame apart. I recommend using two fingers and bringing your hand down to the buttons, but with your middle finger extended a little more so that A gets hit 1 frame before B. Hold inhale after. It doesn't matter if you hold jump or not. If you are on the very left edge of the platform, you should hold right for 11 frames and jump on the 12th frame (the game runs at about 60 frames per second. Jumping on the 11th frame also has a chance to work). 5. If you got it, don't spit from the very left edge: spitting more to the right lets you take out the bomb block as well. Troubleshooting: If you inhale without jumping, you hit jump either at the same time or after inhale. Assuming you hit jump and inhale one frame apart: if you bonk the step then you jumped too late, and if you don't suck up the fire guy then you jumped too early (the fire guy may also be able to dodge the inhale by attacking: I'm not sure). If you did not inhale Sparky: make sure that Sparky is attacking: attacking changes Sparky's hurtbox and makes it possible to inhale it. If Sparky was attacking *and* you inhaled one frame after jumping *and* you inhaled the fire guy, you jumped one frame too early and got unlucky. Played on mGBA on the Japanese version (also works on the US version).
Spelunky HD Low% 5:16.915 (Personal Best) BoatsandJoes 2020-06-19 | Spelunky is a fun platformer with randomized levels. I win the video game with arbitrary restrictions. In the Low% category, it is not allowed to pick up anything that enters into your inventory (like bombs or a compass) or use anything that needs to be "used" (like the shotgun). Picking up throwables (like land mines) is allowed. It's a fun challenge that is not officially recognized by the game. I started the run avoiding gold as well, but I picked some up by mistake.Buy the game on Steam or console store.steampowered.com/app/239350/SpelunkySee leaderboards at mossranking.com
Seth and Akuma are cheaper than ever before! www.sf4remix.com BoatsandJoes 2020-03-10 | NCV (Akuma) vs. Zenan (Seth) in a weekly tournament at Ignite Gaming Lounge in Chicago! 16 people entered!sf4remix.com try it out!youtu.be/TNtTz0hqGEM watch the trailer for the big tournament at Michigan Masters, Combo Breaker, and CEOtaku!
I need... more souls! Soul Calibur VI Nightmare vs. Sophitia at Texas Showdown 2018 BoatsandJoes 2018-05-07 | Bandai Namco had a Soul Calibur VI booth at Texas Showdown 2018, and I recorded two games.The players are quite good! Sorry for not catching their names, and while we're apologizing, sorry for the quality as well.Hope you're as excited for Soul Calibur VI as I am! The game is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. The release is currently slated for 2018. This is the Xbox One version: the build with Nightmare, Sophitia, Mitsurugi, Xianghua, Kilik, and Groh.
The soul still burns! Soul Calibur VI Nightmare vs. Sophitia at Texas Showdown 2018 BoatsandJoes 2018-05-07 | Bandai Namco had a Soul Calibur VI booth at Texas Showdown 2018, and I recorded two games.The players are quite good! Sorry for not catching their names, and while we're apologizing, sorry for the quality as well.Hope you're as excited for Soul Calibur VI as I am! The game is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. The release is currently slated for 2018. This is the Xbox One version: the build with Nightmare, Sophitia, Mitsurugi, Xianghua, Kilik, and Groh.
Free rhythm game: Bemuse! (stream VoD) BoatsandJoes 2017-12-26 | Bemuse is a free rhythm game that you can play in your browser at https://bemuse.ninjaIt takes time to get used to, but it's a lot of fun!My controller is a DJ Dao FPS, from Gamo 2 (gamo2.com/en/). Not cheap, but it makes the game a lot more fun for me.Bemuse works just fine on keyboard. You can also check the arcade locator (zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/arcades.php) and see if there's an arcade with Beatmania IIDX near you!The songs are all made by the community. A good way to start finding songs is to google "BMS of Fighters (year) download songs." BMS of Fighters is a popular annual song making contest that has been around since like 2006. It gets a lot of great songs. Click and drag them into Bemuse to play!Lunatic Rave 2 is another popular BMS simulator that has more features and can also play any BMS file. The only disadvantage is that it was never finished, so it's a little clunky and crashes sometimes.I don't stream often, but if you want, you can follow me at twitch.tv/boatsnjoes
Dragonball Z Lore Crash Course BoatsandJoes 2017-09-16 | Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eLVZiN3sg-qKKRSEnjhOccr2fMYta-R2c855dcm79eI/edit?usp=sharingHope everyone enjoys the video! Comment if you have any questions.One tidbit I didn't mention: the "RR" on the Androids' clothes stands for the Red Ribbon Army, which Goku defeated as a kid.
Fantasy Strike Evo 2017: Lord Knight (Valerie) vs. Final Abe (Setsuki) BoatsandJoes 2017-07-21 | This is the winner of the first side tournament of the day vs. the winner of the second side tournament of the day. Get Fantasy Strike by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign here! fig.co/fantasystrikeIf you want to read my thoughts on the game, you can check them out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1PYq_U_EG-UwomMAK3v8nzir5qqbg_0wFSW_kUiqD7JY/edit?usp=sharing
Fantasy Strike Evo 2017: Jaina vs. Geiger BoatsandJoes 2017-07-21 | I didn't catch the players' names.Jaina is my favorite character! This person didn't yet know something very important about her, which is that you can have unlimited downward arrows on the screen at once. This lets you either keep the opponent out really well, or even lock them down for pressure if you want. You can even do something like set up some downward arrows, then do an invincible uppercut in their face, and the arrows will make you safe. You can also juggle arrows into one another, or combo knee into air sideways arrow.Geiger's gear meter works a lot like Guile's charge. You lose it if you walk forward, and you need it in order to use flash kick and sonic boom. Neither character used their air super: Jaina's covers the screen in downwards arrows, and Geiger's creates a slow-moving multihit projectile that controls the screen for a long time.Get Fantasy Strike by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign here! fig.co/fantasystrikeIf you want to read my thoughts on the game, you can check them out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1PYq_U_EG-UwomMAK3v8nzir5qqbg_0wFSW_kUiqD7JY/edit?usp=sharing
Fantasy Strike Evo 2017: Solacracy (DeGrey) vs. Final Abe (Setsuki) BoatsandJoes 2017-07-21 | This is about half of the set. Sorry that the sound is a little messed up!DeGrey is really cool. Like Slayer, he has a special move where he dashes back and then forward, and it has 3 possible followups. One is a downward punch that's plus on block, one is two kicks that are totally invincible, and one is a pilebunker that does 2 damage and wallbounces on counterhit. He also has a ghost that can destroy projectiles and hold you in place for a pilebunker!Get Fantasy Strike by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign here! fig.co/fantasystrikeIf you want to read my thoughts on the game, you can check them out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1PYq_U_EG-UwomMAK3v8nzir5qqbg_0wFSW_kUiqD7JY/edit?usp=sharingBy the way, at the beginning of the video, I was asking Sirlin about an article he wrote a few years ago about whether hitboxe controllers should be allowed in fighting game tournaments. At the time that he wrote it, many tournaments didn't allow them. Now, most do. Sirlin's opinion is that they should not be allowed, because if they are, everyone is forced to use them. I like hitbox, so I wouldn't mind that too much!
Fantasy Strike Evo 2017: Final Abe (Setsuki) vs. Liqwid Bliss (Midori) BoatsandJoes 2017-07-20 | I may be mistaken on the identity of the Midori, and if that's so, I apologize. Midori is a really cool character! It's like Street Fighter 2 Honda trained in the mountains for 25 years and learned air Psycho Crusher and Dragon Install. Setsuki is also awesome, and has tons of air mobility!Get Fantasy Strike by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign here! fig.co/fantasystrikeIf you want to read my thoughts on the game, you can check them out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1PYq_U_EG-UwomMAK3v8nzir5qqbg_0wFSW_kUiqD7JY/edit?usp=sharing
Taking Names in Fighting Games: Learning to Handle Situations BoatsandJoes 2017-05-17 | Thank you for taking the time to watch my video!Why you lose in fighting games by Patrick Miller: youtu.be/MZwUWf4bao8If you want more help, a Discord server for your game is a great way to get it. A Discord server is a chatroom with lots of people to play games with and ask questions to. Google “[name of game] Discord” to find one. You can also search for “Fighting Game Community [your location]” to find people to play with and learn from in person!I sometimes see people ask “do I need an arcade stick?” Absolutely not. You can play with a pad, an arcade stick, a keyboard, a hitbox, whatever, and compete at the highest level of play. Which you choose just depends on what’s most comfortable for you personally, and of course cost.I also see people ask “is X game/character good for a beginner?” If you think that game or character is cool, go for it. Playing something you like is by far the most important thing. That said, you should consider picking based on difficulty if you like multiple characters/games nearly equally. Almost all modern fighting games have extremely balanced rosters, so you don't need to worry about that.Games and Music:-Street Fighter V (Theme of Karin)-Skullgirls (Pick of the Litter - Character Select theme)-Killer Instinct (Hinnamatoom - Thunder’s theme)-Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator (Original Bet - Johnny’s theme)-Skullgirls again (The Crowd Goes Wild - NMO Arena theme)
NullpoMino Grade Mania (Tetris The Grand Master) S1 BoatsandJoes 2017-02-25 | Still have a ways to go on my Tetris journey, but here's where I am right now.If you want to play NullpoMino, you can get it here: http://harddrop.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2317If you want to watch some actually good Tetris gameplay, you can watch a TGM exhibition here: youtu.be/ViwDUiCzPVU?t=11m36sIn this variant of Tetris, you go up a level whenever you drop a piece or clear a line. The speed increases as your level goes up, but you get a small break at level 200.The grades go from 9 to 1 and then from S1 to S9. You can achieve the grade of Grandmaster if you fulfill certain time and score requirements before finishing the game at level 999.I have some custom sounds on my NullpoMino, but other than that all of my settings are default.
Guilty Gear Moment: Accidentally Awesome BoatsandJoes 2017-02-17 | Leo hits me with a stagger and then does a super move. Can I mash out of the stagger in time and then stop mashing in time to block?No, but something pretty cool happened instead.
Guilty Gear moment: you wont BELIEVE what happens! BoatsandJoes 2017-01-28 | Guilty Gear is so cool.Disclaimer: we are not good at Guilty Gear.Shoutouts to Jam's voice and Dizzy color 17.
Guilty Gear Dizzy mirror match: a Song of Ice and Fire BoatsandJoes 2017-01-23 | I've been playing Guilty Gear since the newest version came out on Steam, and I'm having a great time. I'm still not good at it, but look at how awesome Dizzy is!
