#hitexploded Actraiser. Used lots of save states, checked a YouTube video for strategies. Some bosses are quite easy actually, others not so much. Did not have a lot of specials left. Reached the last bos with 1/4 energy, died so I could start the battle with full life. #snes #enix #superfamicom

#hitexploded Neutopia 2, took a bit longer because of life/work. It was a nice playthrough, again not as deep as Zelda, but a fun play anyways. Bosses are nice (look and design as well as gameplay). Used save states (of course). #hudsonsoft #pcengine

Defeated Dirth! Dirth? Dirth Vader? Finally #hitexploded Neutopia, now to play the sequel. Hopefully it has a fan-translation? Definately not as polished as Zelda on SNES, but still a nice playthrough, not very difficult. Just right for a me now. #pcengine #hudsonsoft

#hitexploded Salamander. Didn't take too long (had a save-state at Stage 4 from previously). It felt a bit weird, finishing the game without having to beat some big final boss, got something else and nice instead though. Changing horizontal and vertical levels is nice and good music. #gradius #shmup

#hitexploded Hyper Dyne Side Arms. Fun #shmup, stages are OK (hate the snake!), but the bosses are boring repeats. Only 3 different bosses and 2 keep coming back with slight differences. Would have been nice to see a bit more variation there. #pcengine #capcom

#hitexploded Musha Aleste for #megadrive. Good game, but personally graphics style the moving old Japanese houses are not my thing and music-wise I prefer more spacey music. Colours are really nice for a MD game. Haven't played many MD shmups, but I feel like there must be better ones than this.

Done deal! #hitexploded Bomber Man on #famicom. Beat all 50 levels, got the end screen and then it looped back to stage 1. End screen message says "See you again in Lode Runner", so Lode Runner came after and #bomberman was a cameo. Fired up Lode Runner to check. #hudsonsoft