[TAS] SNES ActRaiser "Special Mode" by zidanax in

[@alexsanz9916]

that non-stop boss rush with no healing at the end... just brutal

[@willgrellosbelts8695]

Love that we had time to hear the Northwall stage 1 music all the way through, I was worried he was gonna go too fast

[@cvmh777]

1:43 my favorite part of ActRaiser TASes: WALL JUMPS

[@SirVG]

Possible to do on console too.

[@jojojoma3026]

@@SirVG Yes but is it easy to do?

[@Stitastic]

This is the best SNES game I ever played to date and I miss it a lot

[@ryuukoyazaki3466]

The BEST SNES game??? I mean come on, with Donkey Kong Country? And Final Fantasy 4-5-6??? And MegaMan X??? Double Dragon??? Chrono Trigger??? Secret of Mana??? I don’t think so. This looks like a cheap clone of Castlevania to me. And not nearly as good.

[@Stitastic]

@@ryuukoyazaki3466 ok I can agree with mega man x but I’m willing to bet you don’t know much about this game. The special mode only shows the level segments but normally in between those there’s a worldbuilder segment that I think is part of what makes this game so good. I can see why it looks like castlevania as it does use similar level concepts (lots of enemies lol) but there’s still more to it than that

[@ryuukoyazaki3466]

You’re right, guys. I don’t know much about the game or neither have ever played it. I just saw a side-scroller (with decent graphics) and thought: how is this any different from a Castlevania or GnG? lol I should definitely research more into this game. I already watched the “main TAS” with the overworld mode and it had some explanations that might give some more context to understanding the game. Thank you for your feedback.

[@ryuukoyazaki3466]

@RGGNC you’re right. What is it about Donkey Kong Country that you don’t personally like if I may ask? Is it the story in the game? The repetitiveness? Some consider it as one of the best 2D platformers on SNES. I grew up playing the game so as a kid I didn’t think too deeply into it but I guess it was the music that caught my attention. :)

[@ryuukoyazaki3466]

@@Stitastic oh yeah, I watched the longer TAS that had explanations. It seemed a lot more interesting than the actual 2D platforming segments shown in this TAS, to be honest. :) Also, Megaman X is an awesome game - a true powerhouse. I get energized everytime I hear the start of that kickass BGM (VGM?) in Stage “0” before you fight the robot bosses. lol

[@GuitaurenHero]

Love those Mode 7 Sound effects. Remomds me of Illusion of Gaia.

[@SirVG]

You do realize that both ActRaiser and Illusion of Gaia were made by Quintet? (Also, ActRaiser came first.)

[@GuitaurenHero]

@@SirVG Enix,yes. Quintet, no. I saw Actraiser when it was on Nick Arcade. I played Gaia first.

[@SyxxFtH8]

Mode 7... Sound effects? Mode 7 is a scaling/rotation graphic effect.

[@SirVG]

@@GuitaurenHero Enix was the publisher. Quintet was the developer.

[@DrNoBrazil]

@@SyxxFtH8 It was mode 2 most of the time actually.

[@avalonjustin]

These old games didn't play around. It's like they asked "How difficult can we make this while still technically being possible to beat?"

[@Stitastic]

I agree, the difficulty of some older Nintendo games is awesome. Though actraiser was never super hard for me lol

[@OverseerMoti]

This is why TV Tropes named this difficulty trope "Nintendo Hard".

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

Actraiser is easy compared to Super Ghouls n Ghosts

[@talongaudio939]

@@Chud_Bud_Supreme I beat this on special/professional as a kid, but never beat super ghouls and ghosts.

[@akiradkcn]

Emphasis on "technically" many of the nes and snes games were straight up bullshit wit their difficulty, being either too easy or downright impossible with almost no in-between

[@丫o]

I swear the sound of taking damage is almost the same as the sound in Super Castlevania IV, just with reverb.

[@Gambini_93]

The 20th Century fox theme 21:44

[@rogerklotz7737]

Hahahaha

[@jupitermonkey5687]

l m a o

[@stickyman05]

Rest in peace, buddy.

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

Who deth?

[@stickyman05]

@@AboveEmAllProduction zidanax. Many moons ago.

[@akiradkcn]

@@stickyman05 who

[@stickyman05]

@allright715 I was friends with him. This was 10 years ago.

[@jojojoma3026]

So, the music in part two of act one was always the Filmore theme originally? In the US version it uses a later theme in that stage, and as I was playing Actraiser Renaissance I noticed the music was Filmore's theme... as I guess was originally intended.

[@dguntheryt]

No platforms at the Marana act two's boss neither, maybe they were added because the developers thought that boss was too difficult otherwise.

[@jonaszprzybycien6545]

Wow congrats for beating the bloodpool act 2 boss before it changes forms.

[@SmoggyLambGG]

What's a time bonus?

[@alexop5919]

5:53 lol

[@TheQrstOne]

I came here from Grand Poo World 2. 🤓

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[@ドロシールイーズ]

7:57 Among Us

[@maxsteiner686]

Great game but Remake is awful, black loading screens everywhere.