Dragon Gun Longplay (Arcade) [4K]

Developed and published by Data East in 1992
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Technically impressive on-rails shooter from Data East full of action, explosions and fantasy monsters to nuke.

Underneath the slick visuals is a game which is unbelievably hard. Not only do you need extremely swift reflexes to deal with all the enemies showing up on screen, you'll need to make judicious use of your bombs to take out packs of enemies, as well as provide temporary immunity when overwhelmed.

I don't think it's actually possible to 1cc clear the game because of the mechanics on the final boss, at least as a solo player. Although your bombs grant temporary immunity, the recharge rate isn't sufficiently fast enough to prevent your mirror image from shooting you, and the health pool means that even on full health, you'll end up having to spend at least one extra credit to beat the game.

Chapters
00:00 Attract mode
01:56 Stage 1
08:30 Stage 2
13:58 Stage 3
22:54 Stage 4
30:18 Stage 5
36:27 Stage 6
41:16 Ending

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