DoDonPachi - Type B (Arcade) / 1 loop

Casual play of DoDonPachi with Type B ship (just first stage, I'm not good enough to face the head bee yet :)
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DoDonPachi is a vertical scrolling shooting game (shmup) created by the Japanese developer Cave and initially released for the arcades. As one of the progenitors of the bullet hell subgenre of shooting games, DoDonPachi features large swarms of slow bullets that the player must dodge through, in contrast to most other shooting games available at the time which largely featured smaller amounts of fast bullets. Up to 245 bullets can be on-screen at once. The player fights against massive swarms of enemies and over the top bosses that fill the screen with stylized bullet patterns. To succeed at this game the player must expertly dodge the massive steam of bullets while chain killing the enemies for score. This chain killing mechanic is a central part of the game. Where a player must keep his Chain Counter Gauge full (in the top left of the screen) by constantly killing enemies and damaging bosses. Bonus Score is added based on constantly keeping this gauge filled. Achieving this bonus is necessary for high level play and to unlock the secret second loop. When the player starts the game he has a choice of 3 different ships: Type A (Red): Fastest speed, narrow Shot; Type B (Green): Medium speed, somewhat narrow Shot. The options (side pods) will rotate their direction of fire somewhat as the ship moves left and right; Type C (Blue): Slowest speed, wide Shot. There are 6 stages in the game, as well as a second loop which can be accessed after clearing stage 6 with certain conditions met. The game's true last boss will appear after the final stage of the second loop.