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After some absolute sweaty gameplay, I have finally beaten #Aleste 2 on the #MSX

Playing this game on Oni difficulty is not recommended in the slightest. Even on Hito difficulty the game is a challenge. Perhaps for those who are quite experienced with SHMUPs will find this would be reasonable breeze, but I often found myself in ridiculous death spirals at times and leaking lives because having no power-ups forces you to play aggressively evasive until you recover.

Thankfully, your dying explosion functions a bit like a bomb, allowing you to thin out some of the enemies and bullets on screen.

I swear, if it wasn't for weapon 6, which is a grenade style weapon that could neutralise certain enemy bullets your normal weapons couldn't, I probably would have not gotten anywhere near the end of this one.

The funniest part of the game, is that after beating the final boss, you given 50,000,000 points, which gives you about 60 lives!

#SHMUPtember #SHMUP

After some absolute sweaty gameplay, I have finally beaten #Aleste 2 on the #MSX

Playing this game on Oni difficulty is not recommended in the slightest. Even on Hito difficulty the game is a challenge. Perhaps for those who are quite experienced with SHMUPs will find this would be reasonable breeze, but I often found myself in ridiculous death spirals at times and leaking lives because having no power-ups forces you to play aggressively evasive until you recover.

Thankfully, your dying explosion functions a bit like a bomb, allowing you to thin out some of the enemies and bullets on screen.

I swear, if it wasn't for weapon 6, which is a grenade style weapon that could neutralise certain enemy bullets your normal weapons couldn't, I probably would have not gotten anywhere near the end of this one.

The funniest part of the game, is that after beating the final boss, you given 50,000,000 points, which gives you about 60 lives!

#SHMUPtember #SHMUP

After some absolute sweaty gameplay, I have finally beaten #Aleste 2 on the #MSX

Playing this game on Oni difficulty is not recommended in the slightest. Even on Hito difficulty the game is a challenge. Perhaps for those who are quite experienced with SHMUPs will find this would be reasonable breeze, but I often found myself in ridiculous death spirals at times and leaking lives because having no power-ups forces you to play aggressively evasive until you recover.

Thankfully, your dying explosion functions a bit like a bomb, allowing you to thin out some of the enemies and bullets on screen.

I swear, if it wasn't for weapon 6, which is a grenade style weapon that could neutralise certain enemy bullets your normal weapons couldn't, I probably would have not gotten anywhere near the end of this one.

The funniest part of the game, is that after beating the final boss, you given 50,000,000 points, which gives you about 60 lives!

#SHMUPtember #SHMUP

After some absolute sweaty gameplay, I have finally beaten #Aleste 2 on the #MSX

Playing this game on Oni difficulty is not recommended in the slightest. Even on Hito difficulty the game is a challenge. Perhaps for those who are quite experienced with SHMUPs will find this would be reasonable breeze, but I often found myself in ridiculous death spirals at times and leaking lives because having no power-ups forces you to play aggressively evasive until you recover.

Thankfully, your dying explosion functions a bit like a bomb, allowing you to thin out some of the enemies and bullets on screen.

I swear, if it wasn't for weapon 6, which is a grenade style weapon that could neutralise certain enemy bullets your normal weapons couldn't, I probably would have not gotten anywhere near the end of this one.

The funniest part of the game, is that after beating the final boss, you given 50,000,000 points, which gives you about 60 lives!

#SHMUPtember #SHMUP

After some absolute sweaty gameplay, I have finally beaten #Aleste 2 on the #MSX

Playing this game on Oni difficulty is not recommended in the slightest. Even on Hito difficulty the game is a challenge. Perhaps for those who are quite experienced with SHMUPs will find this would be reasonable breeze, but I often found myself in ridiculous death spirals at times and leaking lives because having no power-ups forces you to play aggressively evasive until you recover.

Thankfully, your dying explosion functions a bit like a bomb, allowing you to thin out some of the enemies and bullets on screen.

I swear, if it wasn't for weapon 6, which is a grenade style weapon that could neutralise certain enemy bullets your normal weapons couldn't, I probably would have not gotten anywhere near the end of this one.

The funniest part of the game, is that after beating the final boss, you given 50,000,000 points, which gives you about 60 lives!

#SHMUPtember #SHMUP

@cwebber
the #MSX had quite a few #SHMUPS, including a bunch of early #Konami, #Compile and #Falcom titles.

Some others you might like to try include:
- #Aleste 1 & 2, #AlesteGaiden
- #Gradius / #Nemesis (depending on the region) 1, 2 and 3
- #Parodius
- #SpaceManbow (there's also a pretty good #homebrew sequel #Manbow2)
- #Zanac, #ZanacEX
- #MKai's #Kyokugen & #PleasureHearts

Also worth mentioning is that the #MetalGearSolid series started on the MSX with #MetalGear and MG2: #SolidSnake