PEG's video: Hotdog Storm Arcade - Full Run ALL Clear 1 111 040 Pts

Full run of the ridiculously named Hotdog Storm (ホッドッグ ストーム), an arcade shmup developed by the unknown Mable. Stage Listing: 00:00 - Intro / Stage 1 04:22 - Stage 2 08:26 - Stage 3 12:42 - Stage 4 17:57 - Stage 5 20:45 - Final Boss Phase 1 23:11 - Final Boss Phase 2 29:23 - Ending Yes, this game is actually called Hotdog Storm, and no I have no idea why. Beyond the title screen, there are no other appearances, mentions, or anything even remotely related to hotdogs in the game. I guess when you have a game this generic, you need to create something that makes it stand out, and thus this ridiculous title was born. Beyond the goofy name you will find a rather generic shmup that looks and plays like something from the early 90s despite being released in 1996. There are items you can collect to power up your main shot and also additional colored items that give you side options (kind of like R-Type bits) and secondary shot in addition to a charge attack. If you collect the same color multiple times it will powerup your secondary attack in addition to giving you a stronger charge attack. This charge attack is basically what you want to be using for most of the game, as it unloads massive amounts of damage (yellow) or provides you complete invulnerability (red). The green charge attack is a homing attack but I find it to be mostly useless compared to the other two.. There are also bombs that you can use which cancel bullets and render you invincible for a brief time in addition to doing some damage in the area they were deployed. Many enemies and especially the bosses have a lot of health, so it's best to try and stick with the yellow attack as it is by far the most powerful. The boss fights can be mostly trivialized by using the yellow charge attack as it will only take a few shots to take them down. The final boss is the exception, as he has an absolutely obscene amount of life, so I switch to the red weapon and basically cheese him to death. If you die on this boss (which i did), you are pretty much forced to try and deal with him using the red weapon as it not only provides invulnerability but the red bits/options can block his most dangerous attack. This will take a long time but it does reliably work to kill him. For scoring, there are "lightning bolt" items you can pick up that add to your end of stage bonus. Your bomb stock at the end of each stage also gives you a bonus. There is also a scoring glitch that can be triggered when killing the stage 3 boss that will award you around 10 million points. I am not sure how to do it and I've only triggered it once (totally by accident) and I didn't end up clearing the game on that run. Needless to say, this glitch gives you scores around 10 times what you could normally expect to get in the game, so it would be the number one thing to aim for. If there is any interest in seeing the glitch, I may post that run as well.