Finally #hitexploded Castlevania Circle of the Moon. The start was slow, I kept going all over trying to progress. Once I understood that I got special abilities after defeating each boss, it was smooth sailing. Well worth the play.
#gameboyadvance #gba #retrogaming
#gameboyadvance #gba #retrogaming
September 8, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Finally #hitexploded Castlevania Circle of the Moon. The start was slow, I kept going all over trying to progress. Once I understood that I got special abilities after defeating each boss, it was smooth sailing. Well worth the play.
#gameboyadvance #gba #retrogaming
#gameboyadvance #gba #retrogaming
Done deal! #hitexploded Bomber Man on #famicom. Beat all 50 levels, got the end screen and then it looped back to stage 1. End screen message says "See you again in Lode Runner", so Lode Runner came after and #bomberman was a cameo. Fired up Lode Runner to check. #hudsonsoft
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Done deal! #hitexploded Bomber Man on #famicom. Beat all 50 levels, got the end screen and then it looped back to stage 1. End screen message says "See you again in Lode Runner", so Lode Runner came after and #bomberman was a cameo. Fired up Lode Runner to check. #hudsonsoft
Been trying to play Actraiser, I remember playing it quite a lot when I was young, but never #hitexploded it. So attempting now. Enjoying the music by @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social. Controls feel a bit off though, but maybe that's coz I am saying on the #miyoo Flip v2. #snes #superfamicom
February 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Been trying to play Actraiser, I remember playing it quite a lot when I was young, but never #hitexploded it. So attempting now. Enjoying the music by @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social. Controls feel a bit off though, but maybe that's coz I am saying on the #miyoo Flip v2. #snes #superfamicom
#hitexploded it (with save states). There were 50 levels, and bosses each 10 levels. Bosses were easier than Bubble Bobble ones, but the normal enemies could be more tricky. Saved the fairy/princess and a message saying the king is missing and we need to find the password room... #taito #pcengine
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#hitexploded it (with save states). There were 50 levels, and bosses each 10 levels. Bosses were easier than Bubble Bobble ones, but the normal enemies could be more tricky. Saved the fairy/princess and a message saying the king is missing and we need to find the password room... #taito #pcengine
#hitexploded! Now to give my thumb a few minutes rest and then play some Starseed 3. #gbc #gameboy #homebrew #shmup
Fun game, easy to get into, takes some time to master (luckily jot too much time). Worth every dollar!
Fun game, easy to get into, takes some time to master (luckily jot too much time). Worth every dollar!
June 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
#hitexploded! Now to give my thumb a few minutes rest and then play some Starseed 3. #gbc #gameboy #homebrew #shmup
Fun game, easy to get into, takes some time to master (luckily jot too much time). Worth every dollar!
Fun game, easy to get into, takes some time to master (luckily jot too much time). Worth every dollar!
#hitexploded Hyper Dyne Side Arms. Fun #shmup, stages are OK (hate the snake!), but the bosses are boring repeats. Only 3 different bosses and 2 keep coming back with slight differences. Would have been nice to see a bit more variation there. #pcengine #capcom
December 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#hitexploded Hyper Dyne Side Arms. Fun #shmup, stages are OK (hate the snake!), but the bosses are boring repeats. Only 3 different bosses and 2 keep coming back with slight differences. Would have been nice to see a bit more variation there. #pcengine #capcom
#hitexploded Jumpman Junior for #colecovision. Fun game! Nice twists with each level, very playable as well. Highest levels definitely not the most difficult. If you like platform puzzlers, definitely try this one out. I played on "speed 2", 1 was a bit too fast.
May 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#hitexploded Jumpman Junior for #colecovision. Fun game! Nice twists with each level, very playable as well. Highest levels definitely not the most difficult. If you like platform puzzlers, definitely try this one out. I played on "speed 2", 1 was a bit too fast.
#hitexploded Last Resort for #neogeo AES. Used save states at beginning of each stage and throughout on the last 2 stages (4 and 5). Just wish I would have gotten a bit more than just 1 screen of text for "beating" the game. #retrogaming #shmups
December 22, 2024 at 9:40 PM
#hitexploded Last Resort for #neogeo AES. Used save states at beginning of each stage and throughout on the last 2 stages (4 and 5). Just wish I would have gotten a bit more than just 1 screen of text for "beating" the game. #retrogaming #shmups
#hitexploded Salamander. Didn't take too long (had a save-state at Stage 4 from previously). It felt a bit weird, finishing the game without having to beat some big final boss, got something else and nice instead though. Changing horizontal and vertical levels is nice and good music. #gradius #shmup
December 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#hitexploded Salamander. Didn't take too long (had a save-state at Stage 4 from previously). It felt a bit weird, finishing the game without having to beat some big final boss, got something else and nice instead though. Changing horizontal and vertical levels is nice and good music. #gradius #shmup
G'AIME On! Let my daughter and her friend play for a bit. They liked Steel Gunner 1 best and #hitexploded it. I hit-exploded Time Crisis. A bit too easy with infinite coins/continues. AI camera guns work, but the aim felt sloppy at times, but maybe I need to calibrate it better. #lightgun #namco
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
G'AIME On! Let my daughter and her friend play for a bit. They liked Steel Gunner 1 best and #hitexploded it. I hit-exploded Time Crisis. A bit too easy with infinite coins/continues. AI camera guns work, but the aim felt sloppy at times, but maybe I need to calibrate it better. #lightgun #namco
#hitexploded Musha Aleste for #megadrive. Good game, but personally graphics style the moving old Japanese houses are not my thing and music-wise I prefer more spacey music. Colours are really nice for a MD game. Haven't played many MD shmups, but I feel like there must be better ones than this.
December 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
#hitexploded Musha Aleste for #megadrive. Good game, but personally graphics style the moving old Japanese houses are not my thing and music-wise I prefer more spacey music. Colours are really nice for a MD game. Haven't played many MD shmups, but I feel like there must be better ones than this.
Was recommended Miner 2049er when someone saw my Jumpman Jr. post. Had a go at the #c64 version and #hitexploded it. Nice game, some nice puzzles, some hard stages. Used save states at the start of stages and also in 2 of the stages I could not clear. No ending screen though, loops. #retrogaming
May 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Was recommended Miner 2049er when someone saw my Jumpman Jr. post. Had a go at the #c64 version and #hitexploded it. Nice game, some nice puzzles, some hard stages. Used save states at the start of stages and also in 2 of the stages I could not clear. No ending screen though, loops. #retrogaming
#hitexploded Mr.Drilller Encore (Drill land in the West) on Switch. Seems exactly the same as the GameCube version. Anyone else played this? What are your World Tour scores? #mrdriller #namco
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#hitexploded Mr.Drilller Encore (Drill land in the West) on Switch. Seems exactly the same as the GameCube version. Anyone else played this? What are your World Tour scores? #mrdriller #namco
Finished! The 6th course was the most difficult for me. The last 3 courses took less tries to finish. Check this game out if you are interested.
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#hitexploded #gameboycolor #gbc
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#hitexploded #gameboycolor #gbc
May 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Finished! The 6th course was the most difficult for me. The last 3 courses took less tries to finish. Check this game out if you are interested.
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#hitexploded #gameboycolor #gbc
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#hitexploded #gameboycolor #gbc
Final boss, which reincarnates I to a more difficult version. Defeated the boss and #hitexploded the game last night, halfway through the (very long) ending ran out of juice, so quickly made a save state. #pcengine #retrogaming #rayforce
August 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Final boss, which reincarnates I to a more difficult version. Defeated the boss and #hitexploded the game last night, halfway through the (very long) ending ran out of juice, so quickly made a save state. #pcengine #retrogaming #rayforce
#hitexploded this yesterday. Used the whirlwind magic on the final both, 1st and 2nd incarnation. With unlimited magic it was not difficult. Released 1st in arcades (1989), ported to #pcengine in 1990. Sequel to Valkyrie no Bouken (1986) for Famicom. #namco
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#hitexploded this yesterday. Used the whirlwind magic on the final both, 1st and 2nd incarnation. With unlimited magic it was not difficult. Released 1st in arcades (1989), ported to #pcengine in 1990. Sequel to Valkyrie no Bouken (1986) for Famicom. #namco
Defeated Dirth! Dirth? Dirth Vader? Finally #hitexploded Neutopia, now to play the sequel. Hopefully it has a fan-translation? Definately not as polished as Zelda on SNES, but still a nice playthrough, not very difficult. Just right for a me now. #pcengine #hudsonsoft
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Defeated Dirth! Dirth? Dirth Vader? Finally #hitexploded Neutopia, now to play the sequel. Hopefully it has a fan-translation? Definately not as polished as Zelda on SNES, but still a nice playthrough, not very difficult. Just right for a me now. #pcengine #hudsonsoft
#hitexploded Neutopia 2, took a bit longer because of life/work. It was a nice playthrough, again not as deep as Zelda, but a fun play anyways. Bosses are nice (look and design as well as gameplay). Used save states (of course). #hudsonsoft #pcengine
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
#hitexploded Neutopia 2, took a bit longer because of life/work. It was a nice playthrough, again not as deep as Zelda, but a fun play anyways. Bosses are nice (look and design as well as gameplay). Used save states (of course). #hudsonsoft #pcengine
#hitexploded Actraiser. Used lots of save states, checked a YouTube video for strategies. Some bosses are quite easy actually, others not so much. Did not have a lot of specials left. Reached the last bos with 1/4 energy, died so I could start the battle with full life. #snes #enix #superfamicom
March 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
#hitexploded Actraiser. Used lots of save states, checked a YouTube video for strategies. Some bosses are quite easy actually, others not so much. Did not have a lot of specials left. Reached the last bos with 1/4 energy, died so I could start the battle with full life. #snes #enix #superfamicom
#hitexploded Starseed 2. Used save states between levels because unlike the other Starseed if you die you have to start all over and I did not know how many levels there were. Turns out to be 3, so next is trying to finish it without save states. It should be doable. #gbc #gameboy #homebrew
June 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
#hitexploded Starseed 2. Used save states between levels because unlike the other Starseed if you die you have to start all over and I did not know how many levels there were. Turns out to be 3, so next is trying to finish it without save states. It should be doable. #gbc #gameboy #homebrew
Was trying out some #amiga games while visiting my friend. One of those was Another World (Out of This World in NA). Decided to play it ( #snes version) because I never finished it back in them days. So good, game changer at the time. Nice puzzles, great cinematics, must play! #hitexploded
February 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Was trying out some #amiga games while visiting my friend. One of those was Another World (Out of This World in NA). Decided to play it ( #snes version) because I never finished it back in them days. So good, game changer at the time. Nice puzzles, great cinematics, must play! #hitexploded
#hitexploded Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race (1991) for the #famicom by #atlus, Wacky Races in the West. Loved watching the cartoon in the morning when I was young, so thought I'd give the game a go, but it turned out to be a platformer with end-bosses. Still fun, not too difficult. Muttley! #nes
August 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#hitexploded Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race (1991) for the #famicom by #atlus, Wacky Races in the West. Loved watching the cartoon in the morning when I was young, so thought I'd give the game a go, but it turned out to be a platformer with end-bosses. Still fun, not too difficult. Muttley! #nes
Finished H.E.R.O. is Back while in Berat. Used save states, won't be able to get past level 9 or 10 without on a single run. I still have the current hiscore, but it won't be for long as a friend (the Danny) who is mad good at almost any game has started playing now. #hitexploded #albania #c64
August 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Finished H.E.R.O. is Back while in Berat. Used save states, won't be able to get past level 9 or 10 without on a single run. I still have the current hiscore, but it won't be for long as a friend (the Danny) who is mad good at almost any game has started playing now. #hitexploded #albania #c64
Now I see your comment... Just #hitexploded it. I kept dying on the #gbc, so I used my #gba SP and that went much better, 2nd try and I beat Venom and also got a heart, then noticed I got to start last stage with 2 hearts. #homebrew
June 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Now I see your comment... Just #hitexploded it. I kept dying on the #gbc, so I used my #gba SP and that went much better, 2nd try and I beat Venom and also got a heart, then noticed I got to start last stage with 2 hearts. #homebrew
Finished! Feel very proud. I don't think I #hitexploded an #RPG since forever. Battles were tedious, especially in the beginning. But I liked the story, seeing where #naruto got a lot of it's inspiration from. And also k owing what happened before Far East of Eden II. #redentertainment #hudsonsoft
May 31, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Finished! Feel very proud. I don't think I #hitexploded an #RPG since forever. Battles were tedious, especially in the beginning. But I liked the story, seeing where #naruto got a lot of it's inspiration from. And also k owing what happened before Far East of Eden II. #redentertainment #hudsonsoft