Watching this explains the game's original title: Tatsujin roughly translates to "expert/master". And you certainly have to be one to beat this without even dying.
You have to be one to beat this game, which basically means one-lifing it all the way or lose to their criminal checkpoint system that is borderline scam even for a coin sink.
@@Okazu84If you stay one power up below the max and keep 4Ps, not only is the difficulty managable, but recovery is easy too. That's how I did it and it's not that hard. 🙂
In the 90s i had a friend that played like you and stayed in the game for hours with one coin. The owner of the arcade had to unplugged and plug the machine in order to let other persons play. I saw it.
@@pinballwiz45b congrats mate. Respect. I cannot continue playing after loosing my first life (since respawns set you back a few screens and you lose all your precious powerups). Typical "one-credit or nothing" kind of schmup imho but to each his own. Pristine ships are pretty much useless past a certain point.
Attempting to destroy the 3rd boss without Skull Bombs on the Sega Genesis version is extremely difficult. Since the screen is squared, the boss descends closer to you as it fills the area, leaving little room for the player to react and maneuver.
now THATS nostalgic, i did this similar feat when the game was still in the arcades all those years ago 89!, great memories and a lasting achievement for me too, 1 ship no bombs, grats fellow gamer
Tatsujin is legendary with Spectacular graphics and gameplay A classic arcade game from taito This is 2Fast 2Furious and ABSOLUTELY entertaining 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I remember using the one bom trick to defead Bosses in this game for Mega Drive. Use bomb, when it exploded, pause the game for 3 seconds. Resume the game and see the boss die with one shot lol
i'm 1981 year born, and i have the fortune to play this game into arcade cabinet. One of my preferred game of the time because is possibile to finish (last boss, the arcade never ending probably) with one coin with skill and luck (i only did 2 times). Remember that sometimes i was playing with another guys because was so fucking fast to fire (i move the ship). For me the best mode to finish was to use only 5P (if you remain at that level the enemy shooting was little slower than 10P) and 4 speed (with 5 speed was more difficult to maintain control)
You cannot beat the arcade, it was the best of them all. Bought this to my Mega Drive back then and it was good but still a huge disappointment compared to arcade. In Mega Drive version bombs were bigger and they always exploded in the middle of the screen (in arcade explosion was at your ship) and you could collect P-letters to spare and continue with full powerups after death. Managed only once to finish arcade without deaths but without bombs... never! 2up was only available if you got to halfway without deaths. First area music still gives me the chills, it is so great. In Mega Drive there was some sort of story after you defeated the last boss and game was completed after five rounds. I wonder if that existed in arcade? Great gameplay, great memories! A shitload of coins spent to this game in 90´s.
Correct, he is using an invulnerability cheat. You can see it in a few places but most noticeably at 14:12, a bullet passes squarely through the ship. You can see it if you frame-by-frame.
I used to watch my older brother play this (he got pocket money I didn't), music and presentation is a step above other games of the time. Game is much harder with manual fire. I got into it myself on MAME 15 or 20 years ago (that long?) but found it slightly too hard to be bothered memorising the firing and movement patterns of all the bosses. If MAME has savestates it could be worth trying to finish. Twin Cobra might be a close cousin of this game.
yeah I agree.. /I got the pandoras box 7 and it has over 2000 of these retro games on it, so Ive been watching the youtube videos of the games to pick up ideas and gameplay styles to get a bit better at the games... Twin cobra used to be my all time favourite.
@@TheNomad2727 I think I gravitated more towards Twin Cobra (which also has good music) as it's a little more forgiving and doesn't require as much memorisation and perfect timing.
@@android584 haha, yeah the music was what suprised me most as when I got the pandoras box a few weeks back, the first game I looked for and I played was twin cobra and the tunes came flooding back and I was able to hum along to the first few stages even after all these years! And I still remembered to AVOID THE YELLOW power ups.
This is most likely savestate spamming. The game is clearly designed around bombs and no real 1cc attempt takes the risk of not bombing; bombs are also replenished very frequently.
yet another great play by Lord SCHLAUCHI! ah, good ol' Tatsujin (its Nippon name), so many memories...and yet, believe it or not, I very much prefer its MD/Genesis conversion, mostly for the reworked (& in my opinion better) soundtrack; same with Hellfire & my personal fave ToaPlan home conversion, Kyokushi Tiger, AKA Twin Cobra! it's like ToaPlan BGMs just sound better on The SEGA 16BIT Engine That Could!
Arcade version is the best. Are you using rapid fire? You got it on invincibility mode. Lol. I saw many times on bosses that their attacks on you went strait thru you. Lol
I remember pulling my hair out over this game but eventually succeeded, only for it to carry on from the start at a more difficult level. I put the joypad down and never went back.
This makes me wanna get another Genesis!! This was one of my FAAAAAAAvorite games on Genesis! It was pretty underrate dto me, but cool nonetheless! I played this game constantly, and finished almost evertime I played it! Ahh...such memories!
Lol @ all the comments being amazed by the skills. This is tool-assisted, likely with tons of savestates and slowing down the game a lot. You can clearly tell by the way the ship moves and navigates through the bullets. This is a "longplay", not a superplay afterall.
But I’m disappointed he didn’t play the game seriously straight to the finish. He killed it. So it isn’t worth it. He could have made a better score had he played more thoroughly.
you know what'd be hot? if you & SCHLAUCHI could somehow get together to play Tatsujin/Truxton 2. just imagine: 2 of Team Cubex's greatest contributors tackling such a classic. that or you, him, Tsunao & johnX895 tackling THE greatest game Data East ever made: ThunderZone AKA Desert Assault! I've already requested it on the main website...and are still waitring for it, along with CannonDancer!)
BOY ! How I hate those little red ships similar to the first thing that you shoot at the very beginning of the game !!!!! Small but very devastating, specially in the 2nd and 3rd stages. They suddenly swarm in from out of nowhere and they just pop up at the most critical point in the game trying to ruin everything. Just as you are starting to get the better of the game ! And worse, shooting even a school of them down only scores a tiny fraction in points !! THE LITTLE BITCHES !!!!!!!
Your comments made be laugh because it's so true. They're sneaky little mofo's, it took me ages to figure out a strategy for dealing with them when they swarm the screen from the bottom while you're busy dealing with enemies in front of your ship.
@@waffle_burger8499 I figured out my strategy is just to keep playing patiently the game over and over and eventually when you get the hang of it , you'll remember where & when those little ships will appear and anticipate in advance. It just comes naturally through repetition. After a while of patience and determination i now have a high score of 9,225,410 . That's about 4 1/2 hours continuous playing. My technique is just practice, practice, practice. And before you know, you're already looping the game. Actually it isn't as hard as it looks. Just NEVER GIVE UP under any circumstances.
@@hyperboytkl1077 Yeh that's a hell solid score, I play it on Android now but I remember growing up on the 80's and 90's this game was popular, but I was never that great at it lol.
Arcade > PC-E > Megadrive On Megadrive, music are absurdly fast and if the speed rate is quite good, the scrolling fluidity is very bad.. On PC-E music and scrolling are perfect, this is actually the best port like all the time.
![Arcade Longplay [394] Air Gallet](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bTAls1WnjsE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Arcade Longplay [375] Dogyuun](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jEsbGf0XC7Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![1992 [60fps] Tatsujin Oh Loop2-1](/img/n.gif)
Watch this after two decades and this game still stunning for me.
Truxton obviously commanded more attention to detail than most games. The quality is up there
14:12 hit but not dead, invulnerability on. Billy Mitchell sends his regards!
I saw that!!!!
Holy hell that's right 🤣
My boys (7 & 9) & I (51) were playing this today at a vintage arcade - Quasar's Arcade in Victoria, BC, this player has SKILLZ!
Watching this explains the game's original title: Tatsujin roughly translates to "expert/master". And you certainly have to be one to beat this without even dying.
Thats a Tool Assisted run
Even worse is its sequel. It’s even more difficult.
You have to be one to beat this game, which basically means one-lifing it all the way or lose to their criminal checkpoint system that is borderline scam even for a coin sink.
@@Okazu84If you stay one power up below the max and keep 4Ps, not only is the difficulty managable, but recovery is easy too. That's how I did it and it's not that hard. 🙂
"You're too good to play the arcade game? You're too good to play me? Well I'll show you, Mark! Let's look at your silly little DVD!"
"OH LOOK THERE'S A BEER ON THE COVER OHHOSWRUPFIUSHEFPU---oh. Hi, Mark. How are you?"
Man, I miss this game. Whoever is playing is extremely good!!!!
Man seriously YOU ARE A LIVING COMPUTER :)
amazing gameplay !
Truxton (Tatsujin) is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME with STUNNING graphics and Spectacular gameplay
My favorite game when I was station in Germany. It was in our company’s day room and it was busy all the time.
In the 90s i had a friend that played like you and stayed in the game for hours with one coin. The owner of the arcade had to unplugged and plug the machine in order to let other persons play. I saw it.
Fun fact: The cabinet for this game, along with Fatal Blow, were featured in the background of Stephen King’s It (1990)
3 minutes and 25 seconds. That's how far 99% of regular players will ever get in this game. Me included.
Well, I think I'm in that 1% now. I made it past the 5th boss for the first time.
@@pinballwiz45b congrats mate. Respect. I cannot continue playing after loosing my first life (since respawns set you back a few screens and you lose all your precious powerups). Typical "one-credit or nothing" kind of schmup imho but to each his own. Pristine ships are pretty much useless past a certain point.
We know Mark from CGR his all-time favorite shooter arcade on Arcade and Genesis and I like that game too with great music and is a hard shooter
Attempting to destroy the 3rd boss without Skull Bombs on the Sega Genesis version is extremely difficult.
Since the screen is squared, the boss descends closer to you as it fills the area, leaving little room for the player to react and maneuver.
This is Yuki Ito’s favorite game now.
Thank you for confirming, and uploading vid of one of the most nostalgic arcade game!
now THATS nostalgic, i did this similar feat when the game was still in the arcades all those years ago 89!, great memories and a lasting achievement for me too, 1 ship no bombs, grats fellow gamer
saya memainkan game ini tahun 89-90 pernah mencapai score 23jt lebih selama 6 jam lebih dgn 1 coin hahaha.....
The music really sends it home & hooks well. Makes so epic & memorable. No hit detection? Yes please!
that blue gun is the way to epilepsy XD
Tatsujin is legendary with Spectacular graphics and gameplay
A classic arcade game from taito
This is 2Fast 2Furious and ABSOLUTELY entertaining 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I remember using the one bom trick to defead Bosses in this game for Mega Drive.
Use bomb, when it exploded, pause the game for 3 seconds. Resume the game and see the boss die with one shot lol
REKCEP Now that you mention it, my brother showed me that trick, and it was like a magic weapon!
i'm 1981 year born, and i have the fortune to play this game into arcade cabinet. One of my preferred game of the time because is possibile to finish (last boss, the arcade never ending probably) with one coin with skill and luck (i only did 2 times).
Remember that sometimes i was playing with another guys because was so fucking fast to fire (i move the ship).
For me the best mode to finish was to use only 5P (if you remain at that level the enemy shooting was little slower than 10P) and 4 speed (with 5 speed was more difficult to maintain control)
I used to be able to beat this with 1 quarter :) I was the real 'Wizard' as a teenager, lol
Brent H oh yah
So do you feel this was a TAS run?
You cannot beat the arcade, it was the best of them all. Bought this to my Mega Drive back then and it was good but still a huge disappointment compared to arcade. In Mega Drive version bombs were bigger and they always exploded in the middle of the screen (in arcade explosion was at your ship) and you could collect P-letters to spare and continue with full powerups after death. Managed only once to finish arcade without deaths but without bombs... never! 2up was only available if you got to halfway without deaths. First area music still gives me the chills, it is so great. In Mega Drive there was some sort of story after you defeated the last boss and game was completed after five rounds. I wonder if that existed in arcade?
Great gameplay, great memories! A shitload of coins spent to this game in 90´s.
The music plays too fast in the Megadrive version. You can't really enjoy it like the arcade.
this cant be real
He's using a cheat code, pause at 14:54 they should have hit him. It's a cheat code for sure.
I wondered if it was played in slow motion then sped up for the video? (perhaps cheat code as well)
@@MosesMatsepane Nope, he is in the clear.
If you actually go frame by frame (do that with the "," & "." keys) you can see it.
Correct, he is using an invulnerability cheat. You can see it in a few places but most noticeably at 14:12, a bullet passes squarely through the ship. You can see it if you frame-by-frame.
Level 3's boss area almost looks like a space station we might build.
I love the music on this game and Rally Bike :)
I Love the Boss Music
The arcade version is hard as hell. But it's a fun game.
Genesis version is cool aswell. =D
+rblood The Genesis version is quite faithful to the arcade version. Good adaptation and a strong entry in the early Genesis library.
+Brent H only an arcade PCB will do. Mame version is poor
"This is a game that is meant to be played standing up"
lol this kid never played on a candy cab
I used to call stage 3 the "bullshit" stage because of the insane amounts of B's and S's they give you!
Loved this game as a kid, especially with the crazy powerups and the skull faced bombs.
TAITO games always with the best music !
The best shoot 'em up on Megadrive!!
Thunderforce 3 was my best.
I used to watch my older brother play this (he got pocket money I didn't), music and presentation is a step above other games of the time.
Game is much harder with manual fire. I got into it myself on MAME 15 or 20 years ago (that long?) but found it slightly too hard to be bothered memorising the firing and movement patterns of all the bosses.
If MAME has savestates it could be worth trying to finish.
Twin Cobra might be a close cousin of this game.
yeah I agree.. /I got the pandoras box 7 and it has over 2000 of these retro games on it, so Ive been watching the youtube videos of the games to pick up ideas and gameplay styles to get a bit better at the games... Twin cobra used to be my all time favourite.
@@TheNomad2727 I think I gravitated more towards Twin Cobra (which also has good music) as it's a little more forgiving and doesn't require as much memorisation and perfect timing.
@@android584 haha, yeah the music was what suprised me most as when I got the pandoras box a few weeks back, the first game I looked for and I played was twin cobra and the tunes came flooding back and I was able to hum along to the first few stages even after all these years! And I still remembered to AVOID THE YELLOW power ups.
@@android584 I reckon the same guy wrote the tunes for both games too
(C) SEGA 1989
(C) TOAPLAN 1988
i totally lost it at 25.10
What does “TRUXTON” mean ?
One of my favourite arcade.
Incredible playng.
Without using bombs. I know it's real but really unbelieveble.
This is most likely savestate spamming. The game is clearly designed around bombs and no real 1cc attempt takes the risk of not bombing; bombs are also replenished very frequently.
yet another great play by Lord SCHLAUCHI! ah, good ol' Tatsujin (its Nippon name), so many memories...and yet, believe it or not, I very much prefer its MD/Genesis conversion, mostly for the reworked (& in my opinion better) soundtrack; same with Hellfire & my personal fave ToaPlan home conversion, Kyokushi Tiger, AKA Twin Cobra! it's like ToaPlan BGMs just sound better on The SEGA 16BIT Engine That Could!
SO the game just loops to the beginning?? Not even a damn ending??
they probably didnt think anyone would actually make it to the end because the game is insanely difficult this has got to be cheating somehow
Arcade version is the best. Are you using rapid fire?
You got it on invincibility mode. Lol. I saw many times on bosses that their attacks on you went strait thru you. Lol
I wonder if the vid is of tool-assisted play or not. If not, this is the best play I have ever seen!!
I was thinking the exact same thing, 9 years later :)
I remember pulling my hair out over this game but eventually succeeded, only for it to carry on from the start at a more difficult level. I put the joypad down and never went back.
I rember finishing that on arcades and older people (like my age now :D) stayed with open mouth.
there's a truxton street near me in brooklyn, don't know the origin of the name. used to play this in college obsessively.
This makes me wanna get another Genesis!! This was one of my FAAAAAAAvorite games on Genesis! It was pretty underrate dto me, but cool nonetheless! I played this game constantly, and finished almost evertime I played it! Ahh...such memories!
Très très bien, presque comme quand j'était plus jeune, en arcade. Bravo
This would be impressive if it were not played with an invulnerability cheat. You can see it clearly at 14:12
ALL HAIL
TRUXTON!!!
Lol @ all the comments being amazed by the skills. This is tool-assisted, likely with tons of savestates and slowing down the game a lot. You can clearly tell by the way the ship moves and navigates through the bullets. This is a "longplay", not a superplay afterall.
Epic!
Best shoot'em up ever made
facts 🔥🔥
3面のボスをボム連打なしで(しかも使わないで)倒しているのを初めて見ました。
どうもありがとう。
Dare I say the Turbogfx version is even harder than this brutal game (because of the smaller screen, and a few more fireballs from bosses).
This game used to give me anxiety😂😂😂
the music is so similar to raiden
how do you get truxton to work on mame
dat lightning interlacing :P
Bullshit this was a tool assist speed run.
今5面の中ボス×4を見たんだけど、やはりボムを使わずしかも、神のような弾のよけ方で倒していましたね。これ、プレイしているのは人間じゃなくてコンピューターなのかな。
dude... nice reflexes
But I’m disappointed he didn’t play the game seriously straight to the finish. He killed it. So it isn’t worth it. He could have made a better score had he played more thoroughly.
(C) 1989 SEGA GENESIS
(C) 1992 PC ENGINE
once completed it starts again in hyper mode, everything is different colours and harder.
I remember this game wtf
Oh, Yuki Ito. When did this baby become your favorite game?
you know what'd be hot? if you & SCHLAUCHI could somehow get together to play Tatsujin/Truxton 2. just imagine: 2 of Team Cubex's greatest contributors tackling such a classic. that or you, him, Tsunao & johnX895 tackling THE greatest game Data East ever made: ThunderZone AKA Desert Assault! I've already requested it on the main website...and are still waitring for it, along with CannonDancer!)
Please make a list of arcade game!
Unofficial Boss List:1st: Runway Tank2nd: Star Hovercraft3rd: Hydra4th: DrifterBIG BAD: Dogurava
This guy plays like a god.
t llevo en mi corazon truxton
doesn't matter! still gives me great memories :) cheers for that.
Cheat code of course.
BOY ! How I hate those little red ships similar to the first thing that you shoot at the very beginning of the game !!!!! Small but very devastating, specially in the 2nd and 3rd stages. They suddenly swarm in from out of nowhere and they just pop up at the most critical point in the game trying to ruin everything. Just as you are starting to get the better of the game ! And worse, shooting even a school of them down only scores a tiny fraction in points !! THE LITTLE BITCHES !!!!!!!
Your comments made be laugh because it's so true. They're sneaky little mofo's, it took me ages to figure out a strategy for dealing with them when they swarm the screen from the bottom while you're busy dealing with enemies in front of your ship.
@@waffle_burger8499
I figured out my strategy is just to keep playing patiently the game over and over and eventually when you get the hang of it , you'll remember where & when those little ships will appear and anticipate in advance. It just comes naturally through repetition. After a while of patience and determination i now have a high score of 9,225,410 . That's about 4 1/2 hours continuous playing. My technique is just practice, practice, practice. And before you know, you're already looping the game. Actually it isn't as hard as it looks. Just NEVER GIVE UP under any circumstances.
@@hyperboytkl1077 Yeh that's a hell solid score, I play it on Android now but I remember growing up on the 80's and 90's this game was popular, but I was never that great at it lol.
Oh my God!
14:47
LEGEND
MantisVillainy
MantisVillainy
MantisVillainy
I had to slow the video down to one quarter speed... even then it was almost impossible
I wish the arcades in my country had truxton ._.
bro make Shot Em Ups list all games like Truxton
Masterpiece.
Amazing !
I still noobs play Truxton games, usually i use cheats
Ok i admit it i am impressed, your blue lazers look a bit bugged tho shame.
damn whoever is playing they are very good at dodging lol
Genesis version is better IMO, the game's speed seems faster and music is a lot better
Don't forget your medication. Time to take your pills.
...but you ate them all :'(
The only reason of why the Genesis version is faster is because it was optimized to PAL, it was a bug. Overall the arcade is better.
faster gameplay & better music = better version ;)
*****
You dont know shit about what you are talking about, period. The port isn't any faster and the music isn't any better.
the sega genesis sound much better
You're the fast hand
coin-op with 99 credits..
OMG
Quante partite in sala!!
Wooow….. impressive play…
Arcade > PC-E > Megadrive
On Megadrive, music are absurdly fast and if the speed rate is quite good, the scrolling fluidity is very bad.. On PC-E music and scrolling are perfect, this is actually the best port like all the time.
Arcade>MD>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PC Engine
you are the master !!!
N1 your style is like a aim bot,
he is not even using a bob he is geting after it
Cool Game!!! I like games like that.
lol at end you beat all theway through the stages at last level you acted like troll :)
Are you really human
This was hella difficult
lol last enemy is today a mid boss xD
cool little game