1CCBBH - 597. Phelios (Advance Course, 1 Credit Clear)
15"Aw geez you guys, I don't know if I'm going to be able to 1CC this tonight!" ha ha... classic BBH
anyway, not many people have played the arcade version of this, most people's experiences have been with the Genesis version. I don't have any expert analysis of the two so I'll just say this about the arcade game. It's very slow, levels usually move at a crawl and not much is going on. Most of it is pretty straightforward but the explodey spike balls on Stage 5 are some garbage that need to be routed. Other than that, the biggest problem with playing this game for a 1CC is the rank. I'm not 100% sure how it works, I think just picking up more options tends to increase rank, which mostly means increases in boss health. The Stage 4 boss is nearly impossible to beat at full rank, you HAVE to sacrifice a life there to proceed. Same goes for the final boss in stage 7, his extra health makes it almost impossible to kill him before he bonks into you. This was the best possible run I could have hoped for, as it turns out the only lives I lost were on those two bosses! If you're playing for score you have to double KO on the final boss over and over, but why would you want to do something stupid like that.
The full archive of 1CCBBH Episode 108 can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B16JS7Pq9PU
1CCBBH is a stream project in which I'm attempting to clear as many arcade games as possible on 1 credit, without continues. I am currently going through a bunch of games I've cleared before, and eventually will be tackling some new games I haven't gotten a 1CC on yet.
1CCBBH is streamed live every other Monday (bi-weekly) at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern on http://www.twitch.tv/lordbbh
Playlist of all games cleared so far on 1CCBBH - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzM8Fj-Rklts0rs5XGlQvdiMiQX1eJII6
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