Assault Android Cactus: Cactus vs. (VPC4) Daily Drive: 23-Sep-2025 (Offline, non-Steam) (Full Chain)

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Published on September 23, 2025 3:01:08 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Be4orRPwo0

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Assault Android Cactus (2015)

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Assault Android Cactus+ (PC(W,M,L)/Steam)
Version 190430s (2019 Apr 30)

Daily Drive: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
(Offline, non-Steam)
Cactus run: 1P (Full Chain!)
& 4P Virtual Player Count


So... on September 23rd, 2015... Assault Android Cactus was officially released.

Yep, it's the 10th anniversary of AAC's official release! And to celebrate, I decided to record a VPC4 Daily with the title character: Cactus! =)

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Oh, for those of you who don't already know, AAC's Daily Drive actually supports Virtual Player Count... but only if you run the game directly, and not via Steam (i.e. find the game directory and run the "cactus" executable yourself... if you run the game via Steam, VPC will be disabled for the Dailies, even if Steam is in Offline Mode)! =)

[A little extra info for anybody interested]

[Location note: If you don't know where the game directory is, you should be able to find it by right-clicking the game in Steam, selecting "Properties" then "Installed Files" then "Browse"]

[Save file note: Running the game directly uses a different Save File location, so if you want to use your Steam AAC save file (which you should be able to find at "Steam/userdata/(user#)/250110/remote" (or a similar location, depending on your OS or other factors)), just copy that save file (game0a.sav) into the "cactus_Data" subdirectory in your game directory]

[Gameplay note: Because you're not running the game through Steam, the game will look at your OS for date and time info... so you can actually choose any day you want simply by changing your OS's date and time! Also, the game will allow you to play the Dailies as many times as you want, instead of just once (the Offline Dailies use a different set of seeds, though, so they will be different from the Online Dailies)]
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So... wow, ten years. Honestly, when I purchased AAC way back in Early Access, I never would've thought I'd still be playing in ten years... and yet, here we are. =)

And when I noticed that the 10th anniversary of the game's official release was coming up, I started thinking about what to record... and figured something with the title character would probably be most appropriate. So that's basically how this video came about. ^_^

Anyway, long story short, I had a lot of fun recording this! Of course, there were some difficult sections where I definitely had to make some strategy adjustments... and in this particular run, I actually lost a Battery! ^^; Though thinking about it, being forced to focus a bit more on offensive pacing... might've actually helped out, in a way. ^^;; In any case, despite one or two scary moments, the rest of the run went relatively well... and I ended up with my first ever Cactus vs. VPC4 Daily Full Chain! ^_^

So anyway, here's the video... hope you enjoy!


Some notes and possible points of interest:

0:00 1P: VPC4 Daily Drive, 23-Sep-2025 (10th anniversary of AAC's official release!)
0:11 Layer 1
2:46 "Battery over here!" Eep! Mine canisters!
2:51 Accelerate, nice! And a Shutdown, if we can get there in time!
2:53 Got it! Now let's take care of those mine canisters while the invulnerability lasts...
2:55 Eep! More mine canisters! Umm, umm... ack, Battery got stuck on the wall!
2:58 "Lost the Battery!" =(
Not good. Going to have to push the offense a bit more than usual now, to keep pace with the Batteries... =p
3:12 Layer 5
5:33 Eep! That mine took a weird bounce! Eep, that one too! =p
8:40 Layer 10
9:13 Whew, last-second Battery recharge!
9:51 Initial chain ends (3551) due to win.
9:53 My first ever Cactus vs. VPC4 Daily Drive Full Chain win! ^_^


More Cactus (character) videos:
   • Assault Android Cactus (character)  

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   • Assault Android Cactus: VPC4 (Virtual Play...  

More Daily Drive videos:
   • Assault Android Cactus: Daily Drive  

Version 190430s (2019 Apr 30) notes:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/250110/announcements/detail/1643161387076037278

http://www.assaultandroidcactus.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/250110/Assault_Android_Cactus/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/assault-android-cactus

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