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Counter-Strike: Source (2004)

Duration: 11:24

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The Extra stages in Touhou 5 and 6 only give you 4 lives instead of 5-7. That is... annoying? A little. It's why they've been taking a while anyway.

At least this one's done now.

Replay file if anyone's interested:
http://replays.gensokyo.org/download.php?id=14576

1st half:
- It's best to shoot the fairies that drop alternately two power and two point items as early as possible. As you can see, you can still collect enough power items to auto-collect the items from last two waves.
- In the next section, shoot the fairy in the middle, then the one on the right, then position yourself under the one just right of center. That should reduce the bullet density to a more manageable level.
- That death fairy's bullet walls are annoying. I need to get lucky to not bomb on that.

Patchouli:
- Silent Selene: Try to do as much damage to Patchouli as possible before she starts the downward lines of bullets. They can trap you easily. I capture this maybe half the time.
- Royal Flare: Bombing while under Patchouli like this will finish the card faster since your shots are hitting her at the same time.
- Five Elements: I've captured this several times, but I don't risk it unless I'm out of bombs. Also, I restart if I die anytime before this card.

2nd half:
- That first wave takes memorization.
- Some of those appearing/disappearing things' bullets are aimed, so it can help to try to stream them.
- At the parts with four sets of fairies, try to kill the first set quickly, then lure the bullets from the second set to that corner (while auto-collecting if you want). You'll have room to stream the other three and auto-collect the items.

Flandre:
- Non-cards are easy. All of them. My theory is that this game was originally designed in the PC-98 style, with most of the non-cards added later.
- Cranberry Trap: I've captured this once or twice, but haven't figured out how to handle it consistently yet. Most of the bullets are aimed either at the center or at you though.
- Lavatein: Simple card once you've memorized the correct path... so the rare time I fail this card is on my successful run. Of course.
- Four of a Kind: Four non-cards at once, then some round bullets. Yellow wave is not aimed, green one is, blue ones are inconsistently timed.
- Kagome, Kagome: Try to stay in the lower gaps, not the upper ones as I did here.
- Maze of Love: This card gave me trouble for quite a long time... until I realized that it's easier to go through the walls of the maze, not the gaps. (Also that next non-card is fast, so if Flandre drops point items here, don't try to auto-collect them.)
- Starbow Break: Seems fairly simple. I have yet to capture it, but this is only the 4th or so time I've reached it at all.
- Catadioptric: Wow this card is insane.
- Counter Clock: Surprisingly easy for an 8th card. The lasers take a while to become solid. Dodge left first, then right, then center-up, and repeat.
- "And Then There Will Be None": In my opinion, not as hard as people say it is. The red and yellow waves in the second half can trap you easily if you're not careful though.
- Q.E.D. "Ripples of 495 Years": Oh wow, it's yet another easy non-card! Wait, they bounce off the walls... and get faster and faster... I have no idea what to say about this one. At least bombs are more effective on it than most final Extra cards.

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