This was the first video game I ever got as a little 5yr old kid, I could never get past lvl 2 so to see you do such a great job is awesome to me, way to go Arcus!!

Horrific to think the same thing happens when you visit the real life Easter Island.

Witnessing Arcus ace Gradius makes me ask myself why I even try. 🏆

A lot of good clunks in this one. Nice video, Arcus.

Amazing! I’d have been throwing my controller around the room. That level of chill is a sight to behold.

I love how you flex by petting your cat while you play. You're awesome man.

Arcus does not need the Konami code, that much is clear.

I remember it took me way longer than 11 minutes and 1 life to pass this game back in the late 80s. Probably because I chose the laser option instead of the ceiling shots. Still one of my favorite plane shooting game.

Such a chill run.

Loved gradius 3 on snes. Made it my mission to beat it on hard mode when I was younger. Never got the chance to play the original though. Nice run Arcus!

The music in this game is awesome.

Still amazes me an early NES game could be this hectic without much slowdown at all

and I played this game over and over again and never get bored of it

sometimes i get on youtube and don’t know whether to watch michael jordan do slam dunks, marshawn lynch absolutely demolish the field, or watch Arcus just eviscerate the entire catalog of NES games. mash mash mash and clunk

Loved this game back in the day

I finished it only one time when I was 15th years old. Very cool how you plaied, thank you

Love ya Arcus

This is cool to watch I have been playing the arcade version on switch its super hard! Love it!

Congratulations

Dear Arcus Ara you the real DARYL ? Great things from Paris ❤️

I used to play this game back in the day when I was 8, but iv never seen skills like this !!

just for clarification, he collected power-ups until the "?" power-up is highlighted. then got the thousands digit of his score to 0 then collected another power-up to receive turbo fire. To activate the warp to stage 3, you must destroy each of the four hatches that appear on this stage when the thousands digit of your score is even. Of the four hatches, three are on the lower portion and one is on the upper portion. To activate the warp to stage 5, you must destroy 10 or more Moai statues. Use missiles to destroy bottom lying faces, and double-shot or options to destroy top lying faces so he didn't get the lazer on purpose because he doesn't need it the thing that i don't understand is that he keeps shooting when its lagging.. and this is a speed run.. won't the game run faster if he stops shooting?

The Easter Island level used to kick my butt all. The. Time.

U r the Legend Of Famicom 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I remember back in 95 I was able to do this in less than 8 minutes. Of course back then we didn't have ways to capture it.

My hero

It’s crazy how this and Life Force were almost exactly the same

You have the focus of a laser beam and the reflexes of a panther.

What amazing graphics for an 8 bit game

oh good, so muy memories with this classic, I had cartridge with the Konami code already activated so that made easy beat the game for me

this game is nuts audio/visuals for how early it was in US NES release dates.

this cowboy is very good at gradius

I remembered beating this game without ever dying once as a fifth grader. It was hard and took weeks but once I beat it, the game seems easier as I beat it again and again just to prove to my brothers that I'm that good at playing the game. My brothers had more joy watching than playing. My kids these days with their free-to-play games, the times had changed.

Geez I forgot about this one.

4:26 - I've been playing this since I got my NES back in 1989 and I never knew this or the various tricks performed throughout the rest of this game.

Maybe I can't remember properly since its been over 25 years. But I believe I did the warp to skip the 2nd stage while I had option, shield, and Lazer then I skipped 4 as well by destroying the faces on 3rd stage. I always thought it was because I destroyed the bosses so quickly not because of a specific pattern

Oh man, seeing arcus *not upgrading immediately* with the pickups was really getting to me, even if he knew what he was doing for this run. Still impressive to see.

Ur def the man !!! Klunk!

Arcus is a g

Reset…reset…smash..mash..aaanndd…klunk - Arcus 2021 🤠 👢 👢

My Childhood Game

Oh man I've been wondering when you'd do gradius.

Way faster than the snes game

Love this game. ♡♡♡♡♡ If you like this game I'd also recommend Lifeforce for the 8 bit nes & Vanguard for the Atari 2600.

Congratulations! And... Clunk!

I never even beat this game and you killed it in under 12 minutes...

Show vc rem boas ablidades❤❤❤❤❤❤

Tito tapped!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting that you didn't use the laser much. I use it the whole way until stage 7 when I switch to double. Also, I get over the top of the tentacles in stage 5 and use the missiles...always seemed easier. In stage 3, if you get your options angled down to the left as you go past the faces, you'll kill them and defend against the bubbles. Love this game

🤠🚀🕹️ Nice job, Arcus~ The Force is definitely strong with you, my friend

good clunk

First game I played on my flip-phone.

I never understood how to get the warp zones in this game It only happened to me once as a kid.... how do you get the warp zones in this game anyway?

Good clonk

Ninja gaiden guy!!!

Sooo, does speedrunning a shooter like this amount mostly just not dying and having every shot count in a boss fight?

1:45

in all my years , i beat this game once ! once....and i am in my 40's. lol i could never beat Gradius 2 though. i tried and tried.. but nope.

Why no laser upgrade?

What does it mean when these speedruns say any%?

Was this the same that said "F you" at the top when you paused it?

Arcus have you heard someone just beaten your record on Ninja Gaiden 1 NES Your time 11m 38s 067ms The new world record holder 11m 37s 833ms TheRetroRunner

Dude you better take your ninja Gaiden record back

no konami code respect

Aaaaaand 🧠

I don't see an Arcus Lifeforce speedrun. None?

Smash smash smash like like like and clonk lol 😆👍

It was not in fact a good clunk. Close, but no clunk cigar.

1:38 You forgot to back tap the asteroid. ...and the to start with code.

Arcus. Why dont you challenge yourself? Try speed running Section Z.

So strange seeing a speedrunner not pick up speed upgrades. I understand why, but still.

This seems an odd genre to speedrun. In the case of this game, it seems like it's all about lag control and boss placement.

This game's boss music is so unfitting.

Hey arcus do you have a boyfriend?

I could do better. 😎 (uhm, couldn't * could not. I couldn't do better). 👍

Why do you only play Republican games?