I played this game while babysitting some kids in the 90s because they had a SNES. Unfortunately I taught them a few new curse words because of this game.

"They make you play it twice" They wouldn't even dare to pull a ghosts n goblins, its not that harsh

Got me with "its not called 'extraordinarily normal games'"

“Knowing EVERY enemy on the screen is the key to success” 10 seconds later after dying: I didn’t even see that guy!

Watching Ryu gradually learn how R-Type’s Force Pod works and how to use it strategically made this video sublime. My favorite part about this series is that Ryan goes into these games blind, that and the fact he is so skilled and analytical so you can see his progression in real time. Simply, this is top-shelf content.

Ryu: "How am I alive?" 2 minutes later: "Dude how am I alive right now??" Another 2 minutes later: "HoW tHe HeCk Am I aLiVe???" ...guess that truly IS an extraordinarily hard game 😅😂🤣 Thanks for the entertaining content as always Ryu ❤

I have played this game so much when i was child. Unfortunately after the second stage it’s seems you forgot as you can charge your beam 😉 Nice vid by the way 👍🏼 Thanks Ruy 😁

I really like this format when you play for a while and then you recap.

Watching this was nerve wracking as hell BUT.. Ryukhar has some of the greatest juke moves ever 😂

Ryu is genuinely one of the most legit best youtuber around.

Woah. This might be the fairest extraordinarily hard game I've seen yet. The hitbox for your ship is incredibly precise and generous (check out how close those missiles get to Ryu). The enemy placement tends to leave plenty of room and time to see and predict what's coming. Not to mention when you die, the game gives you just long enough to analyze the screen before starting the next life, giving the player a moment to interpret what killed them, what to do, and how to avoid getting punished in the future. Despite being insanely hard, the game gives you lots of powerful tools that have tons of technical uses beyond just adding missiles that drop from your ship every 1.5 seconds of sustained main cannon fire. It rewards skillful play and punishes slow reflexes or bad gameplay. SO FREAKING COOL!!

I've literally never even heard of this game...which made me even more excited to see it. I'm mainly into watching Mario stuff but I'm a huge EHG fan.

Never played this one before and while it does look hard it does seem to be a little forgiving in giving you unlimited continues. At least it looks like they're unlimited! Loved the video, can't wait for the next one is this series!

I played this game a ton as teenager in the 90s. One of my favs! Understanding the Force units (the extra ship things you control) and it's various power ups helps a lot. Reading the manual would help a lot of your early struggle :)

Hmmm, I'm having a really hard time finding your playthrough of Barbie's Dreamhouse Adventure.

I remembered all the rage I could possibly rage when I was playing this game back in the days... and I was a kid... now I feel the rage again... oh lord..

Good work, dude - especially with that being your first time playing. This game wrecked me, when I was a child. We sold our SNES after the PS2 came out and it's only been recently that I bought a copy of this and tried it out once more. I didn't make it much farther than you did, before I moved on to something else and I wasn't even playing on Hard.

This game is actually REALLY cool. The mechanic with the separable secondary ship is really diverse and interesting. The fact that you can control it remotely, that you can attach it to your front or back, and that it takes on its own abilities in response to powerups makes the game incredibly unique and enables a lot of strategy. I love that Ryu realized that since it can absorb damage, you can put it out front as a tank/sentinel. A really surprisingly interesting game considering its reputation.

Silver Surfer and R-Type: "Upgrade or Die"

This was super enjooyable to watch!! would love to see it finished on KZfaq, it's best edited!!!

Turns out this is one of my favorites in the EHG series. Also you not realizing you died on the boss and thinking you had to play the level twice is a very Ryu moment. Apparently a new R Type is coming out at the end of this month looks really cool.

I remember this game when I was a kid. It was hard as heck. I love this series. I’m gonna have to look thru all my old games and give you a suggestion for another extraordinarily hard game

Wow this is really cool. I like that all the hit boxes are accurate. No jank. Happy Easter man

22:56 is thee funniest thing ever. The look of total disbelief - welcome to our world, this was the norm for our games back then. You had to be good or you didn't see the game's end. I forgot how graphically beautiful this game is.

This series is the best. Super R-Type was a very early (possibly launch title?) game for the SNES. I remember another shooter called Gaiares for the Genesis that was supposedly ever harder but I don’t know. They both wrecked me equally.

Ryu: "It's nice and safe down here so I don't mind." Parade of Yellow Robots: "We're bout to end this man's whole career."

I absolutely loved this game as a kid and I still adore it for its advanced gameplay for a game. You should take a moment to familiarize yourself with the controls. The yellow "power up" is called "Force". Button B is manual fire and charge shots. A seperates and retracts the Force (While retracting you can press it again to stop it from retracting). X is fully automatic fire. The blue "M" is a bomb (high damage), the red/pink is two homing rockets (minimal damage). Color power ups, blue = lasers, Red/Pink = rings, Green = spherical balls of doom, Yellow = Wall hugging flames, Grey = short range missile that goes straight and causes massive damage. The "Eye" things that sticks above of you is called a "Pit". You can collect up to two of 'em at a time. Good luck with your next vid, for the 3rd boss, I recommend you charge a shot and hit the core to cause the most damage instead of poking it. Also, this game gets alot trickier towards the end. If I recall correctly, level 7 is the one that troubled me the most.

Welcome to R-Type my friend. I spent a good chunk of my childhood playing the original game on Sega Master System. It was absolutely brutal and I think it took me at least a year to beat it. The thing was that after you run out of continues you start the game all way back in the beginning again so you better memorize everything and be alert constantly. The second last stage was the most insane level in any game I've ever played and that took the longest time for me to complete. It didn't help that once I got there I would quickly run out of continues and I had to start from the very beginning of the game again.

I forgot how awesome the extraordinarily hard games was Keep it up

I played the hell out of this game when I was young, never on hard though! Still super fun to watch Ryu take in a tough game that I've actually finished.

This game is super fun to watch. Also, really like the high-res full-screen ryu camera parts.

I know this is way late but I use to play this game all the time, still one of my faves. After the water stage it becomes nigh impossible on hard and you can hit the button again that launches your option to cause it to start magnetizing towards your ship. Great vid

Great video, and great game! Two observations: The first-level charge, with the big single shot is really useful and not that slow - try using that more often on the bigger, multi-hit enemies. It also pierces small enemies, so you can take out entire rows of them if you place your shots well. Second, pushing the button that fires off your shield dingus while it's not attached will recall it back to you. This makes it a lot easier to reattach without having to move yourself to where it happens to be, which is usually in harm's way.

This used to be one of my favorite games but I forgot the name of it until you just played it. Thanks for bringing me back to my childhood

Super fun to watch. Keep it going Man!

18:14 it looked like he was about to cry😭

One of my favorite games. Thanks for playing it it and bringing back such great memories.

I'm not sure it should be part of this series or not, but I use to love Star Fox on the SNES. I never got much further than beating the first planet and couldn't believe that there was more. I would certainly enjoy seeing more of that game. Thanks Ryu.

Hey, I only know you from Extraordinarily Hard Games from a while ago. I love this series and I'm stoked. Cheers to more!

Beating the R-Type games is one of my greatest video game accomplishments. By the way, you can "call" the attachment thingy to you with the press of a button so you don't have to go to it. Also, you can use the same button to "shoot" it as a projectile into enemies. A lot of this game is memorization. Memorizing the enemy patterns and where they go/shoot, etc. Good luck, bro.

I grew up with this game! Super fun and fantastic soundtrack! Never could beat it on anything higher than Easy mode! Don't forget about your charge shot. If you can manage to charge it during a boss fight, get right in on their weak spot and blast them full force with it! Can't wait to see him fight the boss of the 5th level.

I used to LOVE R-TYPE. The series is so underrated these days. I used to okay a shooter called ?DemonStar? Loved that game. Sank in so many hours.

Possibly the most underrated "extraordinarily hard games" are Contra: Shattered Solder and Gradius V. Both are amazing PS2 games that never got enough attention.

I absolutely love that you brought back this series. I've commented this before I'll say it again. Do Bucky O'Hare for NES. It routinely makes lists for top 10 best games on the console as well as being notoriously difficult. It was my favorite game as a kid. Made it to the final boss once never beat him. The game is a gem. It would make great content. Check it out.

10:51 Dude, I know that feeling too well 😄

That look of defeat at 18:15, just sums up this whole game. I played an R-Type game on Genesis with my cousin all the time, and we put it on easy and I'm pretty sure we never passed its fourth stage. Ever.

I beat this on normal as a kid. Tried hard mode literally once. Immediately peaced out and never played it again. You are a fucking hero, Ryu san.

All the camera viewz!! So happy this is back! Ryu youre so bad ass

In your first session you came even further then I did - after weeks of playing xD Good job man! Fun to watch

Definitely one of the hardest games ever made but the mechanics of the attachment was really ahead of its time. It was like nothing else seen in a side scroller and made the game a gem.

Love the Extraordinarily Hard games series! Keep up the great work Ryu!

I love the extraordinarily hard games series! Keep it up ryu!

Thank you Ryu, this video was so fun to watch, I was suffering with you. I have to play this game right now !

Didn't remember the difficulty escalating things that harshly but still a fun watch man! Got an obscure EHG for you that's also a space shoot'm up, Viewpoint for either the neo-geo arcade or for the sega genesis (first runs smoother but the later has better music, other ports are pretty bad). While not as strategically complex as this one, what makes it difficult is it's skewed 3D perspective and shifting patterns, but like contra it's a strange sci-fi trip worth sight-seeing .

That's brutal, I love it. Please continue

Pavlovian palm sweats just watching this haha thanks for great content to binge during these troubled times. Thank you from England

these are all my fav games from childhood in this series 🤣 another classic!

This game was so ahead of its time. Awesome video

Yes! I was looking for this last night!

production value looks great, my man. been happily following your success

Getting to stage 3 on Hard for your first playthrough is amazing, I hope you revisit this game sometime, because some of the later level sound tracks are awesome. Also, for those wondering, yes there is another difficulty after Hard called "Pro" that is unlocked via beating the game once or inputting a code at the title, this game gets even more ridiculous.

Oh man this is glorious! When I got my SNES I got SMW and Super R-Type. I have been SO ANGRY at this game SO MANY TIMES! It's good to see somebody else be tortured as well!

Yay! It's back!! Awesome series man.

A good strat for that last boss of this video is to attach your gunner-ball-thingy to the back to your ship before entering it's lair, then dettaching it to the right side of the monster where his eye pops out, then bring our ship to the left side and so, no matter what, which ever side the eye pops out, you'll get a hit on it.

This makes me want to play this game. Please make more vids of this game! It’s super awesome

Very happy to see this series coming back!

The look on Ryu's face at 22:57 is why I love this series so much...

Awesome episode. Thanks for another great video :D

I wish you livestreamed these extraordinarily hard games on Twitch, but thanks for these videos anyway!

Thanks for putting these on youtube man. love watching you on twitch but my schedule does not always work out.

Omggg this is all my childhood!!! Thanks for playing that!

I've always loved R-Type, I'm amazed you did so well without understanding the controls. You can call your power-up back to you, you don't have to chase it. Also you can get 2 shields (1 above and 1 below).

Ryu, I asked for this playlist on twitch and you did it :D

Playing the "Novice" level is a good way to get accustomed to Super R-Type, as you get to keep all power-ups after death, and you don't get nearly as many projectiles flying at you. You get a feel for the stage layouts, the obstacles in them, and powerup locations. For anyone curious, the powerups in this game are: S = Speed (as we saw) Blue M = Regular Missiles (launched slightly forward and down) Pink M = Homing Missiles Rotating Sphere Thingy = Pits (1st above, 2nd below, shields you from most impacts, but don't block projectiles as well as the Pod. Not recommended against those falling critters in Stage 3, either.) Blue Orb = Reflect Laser (3 bouncing beams straight forward and at 45-degree angles) Purple Orb = Sky Attack Laser (Bubbles straight ahead) Green Orb = Spread Beam (4 orange forward shots, slightly above and below your ship) Yellow Orb = Ground Attack Laser (beams travel straight up and down, and travel along the floor and ceiling either forward or backward, dependent on your Pod's position) Gray Orb = Shotgun Blast (Shot travels short-range, then explodes over a moderate area. First appears in Stage 4 :( ) 1st orb of any color gives you the Pod, 2nd of any color gives you a weaker version of the corresponding color, 3rd gives a strong attack of that color. Pressing A will detach or recall the Pod, making it easier to place behind you to defend against attacks from the rear.

Watching some of these videos is proof of how hard some games can be when you're trying to figure out what's what without the instruction booklet. I have Super R Type & it is indeed very hard but once you figure it out the challenge is not so much dealing with the difficulty but the INTENSITY of it! I enjoyed watching you tackle the first few stages especially your reactions & commentary. The only glaring mistake you made as a 1st timer is you totally forgot about the weapon charge feature. I'll be looking for a "round two" or "play through" video from you on this one.

actively using the pod as a weapon by lauching and recalling him helps a lot with this game as opposed to just flying over to him and attach.. also.. pick your weapon types at the right time.. ring laser was always my fav :)

Just a little note - don't forget your full-charge shot! It works a lot like a shotgun - you can shot at large range to spread damage to the entire room, OR you can shoot it point-blank for a TON of damage.

This game is actually super cool. The art direction is something else.

Love me some R-Type! That one has been remade a bunch but no matter which version, it's always fun.

Later on EHG should be R-Type III: The Third Lightning, Gradius III (Both versions) or all of them

I’m so so so glad this series is back.

R-Type leo in the arcades was even harder. I finally finished it on MAME emulator though :)

The r type series has always been a challenge to play. Great replay value. R type delta still my favorite out of the series.

Never played on hard.. so that level of bullet hell looked crazy at timess. I thought it was difficult enough on normal those years ago when I actually beat it as a kid. The 'destroy the ship' stage was my favorite, which I think is the stage after the one you ended on. And.. the music throughout the game is fantastic and memorable.

I loved this video, you are amazing!

I dabbled in R-Type a bit on the old 8- and 16- bit systems, but it wasn't until I picked up R-Type Final on PS2 that I really got into it. While the game was piss easy for an R-Type game, and not all that fun, the fact that you could unlock and play as something like 102 different ships was fantastic!

Super R-Type is one of my favourite games of all time, ive never made it passed the boss that ryukahr got to here though, i can get there, but not past it. One thing to note is the orange orb can be used against enemies by touching them with it.

Oh man, I have fond memories of R-Type. The fact that the series is over hurts me, but I loved them. I need to get you into Touhou games

I've seen harder shmups, but I wouldn't have made it that far on Super R-Type...love this series Ryu, keep it up

I guess the normal mode of this game is already over-the-top for most players so the hard mode is more like "beyond inhumanity" difficulty, you did a great job on the first levels though. Those jukes you managed to pull on third level were just unreal and you really deserved to beat that one, but I guess checkpoints are way too soft for this game even at boss fights. Good stuff, loving second season of EHG! :)

I remember this game back when I was a kid. Don't ever remember beating it though. So nostalgic seeing Ryu play it.

This game was pretty cool back in the last century. Great artwork.

0:06 "You look like you escaped from Jumanji 2 months ago" XD

Keep playing these games. We love it

Holding the button down that launches also brings it back to you like a magnet. Also launching it into boss cores does massive stacking damage on top of it firing. It can be thrown at lessers that take multiple hits one shotting them. I use to fly close to bosses basically kissing them with it to do tons of damage when possible. It can clear your way in a tunnel smothered with enemy fire, launch forward clearing shots and reel it back!

Bad ass!!! I never played that one but I had Rtype Delta for Ps1, that was fun.

The most powerful ship in the galaxy, but it can’t take a single hit. That means the canon story for this game is the pilot not so much as let a speck of dirt touch the ship, what a badass.

I remember beating this game as a kid. You just have to play it so much and die so many times that you memorize the spawns and such. It was so long ago I can't remember how long it must have taken me to beat. R-Type, R-type 3, and Gradius 3. All the same.

Amazing series. Please never stop.

Dude I love when you plan nes and snes classics keep it up