History VideoGame / ChoRenSha68K

* LastDitchmove: Starting with loop 2, enemies will fire revenge bullets at the player upon destruction, and enemies with multiple phases or parts will also fire revenge bullets when they lose a phase or have their parts broken off. Later loops, which can be set either by completing the game and then choosing "Continue" at the menu afterwards, setting the difficulty to Hard/Impossible, or setting a specific flag in the secret options menu, have different and more difficult revenge bullets patterns available. If an enemy is close enough to you when you destroy it, it will not fire revenge bullets (known as "sealing" bullets).

* BrutalBonusLevel: The secret "Show Time!!" BossRush features a repeating set of three bosses with very difficult attack patterns not found anywhere else in the game, including a secret GiantSpider boss not found in the main game at all. There are no powerup carriers so you can't get shields or power up your main shot at all.

* NintendoHard

In 2023, the game got an UpdatedRerelease, numbered version 1.10, for the Sharp X68000 Z microconsole. This version features new sound effects[[note]]Mainly because some of the ones from earlier versions were lifted straight from other games, such as the menu sounds coming from ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}'' and the PowerUp sound being the coin insert sound of ''VideoGame/TruxtonII'', and the [=X68K=] Z it's bundled in is a product for commercial sale[[/note]] and backgrounds, among other enhancements. It was later [[https://yosshin4004.github.io/x68k/crs68k/official/index.html released on the developer's webpage on June 8, 2023]], although [[NoPortForYou only as a floppy disk image for Sharp X68000 computers and emulators thereof; no Windows-native port exists at this time]].

In 2023, the game got an UpdatedRerelease, numbered version 1.10, for the Sharp X68000 Z microconsole. This version features new sound effects and backgrounds, among other enhancements. It was later [[https://yosshin4004.github.io/x68k/crs68k/official/index.html released on the developer's webpage on June 8, 2023]], although [[NoPortForYou only as a floppy disk image for Sharp X68000 computers and emulators thereof; no Windows-native port exists at this time]].

In 2023, the game got an UpdatedRerelease, numbered version 1.10, for the Sharp X68000 Z microconsole. This version features new sound effects and backgrounds, among other enhancements. It was later [[https://yosshin4004.github.io/x68k/crs68k/official/index.html released on the developer's webpage on June 8, 2023]], although only as a floppy disk image for Sharp X68000 computers and emulators thereof.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The Stage 2 boss comes up from the bottom of the screen (where you are likely to be, since enemies usually come down from the top), but does not have a CollisionDamage hitbox until it reaches the top, so that you don't suddenly lose your shield or die with no warning.

''Cho Ren Sha 68k'' was made for the UsefulNotes/SharpX68000 Japanese computer system, but there is also a freeware version available for Windows PC. You can find the downloads [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190726062221/http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~yosshin/my_works/download.htmll here]].

* NoPlotNoProblem: Not a single plot or story exist anywhere in this game, though it doesn't seem to stop the game from introducing a few twists, such as [[spoiler:Stage 0 transitioning into Stage 1]].

** When Stage 2-0 is completed, an explosion happens -- the exact same explosion from the beginning of the game -- and the game displays "STAGE 1", implying a space-time loop.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Remember that explosion your ship outruns at the beginning of the game?]] At the end of Stage 0 on an odd-numbered loop, [[spoiler:''the exact same explosion happens'']] and Stage 1 of the next loop begins.

''"[=CRS68K=] is heavily inspired by 80/90s [=STGs=]. Thx to all the creators. Also thanks to everyone for keeping the [=X68K=] scene alive."''

In 2023, the game got an UpdatedRerelease, numbered version 1.10, for the Sharp X68000 Z microconsole. This version features new sound effects and backgrounds, among other enhancements. It was later [[https://yosshin4004.github.io/x68k/crs68k/official/index.html released on the developer's webpage on June 8, 2023]], although only as a file for Sharp X68000 computers and emulators thereof.

## ''[[VideoGame/FireShark Same3!]]''[[note]]Full title: ''Same! Same! Same!''[[/note]]

* ShoutOut: The default high score entries? Those are all titles of Creator/{{Toaplan}} games. In order from first to last place:

## ''VideoGame/TwinCobra''[[note]]Notably the only title on the table that uses its Western-release name, as "Kyukyoku Tiger" would exceed the 12-character limit, even if the space was omitted.[[/note]]

In 2023, the game got an UpdatedRerelease, numbered version 1.10, for the Sharp X68000 Z microconsole. This version features new sound effects and backgrounds, among other enhancements. It was later [[https://yosshin4004.github.io/x68k/crs68k/official/index.html released on the developer's webpage on June 8, 2023]], although only as a file for Sharp X68000 computers and emulators thereof, not as a native Windows executable as well.

In 2023, the game got an UpdatedRerelease, numbered version 1.10, for the Sharp X68000 Z microconsole. This version features new sound effects and backgrounds, among other enhancements.

* ShoutOut: The default high score entries? Those are all titles of Creator/{{Toaplan}} games.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The Stage 2 boss comes up from the bottom of the screen, but does not have a CollisionDamage hitbox until it reaches the top, so that you don't suddenly lose your shield or die with no warning.

* DirectContinuousLevels: The entire game took place in a dark corridor-like structure.

* UncommonTime: The standard boss theme, "[[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MilAk6OD43M Chips!!]]", is mostly in 5/8 with an occasional measure of 7/8, then briefly becomes basic 4/4 before looping.

* UncommonTime: The standard boss theme, "Chips!!", is mostly in 5/8 with an occasional measure of 7/8, then briefly becomes basic 4/4 before looping.

*** UnstableEquilibrium: This means a run that sees few or no lives lost, a constantly-full bomb stock, and an active shield at the end of every stage will have large sums of points due to all the spare lives (and even more because you get an extra life [[Every10000Points every 1 million points]]), but a "barely hold on to your lives and bombs" run will be very much a low-score run.
* [[NintendoHard Sharp X68000 Hard]]

* StuffBlowingUp; And then some.

** A stage select mode. However, be careful when setting the stage variable to 0. Starting this stage with the BossRush flag enabled will dump you into an empty version of Stage 0 where you immediately fight the Stage 5 boss, but starting the stage with the flag off will put you in the same stage, scrolling endlessly, rendering the game UnwinnableByMistake and forcing you to quit out of the game executable.