ColonelFatso
@colonelfatso.bsky.social
Shmup scoreplayer, speedrunner & amateur musician. He/Him
Starting to pack up books & other easily-stowed stuff for the move, and I stumbled upon my original (2014) Gun Hazard route notes. Check out these sick level diagrams for the chapter 2 bases
October 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Starting to pack up books & other easily-stowed stuff for the move, and I stumbled upon my original (2014) Gun Hazard route notes. Check out these sick level diagrams for the chapter 2 bases
From the SGDQ album, a photo that captured the mm3 2p experience a little too well.
July 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
From the SGDQ album, a photo that captured the mm3 2p experience a little too well.
Two last coins played, two clears (both kinda sketch). See you tomorrow morning
July 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Two last coins played, two clears (both kinda sketch). See you tomorrow morning
capture card still set up for 240p from when I was testing the supergun but just got a monster pb and crossed the 8.5M line
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
capture card still set up for 240p from when I was testing the supergun but just got a monster pb and crossed the 8.5M line
It's alive! Barely any config required and it even works with 240p direct capture. Autofire on the box is insufficient (I need 30hz and it's like 12) so I would need to build my own auto circuit if I wanted to use this as more than a toy.
July 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's alive! Barely any config required and it even works with 240p direct capture. Autofire on the box is insufficient (I need 30hz and it's like 12) so I would need to build my own auto circuit if I wanted to use this as more than a toy.
just kidding lol (I was very smart and did not order a jamma extension harness so we are not gaming just yet)
Look at this absolute unit
Look at this absolute unit
June 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
just kidding lol (I was very smart and did not order a jamma extension harness so we are not gaming just yet)
Look at this absolute unit
Look at this absolute unit
he means this. Red wave, blue-white shots. This is like 1.5x as strong as the next ("max") power level so you want to stop taking red powerups once your shot looks like this
June 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
he means this. Red wave, blue-white shots. This is like 1.5x as strong as the next ("max") power level so you want to stop taking red powerups once your shot looks like this
oops (I have ordered a supergun but it's still probably a couple months out at least, so this just sits in the box under my bed until then)
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
oops (I have ordered a supergun but it's still probably a couple months out at least, so this just sits in the box under my bed until then)
oops, got the run one credit late. Shoulda played today instead
May 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
oops, got the run one credit late. Shoulda played today instead
fulfilled the obligation at yet another arcade
May 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
fulfilled the obligation at yet another arcade
inconsistency continues to hound my attempt sessions, but I got a significant (~120k) PB today. Only 50k short of dethroning Erppo on the PS4 leaderboards, and then 500k hence to become #1 outside japan.
May 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
inconsistency continues to hound my attempt sessions, but I got a significant (~120k) PB today. Only 50k short of dethroning Erppo on the PS4 leaderboards, and then 500k hence to become #1 outside japan.
the seal is broken. another disaster stage 7 but held on just long enough
April 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
the seal is broken. another disaster stage 7 but held on just long enough
finally at least beat the game. kind of an awful credit through and through and only a good stage 6 kept it together at all. that such a bad run is so close to my PB is at least promising.
April 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
finally at least beat the game. kind of an awful credit through and through and only a good stage 6 kept it together at all. that such a bad run is so close to my PB is at least promising.
Even with the worst stage 7 on record I scratched my way to the final boss and was going to milk it just until PB but screwed up there too, lmao
April 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Even with the worst stage 7 on record I scratched my way to the final boss and was going to milk it just until PB but screwed up there too, lmao
just had a properly On Pace attempt (like, new best scores out of stages 2-6 consecutively) and couldn't handle the pressure in stage 7. Tangible progress remains fleeting and non-linear, but the fundamentals continue to feel good.
April 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
just had a properly On Pace attempt (like, new best scores out of stages 2-6 consecutively) and couldn't handle the pressure in stage 7. Tangible progress remains fleeting and non-linear, but the fundamentals continue to feel good.
Today's offline highlight: complete disaster run that still almost PB'd off the strength of an excellent early game
April 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Today's offline highlight: complete disaster run that still almost PB'd off the strength of an excellent early game
Light slate of GDQ submissions for me. MM3 would be a fun romp (with a surprise format) and a nice capstone to my time with classic mega. Rayforce would let me show off some expert-level strats in a sick game that more people should play. I wanted to prepare Pugsley as well, but ran out of time.
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Light slate of GDQ submissions for me. MM3 would be a fun romp (with a surprise format) and a nice capstone to my time with classic mega. Rayforce would let me show off some expert-level strats in a sick game that more people should play. I wanted to prepare Pugsley as well, but ran out of time.
Counting the total conversion for X-Wing Alliance, it would have been sometime in november, but I don't have play stats on that because it uses a launcher without session tracking
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Counting the total conversion for X-Wing Alliance, it would have been sometime in november, but I don't have play stats on that because it uses a launcher without session tracking
(This is not a PB screenshot.)
New practice states came out to 9.35m. This means if I have execution consistency similar to my mm3 pb, I could just barely scratch out a 9m. We'll see how realistic that sounds as attempts progress. Next order of business is a bunch of stage practice, then attempts.
New practice states came out to 9.35m. This means if I have execution consistency similar to my mm3 pb, I could just barely scratch out a 9m. We'll see how realistic that sounds as attempts progress. Next order of business is a bunch of stage practice, then attempts.
November 22, 2024 at 6:50 AM
(This is not a PB screenshot.)
New practice states came out to 9.35m. This means if I have execution consistency similar to my mm3 pb, I could just barely scratch out a 9m. We'll see how realistic that sounds as attempts progress. Next order of business is a bunch of stage practice, then attempts.
New practice states came out to 9.35m. This means if I have execution consistency similar to my mm3 pb, I could just barely scratch out a 9m. We'll see how realistic that sounds as attempts progress. Next order of business is a bunch of stage practice, then attempts.
checked the window for a good setup on ps4 and it looks like it's a gigantic 6f. wtf why isn't everyone doing this already
November 21, 2024 at 5:47 AM
checked the window for a good setup on ps4 and it looks like it's a gigantic 6f. wtf why isn't everyone doing this already
Rayforce update: feeling highly motivated to practice right now and taking advantage of that to investigate a strat (8-lock on these tanks) I thought might be possible but which even the WR recording didn't get. As suspected, it's just barely doable but I had to route it at 1/4 speed to confirm.
November 20, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Rayforce update: feeling highly motivated to practice right now and taking advantage of that to investigate a strat (8-lock on these tanks) I thought might be possible but which even the WR recording didn't get. As suspected, it's just barely doable but I had to route it at 1/4 speed to confirm.