Dancing with the Devil by the Pale Moonlight (Drageuth plays Batman)*

[Drageuth]

Alright. It's been a while since I made an LP, so I tossed a quick one together from one of my favourite NES games.

Batman (1989). Great game, and difficult as fuck once you get the final levels. Still, lots of fun, and just oozing with nostalgia. Also, there should be fair warning: I swear a lot in this game, especially in Level 5. As in, in at least two very notable parts, I kind of scream "FUCK!" out of frustration, and it is kind of loud. So... you have been warned.

1. Stage 1: Gotham City
   • Main Street
   • High-Rise Buildings
   • Front of City Hall
   • Boss Battle: Killer Moth
2. AXIS Chemical Factory
   • Liquid Waste Floor
   • Spark Floor
   • Conveyer-Belt Floor
   • Nerve Center
   • Boss Battle: Machine Intelligence System
3. Underground Conduit
   
   • Underground Conduit I
   • Underground Conduit II
   • Underground Cavern
   • Boss Battle: Electrocutioner
4. Ruins of Laboratory
   
   • Research Laboratory
   • Storage Room
   • Thermal Processing Plant
   • Boss Battle: Dual Container Alarm
5. Cathedral
   
   • Stairway
   • Belltower
   • Boss Battle: Firebug
   • Boss Battle: The Joker

Gotham City & AXIS Chemical Factory




Underground Conduit




Ruins of Laboratory




Cathedral





Enjoy?



So since I did this LP, I've been playing this game a lot on the console. And I managed to finish one of my no death speedruns.
Total time, from first movement to the first frame of The Joker's death, was 16:09.002.
I can definitely improve on that time, but I'll have to attempt it later.







I got bored last night and attempted (and recorded) another no death run. Beat my old time by 40 seconds.

For those that care:




March 12

I've figured out a couple of new tricks in this run for getting through some of the levels faster -- mainly no-clipping a couple of enemies and dodging a lot more, as well as utilizing my weapons a bit more. However, this incorporates a lot more luck when it comes to item drops, which means a lot more runs fail because I run out of weapons, or take silly hits because I don't pull off the strategies perfectly.

Also, those jumping guys in Levels 3 & 4 can just straight up suck my dick. I hate them.

I also took a death on Firebug in this run because I entered the boss room with 1HP left. I figured I'd take the time penalty and go into Firebug/The Joker with full health. I'm glad I did, because I finished the game with 1HP left as well.

I figured out a new trick for getting through Firebug which I'll attempt to do in my next run. Should cut 20-30 seconds off my time.

Anyways. Enjoy.





New time: 12:14.934, with a few silly mistakes and running out of weapon energy a couple of times. If I do a completely flawless run with my current strategies, I can get under 12 minutes, but everything would have to be perfect.





New time: 11:50.4