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Can You Beat Zero Wing Without Defeating Any Enemies?

Zero Wing for the Genesis, known to most for its infamous intro containing delicious amounts of Engrish and the All Your Base Are Belong To Us meme that spawned from it.
Believe it or not, I have owned it for years, long before the meme came along in 2001. I've seen a number of people bash the game unfairly and I don't really understand why - I've always thought it was a perfectly good shoot 'em up, in fact, I played it quite a lot and even beat it a few times.
One thing that always stood out to me was that defeating the bosses was entirely optional: once they've been around long enough and still haven't been killed, they will leave of their own accord and you can continue without feeling the guilt of their death weighing on your conscience. I believe this is a feature for arcade shooters to prevent players from stalling, but why they still have it in a Genesis game, I can't work out.
Well, for old time's sake, I decided to see if it were possible to beat the entire game without killing any enemy at all, or any killable object whatsoever, really. I also decided to forgo any power-ups, which are dropped by weird capsule beings that could count as enemies anyway.
#Zerowing #AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs #IsItPossible

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  • @fevermario
    @fevermario2 жыл бұрын

    During the bit where you were pausing and unpausing the game, I briefly thought that my browser was lagging really bad, until I saw the caption.

  • @Danariya1
    @Danariya1 Жыл бұрын

    I like how doing this challenge basically made the game change genre, turning it from a "shoot em up" game into a "bullet hell" one

  • @jimduchene
    @jimduchene2 жыл бұрын

    People who compare this to Big Riggs are dumb or kids. Big Riggs barely holds itself together, has no AI, no soundtrack, no physics, no gameplay. Zero Wing only suffers from an illness known as lazy translation, fairly common among its kind. If you cut it, it has fun gameplay, the soundtrack is great and as you show here has some thoughtful patterns among ennemies. Good video, and nice to see you give credit to this little gem.

  • @VestedUTuber

    @VestedUTuber

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think what's happening is that they see the bad translation and then immediately assume the rest of the game is just as bad without even playing it.

  • @Peter_1986

    @Peter_1986

    5 ай бұрын

    I am really tired of the meme translation. I feel that it actually kinda killed the game itself, because almost nobody cares about the actual gameplay; they always talk about "lol the translation during the opening scene".

  • @goldenhydreigon4727
    @goldenhydreigon47272 жыл бұрын

    ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

  • @somacruz7759

    @somacruz7759

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dammit! You beat me to it 😆

  • @twiinArmageddons

    @twiinArmageddons

    2 жыл бұрын

    Saw this coming from a mile away

  • @somacruz7759

    @somacruz7759

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@twiinArmageddons :)

  • @irfanafendi4837

    @irfanafendi4837

    2 жыл бұрын

    WHAT YOU SAY !!

  • @hyperslime64
    @hyperslime642 жыл бұрын

    "Somebody set up us the bomb" is my favorite line from the intro, and having Tails(?) voice it makes it 10 times better.

  • @SwitheKun
    @SwitheKun2 жыл бұрын

    Zero Wing? more like Zero Kills

  • @Sean_Bird
    @Sean_Bird2 жыл бұрын

    Well, that's certainly a way to spice up a classic meme. This should be interesting, trying to play a shoot-em-up without doing the title of the genre. Also, I have to say, this game has some great tunes in it.

  • @Mordecrox

    @Mordecrox

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately that's how many pros play, one would ask how they dodge certain patterns and answered it's actually impossible; Some shmups keep tally of how long you hold shoot even and use that for dynamic difficulty. So a "pro" learns what aggravates the dynamic difficulty, and does the bare minimum so patterns are manageable.

  • @sakesaurus

    @sakesaurus

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mordecrox bruh this is zerowing not battle garegga

  • @mrherb9142
    @mrherb91422 жыл бұрын

    On a diplomatic mission to request the return of all your base

  • @akirbyobsessee7396
    @akirbyobsessee73962 жыл бұрын

    Welcome back to our 8:00 showing of “whoisthisgit wants to play touhou but doesn’t want to be associated with it”.

  • @mattguy1773
    @mattguy17732 жыл бұрын

    All Your Base Are Belong To Us

  • @qu1253

    @qu1253

    2 жыл бұрын

    What you say!!

  • @PainMakesYouFeelBetter
    @PainMakesYouFeelBetter2 жыл бұрын

    This challenge would've made me go insane. Props to you for the best attempt at it and good job!

  • @SwitheKun
    @SwitheKun2 жыл бұрын

    The pausing didnt bother me tbh, if anything it shows just how hard this really was to do, even with the pausing and also made it easier to see how you were dodging certain shots. I agree it would be neat to see a TAS of this challenge but I dont know how to go about making them either. I feel a few kills could have been saved in stage 8, but at that point it definitely had "please just let it be over" vibes, lol. I imagine your sanity took a massive hit during this challenge.

  • @Lenoh

    @Lenoh

    2 жыл бұрын

    TASing is easy, all you need to do is find an emulator that allows you to make savestates and slow your gameplay. Do that, beat the game, and play back your recording. Boom, it’s a TAS. This is why you see rerecord counts in the five digits; it’s easy to make a TAS, it’s far harder to play the same part of a level hundreds to thousands of times.

  • @Quenlin
    @Quenlin2 жыл бұрын

    18:30 I object, I've only killed two people.

  • @kinggodzilla7779
    @kinggodzilla77792 жыл бұрын

    why does cats sound like eric cartman lol

  • @charziz6693
    @charziz66932 жыл бұрын

    You just turned Zero Wing into a Touhou game. Congratulations.

  • @Nicius-

    @Nicius-

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @irispaiva

    @irispaiva

    2 жыл бұрын

    I kinda wanna see him playing Touhou now

  • @RaceBandit
    @RaceBandit2 жыл бұрын

    32:39 | _"SQUARE HITBOXES ON CIRCULAR OBJECTS!"_ I think that was a Tasselfoot quote.

  • @stefanoblack2221
    @stefanoblack22212 жыл бұрын

    I do believe you, I myself still own the original cartridge I got as a kid, it was one of my favourite games on the system, the music alone is such and headbanger! Screw the meme, this game was awesome! Never thought of trying this type of challenge though, it was already hell to get to the end of hard mode normally xD but I never knew the bosses just give up on stopping you if you just keep dodging, that's crazy! Thanks for bringing back part of my childhood with this ^^

  • @addisonjudah
    @addisonjudah2 жыл бұрын

    Alternate title: How to turn a shooter game into touhou

  • @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370
    @juliovictormanuelschaeffer83702 жыл бұрын

    All the like are belong to you, Git. Keep the good work up for great justice.

  • @matbrun5663
    @matbrun56632 жыл бұрын

    If there is anyone that could do this in one life then all are hearts are give to him.

  • @nerdicusdorkum2923
    @nerdicusdorkum29232 жыл бұрын

    Wait, it's a feature to prevent hogging of arcade machines? I always thought it was either A: An alternative in case your under such heavy suppressive fire, you can't effectively shoot back or B: a cool gimmick for bragging rights.

  • @sakesaurus

    @sakesaurus

    2 жыл бұрын

    in some games (esp. bullethells) timing out is easier for certain bossfights

  • @nerdicusdorkum2923

    @nerdicusdorkum2923

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sakesaurus Yes it is... 'cries in a corner unable to get under the boss to actually fight back'

  • @therealseanw.stewart2071
    @therealseanw.stewart20712 жыл бұрын

    I remember you from many, _many_ years back when you made those Dynamite Headdy videos. It's amazing to see you still producing videos, over a decade later.

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember Angry German Tails

  • @amandamakin1542

    @amandamakin1542

    Жыл бұрын

    I first saw whoisthisgit because of Tails Abuse back in 2009

  • @mechzilla569
    @mechzilla5692 жыл бұрын

    This video is for great justice

  • @rcblazer
    @rcblazer2 жыл бұрын

    A Shoot-Em-Up where you try not to shoot anything up? Sounds like a crazy tough challenge, and yes I know I am crazy because I shot up everything so good in the original Metal Slug I could beat that game without dying a single time!

  • @CybeastID
    @CybeastID2 жыл бұрын

    I *love* the fact you put a Tails voice in there.

  • @bigstupidgrin
    @bigstupidgrin2 жыл бұрын

    Wait, they built a video game around that meme?

  • @bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257

    @bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257

    2 жыл бұрын

    All your bad translation are belong to us.

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    Somebody set up us a shooter!

  • @YukiColburn
    @YukiColburn2 жыл бұрын

    Zero Wing - Touhou Mode

  • @Mizuryryn
    @Mizuryryn2 жыл бұрын

    Man, he went retro shoot em ups into danmaku game

  • @bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257
    @bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm22572 жыл бұрын

    Now that's what I call bullet hell.

  • @foolishknight5209
    @foolishknight52092 жыл бұрын

    Nice bullet hell skills here man, especially since you can't see your actual hitbox.

  • @likky1
    @likky12 жыл бұрын

    The capsules seem to follow your color scheme maybe they are allies sending equipment? Regardless i wouldnt shoot them either. They kill you as much as anything

  • @qu1253
    @qu12532 жыл бұрын

    Great justice is my motivation for everything in life.

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Justice always wins!"

  • @Mandercloud
    @Mandercloud2 жыл бұрын

    Mechanic: Tails Operator: Kermit CATS: Cartman Narrator & Captain: ???

  • @irfanafendi4837

    @irfanafendi4837

    2 жыл бұрын

    Captain sounds like a US president!

  • @verysadcatc7897
    @verysadcatc78972 жыл бұрын

    Atleast you can enjoy the music while suffering.

  • @Alex-yk4nj
    @Alex-yk4nj2 жыл бұрын

    All your base is belong to us

  • @Dr0dd
    @Dr0dd2 жыл бұрын

    If I remember right in a few other shmups (Gradius? Maybe Parodius?) some bosses leave on their own too. Would be interesting to attempt the same there.

  • @Quenlin

    @Quenlin

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know Sol-Feace does it.

  • @randomdudeofdahood3973

    @randomdudeofdahood3973

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gradius does it too, I am pretty sure.

  • @VestedUTuber

    @VestedUTuber

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a staple feature of most bullethell games too. I know Ikaruga and the Touhou games do it.

  • @premium-juicebox
    @premium-juicebox2 жыл бұрын

    gosh i absolutely love these types of videos

  • @DiegoG2004
    @DiegoG20042 жыл бұрын

    How to turn a scrolling shoot-em-up into a Touhou game

  • @redmage076
    @redmage0762 жыл бұрын

    "For great justice"

  • @maxlefou
    @maxlefou2 жыл бұрын

    i almost spilled my soda by the nose when Cats started speaking like cartman xDDDDD

  • @WhiteFangofWar
    @WhiteFangofWar2 жыл бұрын

    We get signal! It GIT! GIT say: 'How are you gentlemen, all your death not belong to us, for great respect for life?' What? You say all have good chance to survive make their time? (ahem) That tractor beam looks fun if you actually use it. I'm not hugely into shmups either, the only one that I really enjoyed and strongly recommend trying is Axelay for the SNES. In that one you only die if you hit a wall or an enemy; their bullets will merely damage you causing you to lose one of your three selected weapons (another nice thing, being able to choose from several weapons).

  • @Architect172
    @Architect172 Жыл бұрын

    This should be called a max dodge runn.

  • @oldmanmcfunny546
    @oldmanmcfunny5462 жыл бұрын

    Video idea Can you beat the game without your plans belonging to us

  • @MrMeowstic7
    @MrMeowstic72 жыл бұрын

    So the pause trick that you used is actually a common thing in lots of games known as pause buffering. It gives people more time to react to tight situations and can also be used to completely cheese stuff. An example would be yellow devil from megaman 1. I'm sure you probably know the elecman weapon pause glitch cheese for that

  • @CybeastID

    @CybeastID

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Mega Man 1 glitch is not actually pause buffering, pause buffering is used to hit first frame inputs. MM1's glitch is based around the fact that pausing doesn't pause the timer for s.

  • @Drabit642
    @Drabit6422 жыл бұрын

    It looks pretty neat, all too familiar with the meme but I don't think I've seen footage of it before, my only knock on it that I've seen, the only reason I wouldn't have played it, is only having one HP. I never had much experience with arcade games, I hadn't heard of this 'fight ends after x time' as a counter measure, I figured using a fairly generous time limit for each level was the way they'd normally try to handle that.

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_19865 ай бұрын

    The main boss on stage 1 is absolutely ridiculous in the arcade version; he throws about twice as many orbs as in the Mega Drive version, and he also frequently moves closer to the middle of the screen.

  • @magitek09
    @magitek092 жыл бұрын

    You! You, magnificent bastard! Seriously man, you're amazing!

  • @PunkDisciple23
    @PunkDisciple232 жыл бұрын

    I suppose the answer to the title is no then.

  • @rmzing
    @rmzing2 жыл бұрын

    I so want to see a TAS of this challenge.

  • @iamlucidess
    @iamlucidess2 жыл бұрын

    Cats: So a single ship got past all our defenses without killing anyone?

  • @Dr0dd

    @Dr0dd

    2 жыл бұрын

    might be the best way to get past their defenses if they never even notice you as a threat

  • @qu1253

    @qu1253

    2 жыл бұрын

    He knew what he doing.

  • @jojojojojojojojojojojojo4181
    @jojojojojojojojojojojojo41812 жыл бұрын

    I like the names you have them! Namely the grasshoppers and fairy ships

  • @RolandTemplar
    @RolandTemplar2 жыл бұрын

    Why the Z of the game's logo is similar to the one of Zorro

  • @JammerRammy
    @JammerRammy2 жыл бұрын

    LMAO at the voices in the intro

  • @pyjamakama
    @pyjamakama2 жыл бұрын

    hell yeah i love watching challenge videos of games ive never played! :D

  • @starshkr46
    @starshkr462 жыл бұрын

    I would love to know Git's opinion on Touhou and other danmaku/bullet hell games.

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a good chance it's too anime for him

  • @MountainMemelord
    @MountainMemelord2 жыл бұрын

    I say that since turrets are non-sentient, they don't count.

  • @kinggodzilla7779
    @kinggodzilla77792 жыл бұрын

    nice vid 👍

  • @starsiegeplayer
    @starsiegeplayer3 ай бұрын

    You know what you're doing.

  • @deliveryman7001
    @deliveryman70012 жыл бұрын

    I imagine you're gonna see a therapist after the atrocities you had to go through playing this game as pacifistic as possible... treat yourself to a top tier beverage man.

  • @whoelsebutmeofcoursei
    @whoelsebutmeofcoursei2 жыл бұрын

    LMAO the bosses leave if you don't kill them, that's... cute? Very considerate

  • @skylinefever
    @skylinefever2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how many people would have played this game if there were no translation errors.

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, Final Fantasy Anthology exists

  • @nehehehgraylois
    @nehehehgraylois2 жыл бұрын

    i thought my computer was fucking up when you started doing the pause trick

  • @user-jd8je8qw3i
    @user-jd8je8qw3i2 жыл бұрын

    More interesting challenges!)

  • @patchey8019
    @patchey80192 жыл бұрын

    move zig!

  • @diabolicalcium4033
    @diabolicalcium40332 жыл бұрын

    what rpgs can be beaten if you run from all random encounters?

  • @laurentiusmcmxcv
    @laurentiusmcmxcv2 жыл бұрын

    That's the first time I saw git this pissed off. Oof. Great job tho.

  • @ls190v2
    @ls190v24 ай бұрын

    All your base are belong to us?

  • @cutetrapchicken
    @cutetrapchicken2 жыл бұрын

    man thats fucked i was just watching the old video you did on weird endings where you talked about this game crazy

  • @kstanni87
    @kstanni872 жыл бұрын

    But do you know what this means, you doomed the Earth since you let the enemy invasion force fly past you instead of killing them.

  • @maxstone9999
    @maxstone99992 жыл бұрын

    More importantly is if you can beat the game without laughing at the intro.

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only way would be being iliterate

  • @madokalover
    @madokalover2 жыл бұрын

    back in the first gradius games the bosses self-destructed so u dont hog the arcade machine. the reason they self-destruct instead of leaving is probably because the programmers got lazy and instead of programming them to leave they could just reuse the death animation. almost every shmup did it after as tradition, even non arcade ones, although some games like battle garegga have the more realistic behavior of having the boss leave instead of self-destructing. gradius has always stuck with self-destruction as tradition and i even think they had an story explanation for it. in the darius games, back up fighters start appearing alongside the boss if you take too long. they become harder and harder to deal with if you wait even longer, until it becomes unbearable!

  • @WardenOfTerra
    @WardenOfTerra2 жыл бұрын

    This is fuckin' hilarious hahaha

  • @suryasukma6588
    @suryasukma65882 жыл бұрын

    Dirty trick? You mean "za warudo"?

  • @jasperl.8216
    @jasperl.82162 жыл бұрын

    Gaming KZreadrs discussing strategies for challenges for games no one will 4ver attempt It's very entertaining though!

  • @sebastianodepietri6411
    @sebastianodepietri64112 жыл бұрын

    Ok, cool and all, but are we gonna talk about this game's music? I've heard fire emblem tracks that are less cool! (oh dear loptous what have I done? I can already hear the fe fans coming here to kill me.)

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    Arcade, Genesis, PC Engine = dope rock/techno soundtracks

  • @sebastianodepietri6411

    @sebastianodepietri6411

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pirupami9746 I agree.

  • @pirupami9746

    @pirupami9746

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sebastianodepietri6411 And World of Longplays played through lots of game from those consoles so we can enjoy them in the fullest!

  • @sebastianodepietri6411

    @sebastianodepietri6411

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's good.

  • @BlackPawns
    @BlackPawns2 жыл бұрын

    37:11 📮