Solarian II (1990) - Full playthrough - All levels and challenges

"One of the best and most ridiculous games out there" - MacUser (1990) "A game for masochists." - Anonymous (2004) Solarian II - a Stick Software product by Ben Haller © 1990 Complete playthrough of Levels 1-16 plus the final boss round HEADPHONE WARNING around 20:50 Best viewed in 4K for the crispiest of pixels __________________________ When I was 6 years old, I came home to discover a brand-spanking new Macintosh LC 475 in the family living room, and with that my first play of Solarian II - an arcade-style space shooter with quirky sounds and tricky enemies - barrels of fun but infuriatingly difficult. For 29 years it's been a goal of mine to beat this game and today, I finally did it! As far as I can tell, this is the first time a complete run has been recorded and submitted online. And by that metric, this is the highest score and fastest speedrun of Solarian II in the world! Of couse, by the same token this run is also the lowest and slowest, so y'know... swings and roundabouts. But the bar has been set and it's ready for someone to take the challenge. Can you do better? 20 min 59 sec | 859530 pts Recorded 22 Jul 2023 Video is now added to Speedrun.com https://www.speedrun.com/solarian_ii/ __________________________ Emulation: This was version 1.04 played on an old Quadra ROM using Basilisk II software to emulate the Mac System 7.5.3 environment. Original resolution 640x480px, upscaled 4.5x (hard edges preserved). -- Solarian II software can be found at the developer's website: http://www.sticksoftware.com/archive/... -- Classic Macintosh can be emulated using Basilisk II or SheepShaver software: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/... https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/... __________________________ Chapters: 00:00 Level 1 00:53 Level 2 01:50 Challenge Round (L2) 02:23 Level 3 03:32 Level 4 04:18 Challenge Round (L4) 04:49 Level 5 05:47 Level 6 06:49 Challenge Round (L6) 07:23 Level 7 08:20 Level 8 09:37 Challenge Round (L8) 10:02 Level 9 10:57 Level 10 12:49 Challenge Round (L10) 13:32 Level 11 14:52 Level 12 15:31 Challenge Round (L12) 16:14 Level 13 17:15 Level 14 18:12 Level 15 19:25 Level 16 20:20 Level 17 Final round ___________