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It's fairly common for bosses in Light Gun games to use painfully slow projectile attacks, as they're meant to take many more rounds to kill than the typical mook, and thus you can't stop their attack with one bullet. |
It's fairly common for bosses in Light Gun games to use painfully slow projectile attacks, as they're meant to take many more rounds to kill than the typical mook, and thus you can't stop their attack with one bullet. |
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Related to [[Very-High-Velocity Rounds]]. Compare [[Magic Missile]] and contrast [[Hit Scan]]. Commonly used in [[Bullet Hell]] games, in which the challenge is to dodge an ''absurd'' number of painfully slow projectiles. |
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* ''[[Virtua Cop]]'' series |
* ''[[Virtua Cop]]'' series |
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** ''Virtua Cop'', in all its incarnations, feature grenades, rockets, and knives that can be shot out of the air. The first boss of the second game even throws a ''van'' at you, which is deflected with six bullets. |
** ''Virtua Cop'', in all its incarnations, feature grenades, rockets, and knives that can be shot out of the air. The first boss of the second game even throws a ''van'' at you, which is deflected with six bullets. |
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** ''[[Virtua Cop]] 3'' features a [[Bullet Time]] ability where your [[Very |
** ''[[Virtua Cop]] 3'' features a [[Bullet Time]] ability where your [[Very-High-Velocity Rounds]] can be used to shoot enemy bullets out of the air. Repeat: Shoot enemy ''bullets'' out of the air! |
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* ''Zombie Raid'', aside from the usual fireballs, mixes in wooden stakes, (Which travel far too slowly to be of any real threat) mummy wrappings, and thrown beakers. |
* ''Zombie Raid'', aside from the usual fireballs, mixes in wooden stakes, (Which travel far too slowly to be of any real threat) mummy wrappings, and thrown beakers. |
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* ''Police 911'' has bullets so slow you can easily follow their trajectories. |
* ''Police 911'' has bullets so slow you can easily follow their trajectories. |
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** A noteworthy mention is the Bullet Bills, as well as other cannon balls. Not only can you outrun them easily (Assuming you have space to run) but you can even jump on them. |
** A noteworthy mention is the Bullet Bills, as well as other cannon balls. Not only can you outrun them easily (Assuming you have space to run) but you can even jump on them. |
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* In ''[[Pickory]]'', it is possible to shoot downwards while in mid air and then fall onto your own bullet. Naturally, [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|this kills you]]. |
* In ''[[Pickory]]'', it is possible to shoot downwards while in mid air and then fall onto your own bullet. Naturally, [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|this kills you]]. |
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* In ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy (Video Game)|I Wanna Be the Guy]]'', one of the boss fights involves a giant Bullet Bill (as a [[Shout |
* In ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy (Video Game)|I Wanna Be the Guy]]'', one of the boss fights involves a giant Bullet Bill (as a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Super Mario Bros (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros]]'') which moves slowly enough for you to either destroy it by shooting it numerous times, or duck under it by [[Double Jump|double jumping]]. |
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[[Category:Combat Tropes]] |
[[Category:Combat Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Painfully Slow Projectile]] |
[[Category:Painfully Slow Projectile]] |
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