I wanted 18 Million by the end of last year. Here we are, 5 months later. Got it! Replay later. Will continue pushing for 19.

Building steam again. Today is an update to my Pink Sweets Shasta PB. 425K Increase to 17.9 Million. A few deaths were too unfortunate and I couldn't finish this run out. Played in ShmupMAME 5.4. Replay to YT later.

Trying to come out of stagnation with my guitar playing and improve lately. A song I've been working on for the past week from Chrono Cross - Another Arni Village

I dunno who hasn't played this game but it's such a wonderful experience.

Oh hey I improved the time for Xeno Crisis again. RTA 27:16 > 26:40. Weapon drops came our way and I did my thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQi4...

Been a few months since my last Pink Sweets score update. This time in MAME - I switched from Xbox360 because the slowdown accuracy drastically improved thanks to bio_endios work. 200K increase to 17,563,560pts to Stage 7. (Shasta, no bugs).

Now Live

It's time again. Ghosts 'n Goblins Main Series Marathon ~ Spring 2026 "IRL Loop 2" Edition. Meet incentives to create loop 2 of the whole marathon to extend this specific stream. This Saturday, April 25th @ 12:00pm CDT on my Twitch channel twitch.tv/Aquas

It's time again. Ghosts 'n Goblins Main Series Marathon ~ Spring 2026 "IRL Loop 2" Edition. Meet incentives to create loop 2 of the whole marathon to extend this specific stream. This Saturday, April 25th @ 12:00pm CDT on my Twitch channel twitch.tv/Aquas

Beat Pogostuck map 1 yesterday. It's an amazing game really, never played anything quite like it. We'll try some other maps soon.

CARRION is $3.99 on US eShop buff.ly/LRhuRnP Xbox buff.ly/B55XWou

My hair be looking like a Legend of Mana character right now

Threw away a PB 27:0X Random Seed Good Ending Xeno Crisis run because I got completely stuck in the final boss when I started phase 2... Gah!

On my way to 100,000

20 Years of Pink Sweets eh? In 2006 I was 19 years old, and I would only begin my love for STG within a year or so after that, playing Raiden Fighters Jet at a local arcade that I would spend all day at. I truly began my obsession for arcade games and STGs at that point.

Completed Ghosts Babe of Dimension (custom map) in Jump King. Got tested pretty hard through out 45 hours. I feel like my skill has improved without me realizing it, considering the amount of 2 framers. Rick King next, I think.

Booga-Boo on MSX. Basically it's just Jump King, but from 1983. You can only jump, and the meter determines how far. Make it back to the top. A lot of fairly tight jumps, but it's only like a 40 sec run once you have control. This seems like the best port. 🦗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD5y...

The 'Cross' button my PS4 Dual sense controller suddenly stopped working. How peculiar. Will open it up to see if I can fix it eventually. That was my Xeno Crisis controller, dangit!

Sat down yesterday and played Enemy Zero until my "battery" ran out. Holy crap that difficulty spike near the end HAHA! Anyway, pretty cool game. I'm sorry Laura.

For you Following Aquas Now Live - Ghosts n Goblins 2 (fan sequel) 1cc attempt | Demo Akai Katana for Shentok? | Jump King GBoD resume | etc twitch.tv/aquas

Metaphor: ReFantazio Launch Edition (XSX) is $14.39 on Woot w/ code LEVEL20 (today only - up to extra $30 off / 20% off one time use code) buff.ly/DIzLArs #ad

Now Live - Fitness Boxing workout > Pink Sweets 18m grind > Trying Ghosts n Goblins 2 (Fan sequel to GnG1 Arcade) twitch.tv/aquas

$3 for one of the best sidescrolling action games ever. Shocking!

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection is $2.99 on Steam buff.ly/EkS86AC $10.49 Xbox buff.ly/o6QAntg Deck verified

Finished Actraiser Renaissance. If you're a fan of Actraiser you'll enjoy it I think. It's a great tribute. The majority of the gameplay is building and protecting your town in a tower defense style. But I liked it. The enemy animations, art in general are A+ and soundtrack as well.

2nd Consistent month of Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star. Woo. Average 30 minutes a day.

Ghosts 'n Goblins 2, a PC fan sequel to the arcade game. According to the site dev started in 2013 and just released in Sept 2025. I think it does a fantastic job of feeling like a sequel. Stages are fun and there's a lot of secrets everywhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7RH...

Played through MadWorld. Its sister game to me is something like Lolipop Chainsaw, or House of the Dead Overkill (featured on the back of the instruction manual). A delight of a game that encourages the absurd. Steve Blum was a great Jack Caymen.

Order has been restored. Caught up to where I left off in Ghost Babe of Dimension on the new PC. Jump King on sale $5 on Steam again by the way.

Tokuro Fujiwara is Mad (MadWorld) ... First playthrough, Wii Original Hardware - Now live twitch.tv/aquas

I have my Discord account and server back from this Discord scam that's going around to "test a game". Hit me up if you need a fresh invite or anything. It's me, I swear - I'll prove it. *Dogi from Ys smashes the wall of this post* "F@#$ HACKERS TOWER OF DARM TIME!!"

I'm being featured on Twitch's front page today. Doing Retro challenge runs & Favorites all day. Come on by, now Live twitch.tv/aquas

Well the getting hacked and reformatting thing was annoying af today! BUT. Tomorrow 12pm-8pm CST I'll be on Twitch's front page, doing retro challenge runs and favorites. Neat.

My Discord acct was hacked, do not engage with "me" on there for now... I'm logged out locally.

Good month of fitness boxing fist of the north star

It took some time but I improved my skills in Xeno Crisis. New WR for Seed 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UG4...

1 second off Seed 1 WR. Hm hm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAdk...

This Wednesday, November 26th @ 6pm CST (27th, 12am London), GamesDoneQuick will host me doing a scoring run of Pink Sweets (Shasta) on their Twitch Channel, then to YT. Icarus will provide commentary. The same stream, I will speedrun Xeno Crisis (Modern). I'll try my best.

I been kicking the air for like 2 years and now I can comfortably kick to head height. Feels kicks man.

Submissions are now open for the Coin-Op Classic 2025! rgltv.com/events/coc25...

Track proposals for our Gimmick! charity album jam benefitting gastric cancer research have just opened over on our Discord server! Hop in now if you'd like to arrange and record for this charity album! Happening in the GameGrooves Discord server: discord.gg/qUwynKQzpB #gimmick #vgm #gamemusic

Finally saw 6.6mil again after Stage 3 in Pink today. 4.2 after Stage 2. Just need to keep doing this. But then, too many deaths occurred. Desperately, one can attempt to clear Clouds with 2 lives in Stock. A small chance perhaps. Here is the destruction of the run. #ピンクスウィーツ

Haunted Halloween 87 by @retrotainmentgames.bsky.social, the 3rd in the series. Out of all 3 this one is my fav run, the movement is really fun. The art and music are great. Mostly slide thru the stages and want to get certain items. 🎃🧹🧙‍♀️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtmC...

Today I'll do another Ghosts n Goblins Main Series marathon, it's back again for Halloween. I'm starting around 3:30pm CST today. (In about half an hour) on my Twitch channel

Now Live! Pink Sweets attempt(s) | Everybody's Golf Hot Shots | Sonic Racing Crossworlds & Steam Key Giveaway twitch.tv/aquas

Now Live - Trying Raiden Nova - Free Roam Shooting | Resuming Metroid Dread after twitch.tv/aquas

Starts in a little over an hour @ 11am CDT. I'm kicking off with Pink Sweets.

Lately I have a feeling of emptiness but not in a negative way. The emptiness I think comes from not really giving a crap for most social media, media, as well as not bothering to share my opinions. I feel more focused on my own "project" and trying to remain kind, calm, even zen. Thx for reading.

There's not much more satisfying than making a delicious dish and enjoying it yourself. They say others preparing a dish you eat makes it taste better. Yes there's something to that, IF it's good. Plus I have better awareness of the safety of the food doing it this way.