Say what you want but style and mechanics that pb1 used (such as a piece of glass from barrel can kill you or your enemies or just very good psychics if we talking about flash game) is just so timeless i bet it inspired many game creators these times
Here's some cool things I found in this game: 1. (You already did this but I will tell it anyway) You can complete Level 6 and Level 11 without killing. Level 6 can be completed by grenade jumping from the platform at the start to the top of the wall, and you can advance through the roof and jump off to the end. Level 11, just point the gun of the car diagonally, and the drones will try to hit you from the corner but will often miss. They will still damage you, though, but don't worry about them. 2. If you pause the game right when an enemy is hit with a grenade, you can see their legs rapidly flashing through the legs of all the enemies in the game (and the protagonists), along with their running and jumping animations. 3. In some levels, you can grenade jump high above into the sky and land on the platforms above. There, you can walk really long and make some jumps, but it eventually leads to falling to your death. You can even walk inside the platforms. 4. Level 2 has a faster way to complete. When you reach the second small platform (above the two soldiers inside the glass barrier), you can grenade jump onto the roof and then walk your way through the stage. That way you can fall down into the last room, where the Grub is. That won't end the level, unless you walk in the space in front of the Grub. You can easily kill the Grub from the right and he won't even notice you. 5. When you move your mouse to the bottom right of the screen, you will see a small green square in the middle of the crosshair. When you shoot the gun, the square becomes darker until you let go of the mouse. 6. The outside is shown in all levels except for Level 16. 7. (You already did this too) When you're fighting the Sword Bot, you don't need to destroy it with the door. You can just grenade jump over it and it won't even look for you behind. It just keeps going forward. However, it only moves when you are far away from it. Going close to it will activate its attacking mode. That way, you can grab your teammate and drag him away from the robot as fast as you can. But, you can't do that right when the robot starts moving. If you do, the robot will be stuck in its attack mode and you can't move far away from it because the ship is blocking you. Your only choice left is to kill yourself. 8. In the v1.7 release, in Level 5, the enemy soldiers are replaced with other soldiers who wear the same outfit as the player. They can't be harmed by the player and they don't wear helmets. They follow the player throughout the level, meaning they can be recruited allies. Also when they appear, a text says "Reinforcement have arrived", but that is not clear to the plot of the game. 9. When you open a door in the game, the bullets go through the door in the middle of its animation. But when you close it, the bullets collide with the outside. That's because Eric did not program it to have the details like in most games. 10. If you turn on the music in the game after it's been turned off, and turn it back off again, not only the music will be turned off, but the ambient sounds in the rooms (like the wind in the outside).
Wow, awesome to find another big fan of the game! I can't scroll through the points you made on the mobile app of YT while writing a comment, but we can discuss stuff via Discord! My ID is #MyNameIsTrez1585
@@sanderbos4243 Well, I don't have a Discord account sadly, but that's fine. Also, I forgot about three more things I found out about (or if there's more) - At the end of Level 6 and Level 7, the platforms behind the finish line are not solid, and you can push dead bodies inside those platforms so they can fall through. - If you type the cheat 'nextlv' on Level 16, you will be sent to an absolutely empty level with nothing in it (no walls, no floors, no enemies, just an empty outside void). This level kills you instantly, so you have to restart endlessly until you give up and quit. - At the end of Level 10, if you manage to jump over the jeep where your teammate is (with the help of a grenade), you will reach a pit where you can see the full scenery outside, along with a Falkok which appears out of nowhere in mid-air and falls into the pit. Pretty weird, but this Falkok doesn't even get a chance to attack you, and it doesn't make it in time to use its jetpack. The reason behind this could probably be intentional, or maybe Eric put it in the wrong stage in the wrong spot by accident. *Tell me if there's more!*
@@sanderbos4243 My Discord account is now disabled :( And everything has reset back to normal...so I have to go to the same servers over and over and over again and send all the same friend requests over and over again. :(
I remember when I finished the game & had every upgrade/weapon available, I would do all the levels again. I would play Three little birds(Bob Marley) on repeat at the start & just completely massacre and obliterate the enemies in every level. Soft & classical music go so well with violence😂.
I found it hard as balls as well for the first few times I played it, but you get used to the jank after a while, so do give it another try using Flashpoint or something! :-)
Thanks and have fun! Make sure to follow the link in the description and to then click the "Guides" button on the left side of that page in case you'd like an explanation of the strategies used in this speedrun. :)
How do u get such good grenade launches like the one at 2:31. I understand the importance of jumping and I’ve managed to get a couple good jumps, but idk how u get such far jumps. Does it have something to do with crouching beforehand?
Good question, I'll add that to the Guides section on the speedrun page that's in the description. Yes, crouching gets the center of your player closer to the ground, which is where the grenade explodes. The closer your center is to the grenade, the further you can go with grenades. What also seems to help is if you start crouch walking towards the direction you want to fly, which makes quite a lot of sense if you think about it. The problem with crouch walking away from the grenade though is of course that your center will go further away from the grenade, which means the grenade will give you less of a push. The best strategy seems to be crouch walking away from the grenade a few frames before the grenade explodes, so you get the benefit from crouching and the benefit from walking towards where you want to fly. It takes a bit of practice, but you'll get a feel for what I am saying if you try it for a bit. You can see how I crouch walk away from the grenade a few frames before the grenade explodes if you look closely at 2:16.
The exact opposite is shown at 4:28, where you want to make sure you stand + jump in a way so your center is as far away from the grenade's blast as possible, because otherwise you'll take too much fall damage when landing and you can't finish the level without dying on the second jump down.
Thats a great time, it would take me some hours to beat the game for me cause i like taking my time on killing everyone (and cause i suck too) its been so long since i played, do you know where i can play it again or is it lost?
@@saiberbatutinha2274 I put a guide on the speedrun page of how to download the game, enjoy! www.speedrun.com/plazma_burst_forward_to_the_past/guides/85ysu
To be fair, I am running the Flash player as a separate application on a good computer, as opposed to how the game used to be played years ago in slower browsers
hello, i'm new into speedrunning and i would like to start by playing my fav chiildhood flash game, how do i get acees to a viable speedrunable version of the game?
Same. I prefer PB1 over PB2 as a speedrunning game. The ragdolling *looks* cool, but can be incredibly infuriating when an enemy with a jetpack slams at mach 5 into you, and you die from being flung into a wall.
@@sanderbos4243 its worse in gameplay too, getting shot from all sides and your character getting stuck in a ragdoll unable to take cover or dodge the bullets is annoying
The speedrun.com link in the description has "Guides" on the left side of the page explaining how it can be played, but the short answer is that the PB2 website provides a launcher.
@@sanderbos4243 Have you ever beaten the game on hard mode?? I always get stuck on the last level cause those flying robots with plasma rifles one shot you on hard mode.
@@Sunset66 Yes. The game isn't much more difficult on hard than it is on medium in my opinion, but the trick to killing those is to go for headshots and walk back immediately as seen in this speedrun.
Thank you! Yeah definitely, you can see that the "Sum of Best Segments" counter says that the lowest possible time was 6:39 at the time, which is a whopping 1:48 faster! This 8:27 record alone however was hard for me to beat due to the current unreliable speedrun strategies, so that theoretical best probably isn't going to be reached anytime soon. I spent a few days on finding speedrun shortcuts and I haven't found a new one in a long while. The best way to get that time closer to the theoretical limit is by getting other people to join me in doing runs, and by finding as many 100% reliable grenade boost setups with the mouse as possible.
Join the Plazma Burst 1 & 2 speedrunning Discord server! discord.gg/ap9tBJvNWg
Say what you want but style and mechanics that pb1 used (such as a piece of glass from barrel can kill you or your enemies or just very good psychics if we talking about flash game) is just so timeless i bet it inspired many game creators these times
Definitely! One of the most ambitious Flash games I know
Or killing the falcons that are flying and their body will still be flying
@@thisismyprofilepic3005 that shit was so funny I would replay levels just to watch it happen again
It's been 2 years but people still watch this and other plazma burst content. This game is still played :D
Sure :d
He need 8 minute to complete entire game, me need 10 minute to remember obstacle in one level
I remember playing the game for a whole day when I was young and still not finishing it, the enemies in the last level are especially hard
Here's some cool things I found in this game:
1. (You already did this but I will tell it anyway) You can complete Level 6 and Level 11 without killing. Level 6 can be completed by grenade jumping from the platform at the start to the top of the wall, and you can advance through the roof and jump off to the end. Level 11, just point the gun of the car diagonally, and the drones will try to hit you from the corner but will often miss. They will still damage you, though, but don't worry about them.
2. If you pause the game right when an enemy is hit with a grenade, you can see their legs rapidly flashing through the legs of all the enemies in the game (and the protagonists), along with their running and jumping animations.
3. In some levels, you can grenade jump high above into the sky and land on the platforms above. There, you can walk really long and make some jumps, but it eventually leads to falling to your death. You can even walk inside the platforms.
4. Level 2 has a faster way to complete. When you reach the second small platform (above the two soldiers inside the glass barrier), you can grenade jump onto the roof and then walk your way through the stage. That way you can fall down into the last room, where the Grub is. That won't end the level, unless you walk in the space in front of the Grub. You can easily kill the Grub from the right and he won't even notice you.
5. When you move your mouse to the bottom right of the screen, you will see a small green square in the middle of the crosshair. When you shoot the gun, the square becomes darker until you let go of the mouse.
6. The outside is shown in all levels except for Level 16.
7. (You already did this too) When you're fighting the Sword Bot, you don't need to destroy it with the door. You can just grenade jump over it and it won't even look for you behind. It just keeps going forward. However, it only moves when you are far away from it. Going close to it will activate its attacking mode. That way, you can grab your teammate and drag him away from the robot as fast as you can. But, you can't do that right when the robot starts moving. If you do, the robot will be stuck in its attack mode and you can't move far away from it because the ship is blocking you. Your only choice left is to kill yourself.
8. In the v1.7 release, in Level 5, the enemy soldiers are replaced with other soldiers who wear the same outfit as the player. They can't be harmed by the player and they don't wear helmets. They follow the player throughout the level, meaning they can be recruited allies. Also when they appear, a text says "Reinforcement have arrived", but that is not clear to the plot of the game.
9. When you open a door in the game, the bullets go through the door in the middle of its animation. But when you close it, the bullets collide with the outside. That's because Eric did not program it to have the details like in most games.
10. If you turn on the music in the game after it's been turned off, and turn it back off again, not only the music will be turned off, but the ambient sounds in the rooms (like the wind in the outside).
Wow, awesome to find another big fan of the game! I can't scroll through the points you made on the mobile app of YT while writing a comment, but we can discuss stuff via Discord! My ID is #MyNameIsTrez1585
@@sanderbos4243 Well, I don't have a Discord account sadly, but that's fine. Also, I forgot about three more things I found out about (or if there's more)
- At the end of Level 6 and Level 7, the platforms behind the finish line are not solid, and you can push dead bodies inside those platforms so they can fall through.
- If you type the cheat 'nextlv' on Level 16, you will be sent to an absolutely empty level with nothing in it (no walls, no floors, no enemies, just an empty outside void). This level kills you instantly, so you have to restart endlessly until you give up and quit.
- At the end of Level 10, if you manage to jump over the jeep where your teammate is (with the help of a grenade), you will reach a pit where you can see the full scenery outside, along with a Falkok which appears out of nowhere in mid-air and falls into the pit. Pretty weird, but this Falkok doesn't even get a chance to attack you, and it doesn't make it in time to use its jetpack. The reason behind this could probably be intentional, or maybe Eric put it in the wrong stage in the wrong spot by accident.
*Tell me if there's more!*
@@nikolagamer8846 Check your Discord, I've accepted your friend request and sent you some stuff
@@sanderbos4243 My Discord account is now disabled :( And everything has reset back to normal...so I have to go to the same servers over and over and over again and send all the same friend requests over and over again. :(
you can do the same skip on 7 if you get the right angle
man i loved this game as a kid on armor games
I remember when I finished the game & had every upgrade/weapon available, I would do all the levels again. I would play Three little birds(Bob Marley) on repeat at the start & just completely massacre and obliterate the enemies in every level. Soft & classical music go so well with violence😂.
It's a hell of a fun game, feel free to join the Discord server to talk about the game more :)
I forgot plasma burst 1 existed
dude you must be a GOD because this game is just so hard to complete
I found it hard as balls as well for the first few times I played it, but you get used to the jank after a while, so do give it another try using Flashpoint or something! :-)
nice run! i never got to finish the game so im going to try 8 years later 😁
Thanks and have fun! Make sure to follow the link in the description and to then click the "Guides" button on the left side of that page in case you'd like an explanation of the strategies used in this speedrun. :)
real
Damn thats sick, i always got stuck at last level cuz of those yellow bots, they are OP!
Yeah, they are a pain! Glad you enjoyed!
you are very good wacho
Memory will never forget
2:14 man done rocket jump🦅🦅🦅 soldier main with market gardener
and that's gentlemen the best shooter game of all decades
childhood game ❤
How do u get such good grenade launches like the one at 2:31. I understand the importance of jumping and I’ve managed to get a couple good jumps, but idk how u get such far jumps. Does it have something to do with crouching beforehand?
Good question, I'll add that to the Guides section on the speedrun page that's in the description.
Yes, crouching gets the center of your player closer to the ground, which is where the grenade explodes. The closer your center is to the grenade, the further you can go with grenades.
What also seems to help is if you start crouch walking towards the direction you want to fly, which makes quite a lot of sense if you think about it. The problem with crouch walking away from the grenade though is of course that your center will go further away from the grenade, which means the grenade will give you less of a push.
The best strategy seems to be crouch walking away from the grenade a few frames before the grenade explodes, so you get the benefit from crouching and the benefit from walking towards where you want to fly. It takes a bit of practice, but you'll get a feel for what I am saying if you try it for a bit. You can see how I crouch walk away from the grenade a few frames before the grenade explodes if you look closely at 2:16.
The exact opposite is shown at 4:28, where you want to make sure you stand + jump in a way so your center is as far away from the grenade's blast as possible, because otherwise you'll take too much fall damage when landing and you can't finish the level without dying on the second jump down.
@@sanderbos4243 ok cool, thanks for the tips
Nice!
Thats a great time, it would take me some hours to beat the game for me cause i like taking my time on killing everyone (and cause i suck too) its been so long since i played, do you know where i can play it again or is it lost?
@@saiberbatutinha2274 I put a guide on the speedrun page of how to download the game, enjoy!
www.speedrun.com/plazma_burst_forward_to_the_past/guides/85ysu
I honestly don't remember being able to move that fast
To be fair, I am running the Flash player as a separate application on a good computer, as opposed to how the game used to be played years ago in slower browsers
@@sanderbos4243 Oh, ok, i guess it makes sense
this guy can beat this game in 8 minutes yet i still can't beat the fucking level 3 because of how laggy the game is
where do you play it ? Can I download it ?? Because website version on some online game webs is laggy
Look up "Flashpoint" and download that, it has pretty much every Flash game under the sun including this one! :)
hello, i'm new into speedrunning and i would like to start by playing my fav chiildhood flash game, how do i get acees to a viable speedrunable version of the game?
Awesome to hear! I see you joined the Discord server, let's discuss that further there
I liked the way pb1 feels compared to 2, i dont like the characters ragdolling when alive
Same. I prefer PB1 over PB2 as a speedrunning game. The ragdolling *looks* cool, but can be incredibly infuriating when an enemy with a jetpack slams at mach 5 into you, and you die from being flung into a wall.
@@sanderbos4243 its worse in gameplay too, getting shot from all sides and your character getting stuck in a ragdoll unable to take cover or dodge the bullets is annoying
@@czarnakoza9697 Though it's awful in general, moments like 7:35 feel dope af when you're barely able to jump over an enemy flying at you
@@sanderbos4243 i agree with that, and sometimes it is fun to make those matrix flips in slow motion, but it just isnt viable on highier difficulties
hey, how do you play this game without flash
The speedrun.com link in the description has "Guides" on the left side of the page explaining how it can be played, but the short answer is that the PB2 website provides a launcher.
You can play on Newgrounds by adding the following to the URL: ?emulate=flash
@@sanderbos4243 ok thanks
Can you try to speed run it in hard mode??
Feel free to give it a shot yourself, I've pinned the Discord link to the speedrun server in the comments if you want to discuss it or need help
@@sanderbos4243 Have you ever beaten the game on hard mode?? I always get stuck on the last level cause those flying robots with plasma rifles one shot you on hard mode.
@@Sunset66 Yes. The game isn't much more difficult on hard than it is on medium in my opinion, but the trick to killing those is to go for headshots and walk back immediately as seen in this speedrun.
Make a speedrun Plazma Burst 2
I might, but that wouldn't be for the Any% category, cause someone found a way to skip every level using in-game exploits already.
@@sanderbos4243 Make a 100% speedrun
@@neVsegrehi I might, but if you want to watch a 100% speedrun of PB2 you can go to www.speedrun.com/pburst2 and see the current world record already.
@@sanderbos4243 Where 100%?
@@neVsegrehi The 28:05 speedrun you see at the link I posted in my previous message, under the category Any% NLS (no level skip).
There are more skips that I disvovered !
Awesome! Please share them in the Discord server I linked in the comments :)
Good speedrun! But you could have done it faster if it wasn't for level 8 and 9.
Thank you! Yeah definitely, you can see that the "Sum of Best Segments" counter says that the lowest possible time was 6:39 at the time, which is a whopping 1:48 faster!
This 8:27 record alone however was hard for me to beat due to the current unreliable speedrun strategies, so that theoretical best probably isn't going to be reached anytime soon.
I spent a few days on finding speedrun shortcuts and I haven't found a new one in a long while. The best way to get that time closer to the theoretical limit is by getting other people to join me in doing runs, and by finding as many 100% reliable grenade boost setups with the mouse as possible.
@@sanderbos4243 Ok!
British speedrun
Dutch actually
truly dutch