Einhänder (PS1) - Hard Mode Clear (Endymion Mk.II) 

Played on DuckStation.
Japanese version, No Starting Weapon/Gunpod.
1 Credit playthrough on this Playstation 3D shmup on the hardest difficulty. Developed by SquareSoft (Square Enix actually), primarily known for the Final Fantasy series and among other RPG games, is it's first (and only) shmup developed by them.
The core gameplay comes from grabbing weapons with limited ammo dropped by the enemies with your ship's hand manipulator, hence the game's title which means "one-hander" in German. A lot of strategy and memorization are involved in using the best weapons for each situation.
Two silly deaths at Stage 5 but I was able to recover from that point.
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00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Menu + Fighter Select
01:50 - Stage 1
07:01 - Stage 2
14:13 - Stage 3
19:14 - Stage 4
26:30 - Stage 5
37:01 - Stage 6
42:41 - Stage 7 + Last Boss (Hyperion)
46:15 - Ending + Credits
51:18 - Result Screen
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