High Life
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High Life is a 1.9/2.0 Insane 9* level created by Migueword. It is known primarily for its length, originality, and its notorious buffed remake by KrmaL called Low Death. Some people have considered it to be worthy of a Demon rating. The song has since been blocked from Newgrounds for its usage of numerous copyrighted songs and has not been replaced by the creator, leaving the level without a currently downloadable song.
Gameplay
The level starts with a half-speed cube section featuring a few tricky timings and some memorization. Here, the level shows text displaying, "High Life by Migueword." Then there is a moderately hard slow-speed ship sequence with a few tight spaces and the text "Song: Magic Touch by Romos." The first coin can be reached by not using the yellow orb in this part. Then there is an auto cube part. It displays the text "3", "2", "1", and "Go!"
Next comes a hard dual-wave segment with numerous speed changes and tight spaces. This is followed by a ball part with some simple timings. At the end of this part, the text "One More Time" appears. Then there is an easier ship part with a few obstacles to avoid. This is followed by a short UFO segment with several saw-blades, and then a moderately tight wave segment with some tricky speed changes. This wave part has a fake that contains the second coin.
Then there is a very long half-speed cube section with lots of pulsing decoration and some spike jumps, followed by a slow ship with many saw-blades. This part displays the lyrics of the song. Then there is a very long auto part. At the end of this part, there is a short flying part where the text "1.9" becomes "2.0". This is followed by a memorization-based ball part. Then there is a UFO part with tricky moving obstacles to avoid, followed by a rather long ship-based boss-fight section that is separated by two UFO segments.
Then there is a relatively easy robot part that is separated by a half-speed ship section with a few tight spaces. This is followed by a rather long slow ship with a few tight spaces and gravity portals. Then comes a slow auto cube section, followed by a tricky ball part with some timings. This is followed by a relatively easy cube section. In the end, it shows "Almost There... :^)"
Then there is a ship part with numerous scaled obstacles with ground spikes. Near the end, it shows "Ready?", signaling an intense ship sequence with a series of gravity and teleportation portals. In the end, it shows "Let's Go M9!" Afterward, the player enters a difficult wave segment with fast-paced speed changes and lots of mashing, followed by a ball segment with a few tricks that ends with the text "GG". The third coin can be collected in this part through an invisible block on the ceiling.
User coins
- The first coin is located at 4% at the ship sequence. To collect it, the player must fly into the aperture without bouncing off the yellow orb.
- The second coin is located at 22% at the wave segment. The player needs to fly into the fake wall, collect the coin and return to the normal route; otherwise, they will crash into the wall.
- The third and final coin is located at 97% at the ball segment. The player needs to fall on a platform barely visible from above and change gravity to not die.
Trivia
- The level cannot be copied.
- The level contains 28,480 objects.
- The level is 3m 11s in length.
- The level was ranked #45 in GDToday's 100 Greatest Levels of All Time list.
- Like Phobos, this level was partially made in 1.9. The rest was created in 2.0.
- The pre-drop (except for some text) was made entirely in 1.9, and the drop (around 40%) to the end was made in 2.0.
- The level shares its name with a song by Daft Punk.
- KrmaL created and verified a remake called Low Death. Through a complicated history, in which the level was abandoned, and its verification dissuaded multiple times, he ultimately verified and uploaded the level on April Fools' Day.
- The remake has boosted the popularity of this level since its announcement.
- On March 5, 2020, KrmaL legitimately verified Low Death, revealing the verification video and uploading the level on April 1, 2020.
- The song, Magic Touch, is a mashup of 31 songs produced by numerous electronic music artists, including Porter Robinson, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Zedd, Mat Zo, and Madeon.
- Some videos of this level (and Low Death) have been blocked due to the song's usage of copyrighted samples.