Now you can see that there is not even a real end boss lol!

I clocked it multiple times when I was ten 1989 really cool to have a Nintendo entertainment system back then all the neighbourhood kids all at my house

This game was tough I never got past level three myself and only got past level two once lol

Dont worry same too me lol

Don't feel bad; I never beat it without using the Konami code and slo-mo.

I was about to type this.

Same haha

@@xenxander haha 😂 same was about to type it too 🤣

Do you even have mono sound setting in your phone? That's because the NES didn't have stereo sound capabilities at the time, and the sound effects and bgm are on the same audio channel, so they could overlap or cancel the audio with each other.

@@Andrecio64 You're right great idea

This is my 1st subject when I was on Grade school. Hahaha

My favorite memory with this game is using the second controller to drive my friend nuts. It was his first time playing and both controllers worked for some reason. So when he played I held in the B button on the 2nd controller without him knowing. It just kept giving him speed ups! By the cave on the first level the ship was uncontrollable. So I said, "Here... Let me play" and it worked normal for me. So I said, "See how it's done?" Then he'd play again and hold in the B button on the other controller. Him: 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Me: 😂😂😂😂🤓

I've beaten both games. This is way easier than Ghosts 'n Goblins tbh. The approach you have to take is completely different though. This is basically impossible to beaten unless you do the whole thing without dying, whereas GnG you will die over and over and over on the same parts, but there is fairly frequent checkpoints, more so earlier on. I will say you kind of have to master Gradius to beat it where you don't really with GnG. But imo the only really tough part of Gradius is the third stage. If you beat the third stage and you keep renewing your shield you have a good chance of winning. I beat the game the second time I got past stage 3.

you're driving a spaceship in outer space?

30 extra lives

@@timmyturner5864 Really? I thought it just gave you power ups

@@jakepinsky6957 just power ups 30 lives was for contra

Even with these power ups, the game is very hard to beat.

@@jakepinsky6957 On Gradius NES it is powerups (both options, shields, missiles.) It doesn't give you speed up or laser/double shot, but those are easy to acquire. Lifeforce and Contra give you the 30 extra lives. Fun fact: Gradius III on SNES, the normal Konami code self destructs your ship. To get the powerups, use the left and right triggers instead of the D-pad for left and right. 30 lives is a different code.

Yes , it's a warp that skip the level 2, you get it by killing the 4 hatches on level 1 while the thousand digit points is even. You can also skip level 4 by destroying 10 Moai heads on level 3.

Well, This doesn't help too much, as I did this on the playchoice 10 version (which I think is based on the Japanese version of the game, but here's what they say for the first 8 loops in that one. After the word, it says Let's Go Next Zone every time, so I'll omit that. 1. Kangeki! 2. Omigoto! 3. Nikui Nikui! 4. Antawa Sugoi! 5. Miagetamonda! 6. Iukotonaine! (on this loop, when I was awarded my bonus 100k, the line under the 100k had a random stray M by itself that appeared) 7. Iukotonaine! (no stray M this time) 8. Iukotonaine! (no stray M here either) so it looks like in total, there are 6 unique words in the Japanese version.

Sure bud

Yes cause that is pretty much cheating, my goal here was to record a legitimate speedrun of the game.

Ok I gotcha...I guess growing up on this game or any other NES game we didn’t consider it cheating...I’m ready to hook my NES up cause you just showed me so many secrets

@@magnew2004 Happy that you enjoyed it :-)

You see the blue shields in front of the ship? well it absorb damage , 5 hits if I remember it right, I got hit plenty of time during this run, but each time I had the shields on.

@@letrickyboy6552 I always thought that those shields only protect front of the ship...Sorry... My mistakes...

@@j.ih.p8813 no problem

Well it's true that this is auto scrolling game so the time that you can save is minimal, but there is some, like killing the bosses the fastest way possible or by reducing lag by not taking all the options upgrades. There is also two warps you can take to skip 2 levels.

@@letrickyboy6552 yeah, seemed very limited. Thanks!

Totally different story lines. If you are to compare Lifeforce with anything, it should be Salamander. As one works with accumulating powerups and manually selecting an upgrade VS the other that has the upgrade floating around and you deciding if you want to pick it up or not.

@@TheRetroChallengerV Well the NES port of Salamander/Life Force uses the Gradius powerup system rather than the arcade system.

Salamander and life force is the same right?

That would be a different category.

Yes, at 0:30 I get Rapid fire, which is a secret upgrade you can get at 10 000pts (or when the thousand digit is 0) then you can press and hold A to Rapide fire!

Good question, I guess they said enough with the struggle and give you a freebie lol

Yup, exactly. Lol

Last two bosses self-destruct, shots aren't necessary. In fact, all the bosses self-destruct if you wait long enough (something like 20-30 seconds). At least Gradius 2 for famicom they had you attack the support cables, and the boss actually fought back a little. Wasn't super hard, but it was something. Lifeforce's final boss is also really easy once you kill the snake/salamander guarding it. The escape sequence after is actually tougher.

Stage 1: You need to destroy all 4 hatches while the thousand digit is even. Stage 3: Destroy 10 Moai heads

Hello, see the following guide : www.speedrun.com/Gradius/guide/0wl54

@@letrickyboy6552 wow, nice tech!

Beat the boss faster! F A S T E R 3 Seg

not needed :)

Le Trickyboy I know bro you’re an expert

The real ending is the friends you made along the way. Joke aside, the game doesn't have a last boss, you get to the brain and... thats it! you doesn't even have to hit it, lol.

I use them later in the run, it's just that a need many more upgrades like the shield one before needing the laser.

Yep! you don't even have to shoot it lol

@@letrickyboy6552 I think the game developers knew that people without turbo controllers would be in pain if you made it to the end. They showed mercy

Dru Santana this game came out, long before turbo controllers.

@@jnnx your so right ,but bro remember that official Nintendo turbo controller was so awesome it looked like a boomerang and had a weird directional pad that I loved.

At the time of the recording it was the second best time, two seconds aways from the world record. Since then new strategies have been found, it is now #6 on the leaderboard.

They give you a freebee lol.

I have a video where I beat Life Force which is not the same game but it is similar!

It was played on a original NES :)

I have the game for real NES hardware. The 5th stage with tentacles monsters has huge slowdown at the point your ship can't shoot for seconds.

Thanks, 2 seconds away from the world record!

No, this is a legitimate run verified by speedrunner.

Yeah man Life force is a great game too, I have a run of it also :-)

life force...easy...does not compute.

Have you watched the video? cause there is two warps.

You jumped through half the game, you didn’t run. And you think this is a good gameplay?

​@@user-fam yes? I also have a speedrun where I do all the stages, still the third time in the world after 3 years.

Someone didnt read the title