I remember as a kid growing up, my Dad used to play this game all the time. Absolute technophobe he was, wouldn't go on the internet, wouldn't play any other game, but he would always break out Gradius every now and then. Never managed to beat the game, never could get past level 7. He always used to say to me "I'm sure that level 7 is the last level, there's no way that it could get any harder." Sure enough he was right. Seeing this video I think what he was doing wrong is that he never thought to switch the laser for the double for the final level. 30 years he played that game, never occurred to him to try that. He's gone now though, before his time :( Would have loved to have seen his face if he ever beat the game, think he would have done eventually
@Hyperion55665 жыл бұрын
David Sawyer Jesus; I’m tearing up.
@tdogable5 жыл бұрын
Your dad sounds like an awesome guy haha
@itzzzsss5 жыл бұрын
Same here but with an uncle. I'd navigate while he shot. It took over 50 tries but we beat it
@ProfessionalNamielleLewder695 жыл бұрын
(presses F to pay respects)
@Spooksta7775 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you need to do it for your dad bro! X
@angelinef.36372 жыл бұрын
Used to play Gradius with my older brother in the 80s. He was great with all the games. Recently found an original Nintendo NES and bought him and me a console each. He played Gradius like he never stopped all those years in between, still good at it! Sadly Bro passed from cancer last August2021. Will share this video with his two young sons. When I watch this video it’s like I was watching how my bro used to play. Thank you for this! I’ll have to play it once again in his honor and maybe challenge his boys to a game too. Like we used to do during our childhood.
@PEG2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story!
@Rocabear3 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness for KZfaq because I would’ve never in my life seen the ending to this. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@larryshin70863 жыл бұрын
What about a game geine?
@Frostie12083 жыл бұрын
Wow!! One of my favorite NES games of all time! I beat this game like 3 times! As a girl I thought I could NEVER do it! My parents and siblings would sit around me and watch me play it..the key was to choose the correct fire power for each level. This game took me on a journey that I'll never forget and it's 40 years later...The good Memories are too many to count!
@MrSecretny6 жыл бұрын
AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS OF NOT SEEING THIS GAME I REMEMBER THE LEVEL 1 TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@APRILtheCowardlyGamer5 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!!!!!
@Andrecio644 жыл бұрын
Me too
@pauloazuela84883 жыл бұрын
Yeah me too
@aquamidideluxe50792 жыл бұрын
The composer for this game was only 17 years old when the game came out, and it was the first game she ever composed for. It's also one of the earliest games I can think of that has a song playing during the level. What a debut!
@Poksutin Жыл бұрын
instant memories :D i think i never passed level 6 :O
@fancychipss3 жыл бұрын
Man, everyone here playing this game in their childhood. I just discovered it and I'm obsessed. Im glad it gets to be part of my childhood as well.
@parzival83313 жыл бұрын
Aye yo same. I'm 18 years old.
@henriquedematos2 жыл бұрын
I discovered it just a few years back at 20-ish old as part of a loose bundle of NES games I got with the console, been one of my favorites on the system ever since. It's amazing how a game that's almost four decades old can still feel so kinetically pleasing in terms of gameplay.
@matrixandraia8 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. I used to play this game all the time on our NES in the 80s. Most memorable moment - my dad was the first of us to reach the final stage, and we didn't know about the gate at the end, so it closed on him and he had to play again. =D
@PEG8 жыл бұрын
+MatrixAndrAIa Lol the same thing happened to me the first time I got to the end. Damn gate!
@itzzzsss6 жыл бұрын
MatrixAndrAIa this game was with me and uncle back in the days. He'd shoot while I navigated
@Eugenesis-g4l5 жыл бұрын
I was just playing this and that shit happened to me that's why I came to youtube to see the ending (Which I was at apparently............damn it)
@lavigne4520 Жыл бұрын
@@PEG are you a guy or a woman
@PEG Жыл бұрын
Guy
@davezorc3 жыл бұрын
Beating this game when I was 10 years is still the greatest achievement in my life. The only way to beat this game is with no deaths. If you die in a later level you're never going to power up again.
@youmemeyou2 жыл бұрын
zorchy • 6mo ago : Gradius
@noirrain60052 жыл бұрын
I used to record with a Walkman the games I beat. I recorded the songs playing at the ending and would have a beat game list saved using windows 3.1 note and a diskette. Good days.
@Drummafolife7 жыл бұрын
I remember this game being so f'ing hard. I felt so accomplished when I finally made it to those asshole bubble shooting statues and never made it past
@juliusdickerson71676 жыл бұрын
Me too. Broke my first controller to this game.
@nicktod61174 жыл бұрын
and now they make SP 2 gradius for switch there's second and third loop and its harder than the OG
@flankerbanker14672 жыл бұрын
I hate the Moai stage, too. Everytime I completed the stage, I only have one life left, mainly because the stupid Moai heads keep shooting rings at me.
@EskoMorko_4 жыл бұрын
I still remember, when i played this the very first time back in 1990.
@driveninja7 жыл бұрын
never finished this game as a kid. did it last night on my nes mini. so satisfied
@ItsYaBoiV3 жыл бұрын
My dad used to blaze through this and R-Type, and to this day I've never beaten either one. I get anxious just watching this. 😂
@HoChiMints200710 жыл бұрын
Beautiful game. And you are a beautiful person with a beautiful playthrough. PERFECT
@0532MOET7 жыл бұрын
Wow
@DiegoLuisMi5 жыл бұрын
Wholesome
@Persac74 жыл бұрын
Gay
@AspiePilo823 жыл бұрын
wasn't that perfect u wanker.
@AstoriaGaming4 жыл бұрын
Whoever did this, absolute legend
@Jonathane200127 жыл бұрын
You earned my respect. I never got to experience it past the 4th stage. Awesome work.
@DTM-Books8 жыл бұрын
At 1:40, if you back your spaceship into the right corner of the giant rock, you'll score some hidden bonus points. There are lots of hidden surprises like that in Gradius.
@Colonel-Llama7 жыл бұрын
daniel thomas You don't get bonus points, you get a 1up.
@awakenedsoul2638 Жыл бұрын
@@Colonel-Llama Yes you can also get bonus points man not only 1 Up.
@Romchikthelemon5 жыл бұрын
Opening tune is so cosmic man... One of the best things 8 bit has ever created...
@bgcreations69954 жыл бұрын
This Game was hard. Thanks for the memories. For a second I went back to 1989.
@brentv82582 жыл бұрын
I play this game when I was 6 and I finished Gradius using UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A B A.. and I am 38. Solomon's key, Galaga, Satanden, I think my father buys 100+ famcom games since 1982. . And he also like and a fan of Solomon's key. :) Great video and I love Family Computer..
@EngPheniks6 жыл бұрын
This and Life Force were awesome.
@mdtorres_762 жыл бұрын
My teenage years playing Nintendo Family Computer... lots of memories... and its confirmed that playing these games can help & maintain good mental health, on average/moderate playtime. Just balance it.
@chrismadagames9 жыл бұрын
My god I remember this game back in my youth! Those Easter Island heads shooting out blue rings instantly gave me a nostalgia rush! Bought this game on eBay just this second! Can't wait to play again and relive some memories! :-)
@PEG9 жыл бұрын
+chrismadagames Glad you rediscovered this awesome game, have fun!
@sadderfroggerch.71353 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve Seen somebody beat this
@marioman21582 жыл бұрын
Wow this game is unbreakable like a diamond. Truly a shining experience. If just echoes through my head over and over
@kingquanforeal46323 жыл бұрын
Highest level I got to was 3 ur a legend my friend
@tubeviewerX204 жыл бұрын
This is my first time seeing Gradius 1 and I’m surprised there isn’t more variety among the stage bosses. But still fun to watch, good playthrough.
@SirJimmers17 жыл бұрын
Ahh, Gradius! So many memories!
@nickz202 жыл бұрын
In gradius 3 i really love the soundtrack of the Moai stage😊
@kensnow78373 жыл бұрын
This game is so nostalgic of my chidhood. The sounds, the colors, whew!! My most favorite game of all though I've played computer games with superb graphics years after to this day.
@vincentjance74243 жыл бұрын
The most difficult and fascinating computer game to win up to the last stage of the game.
@gabrielmacias44665 жыл бұрын
I grew up its sad 😭 I remember playing this game when I was young
@badmanskill11125 жыл бұрын
I still have PTSD from the sound of the ship blowing up when I used to play. Because once that happens you're done.
@HigureKyofu2 жыл бұрын
man this was my old jam game! thanks for playing it! i cant seem to find the name till i saw ur vid!! 😁
@mystacyjane723 жыл бұрын
I got addicted to this game when i was in 4th year high school. It took me more than a week to figure out how to survive the last stage. my favorite game way back in the 80’s.
@LMRH302 жыл бұрын
Now that's impressive
@elcidgaming Жыл бұрын
Man when I was a kid I always died on the stone place. You're an excellent pilot!
@tenzintsenpey52745 жыл бұрын
He missed the 1up by touching the boulder by tail
@uglefisken7 жыл бұрын
Wow this is crasy skills..!! Awesome video Mr PEG!! =)
@DoomerGEX6 жыл бұрын
The early age of bullet hells. Laser HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
@Peter_19864 жыл бұрын
Double is better when there are lots of enemies everywhere. I generally use Double on the stages, and Laser on the bosses.
@Lane84927 жыл бұрын
When it came to the talisman statue level, I didn't spare those talisman statues because I would obliterate many as possible when I first played this game.
@jakeerediano72372 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!! you are amazing for finishing the game.....thumbs up!!!
@helgenx2 жыл бұрын
I played this game a lot in the 80's when I was a kid, it gave me anxiety as an adult.
@Firefox13A Жыл бұрын
Played the Hell out of this growing up. I have it on an emulator still.
@derekdavidson67386 жыл бұрын
That's a decent run. At the end of level 2, you don't have to move at all if you sit just off the bottom left corner with the options above you. Also, you can position yourself to sit between the missiles from the ships at the end of the levels without having to move. And also, this game can be completed like you did WITHOUT a shield.
@Persac74 жыл бұрын
But just to be safe lol
@coinbuyer-gk7pq9 жыл бұрын
Just played this game on an emulator for first time since playing it on console about 15 years ago. I think I made it to the second level on console. Used state save abuse like crazy in order to beat this game on the emulator and it was very fun. Ended up with a score of 256,200. Quite short of yours as you are obviously a complete master at this game. I eventually figured out I couldn't have all the upgrades and had to leave one by the wayside. I got the 3 speedups as you did. I decided any more than that was too fast. For the majority of the game, however, I chose the double instead of the laser and now see that is not the smartest choice except for that last level. Lots of those rock arm monsters on level 5 I simply evaded rather than destroyed, for instance. You only needed 2 shield replacements whereas I needed about 7 or 8. Major props to you! Oh! and the music from the 2nd part of level 4 here is some of the best video game music I have ever heard! And I have played about 100 NES/SNES games. Rivals much of the music Capcom came up with for their Mega Man series. The chord progression in this Gradius 4-2 is a little similar to "Elecman" in the first Mega Man for NES.
@PEG9 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I totally agree with you about the stage 4 music, it's awesome. If you like that you should definitely check out the hidden remix track from the arcade version of Gradius III: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtuJfst4m7Gpfac.html. It's amazing!
@Bloodrayne8002 жыл бұрын
This and Lifeforce on the NES, loved these games
@aquamidideluxe50792 жыл бұрын
16:44 That wall at the end is evil.
@greenlantern11235 жыл бұрын
Love this game.. played it back in the day! Arcade 1 up get it on one of your cabs!!
@eschdler6664 ай бұрын
This is by far my most favourite NES game. I used to play all night and day at the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s. Although my dad would beat me all the time😂
@hanswurst67424 жыл бұрын
thank you, this is amazing. I stumbled over this by accident
@jarobano3 жыл бұрын
Josuke likes this
@KevinSanchez-jy4ef2 жыл бұрын
14:43 I would always look forward to this, favorite bit in the whole game! 💙💙💙
@MrMicklethal5 жыл бұрын
WOW!! This takes me back!
@ratboy36795 жыл бұрын
I'm playing this on the switch..I had no idea I'm about to beat the game...I thought it was just an unforgiving game with mega levels. I figured games from the 80's don't mess around, get good is the only option.
@jackburton62395 жыл бұрын
Me too. Can you beat it without save states? That is my goal.
@filipino1134 жыл бұрын
Also the switch version drops you in like loop 4 for some odd reason. An inexperienced player would get demolished at the giant face stage
@salvatoredangelo70266 жыл бұрын
Thanks this was one of the first game o got when I got my nes for my 13th birthday thanks grandma😁😁😁
@sweetmeraki153 жыл бұрын
I've only arrived to that Moai level, finally I know how hard the next levels are 😭
@djmeagaaim17 Жыл бұрын
I finally got past that level this year. I played a little bit of level 5 on a friends save acidentally. I was not too bad. I do think that level 3 is one of the hardest levels in the game.
@purpletylenol77875 жыл бұрын
my freaking childhood man.
@billyboutdoors9947 Жыл бұрын
Broke my first controller playing this game back in 87 … I was 7 . Extremely hard game
@awakenedsoul2638 Жыл бұрын
I never finished this Gradius when I was a Kid but I finished Gradius II many times because I had memorized the game and it had the famous Konami Cheat 30 lives. Gradius was so hard for me as a kid. What the game made even harder is that when your ship explodes, you will move back two steps backwards where you came from. I do not know how many stages this game have but I think the farthest I reached was half of stage 7 and if I remember correctly I only reached it as a kid twice or two times! Stage three the Moai Stage was always the stage where I end my campaign trying to finish the game. I played this game on my Family Computer the original first version of the Family Computer where the two controllers is attached at the back of the computer, cannot be removed and the controllers are put at the side of the computer. I still my fake tape of this game. I wish I had the second and third game Salamander III the last game for the Family Computer. When said I finished Gradius II I only borrowed the tape from my Aunt to my Papa's side. One of these days, I will play this game again through emulator.
@rohitchaoji Жыл бұрын
One of the first video games I ever played aside from Super Mario Bros and Contra. I still remember the adrenaline from fighting and beating the first boss for the first time.
@badterrorist93844 жыл бұрын
This game damages my brain with all those moving things
@Butucu1288 жыл бұрын
NES classic edition conformed
@PEG3 жыл бұрын
Correct. All of my nes videos are played on a real nes with the real carts. I don't use emulators or nes classic edition.
@harleybynature6 жыл бұрын
I played this game as a kid and never beat it but loved it. Bought it as an adult and still can't beat it lol
@_space_cat_4 жыл бұрын
1:34 If you touch the right edge of that floating rock with the back of your ship, you'll get 1-up. But you can also blow up easily :) I still remember that.
@mopbrothers2 жыл бұрын
Something about these games resembles a bad dream. They’re weirder than carrots playing a piano.
@agent-sz2qj6 жыл бұрын
the nostalgia is real, i remember playing this game on the Atari
@mrnutz52272 жыл бұрын
Hats off . You are the chosen one.
@emgee84834 жыл бұрын
I used to play Gradius on my NES when I was a child and beat this awesome game so many times. Nowadays,I doubt I would still have the skills to beat it again ...ah well,who knows? :D
@frankgrimaldo52424 жыл бұрын
I liked games like gradius, but was not good at them, but enjoyed how other players played them, amazing ☺️.
@gamechanger89082 жыл бұрын
I always remember games back then were very short, so to make the game to have the illusion of being very long and accomplishing they made it very difficult.
@digitalworms3 жыл бұрын
Very very awesome run! Definitely not a easy feat very sweet!
@Decodingfashion_ Жыл бұрын
So much perfection in the game.
@reinzai59277 жыл бұрын
some nice and golden memories right here.... :')
@hell-yeah87762 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the notes. Here I wonder how can you fire so fast without turbo. My thumbs sore after playing this game. Also I'm not a big fan of laser weapon. I need a good reflex to deal with enemies and I'm really clumsy with shumps. Double is better for me as it covers more area, so I don't have to manuever too much.
@itzzzsss5 жыл бұрын
Me and my uncle use to play this all the time
@DJdoublevision5 жыл бұрын
Gradius... Or Nemesis. I've been playing this for 30 yrs... Put many a 10p in the machine... Used have smoke and then go and zone out on it... It is a classic shooter up.. Always has a place in my heart along with Defender.. And Scramble!!!!! 😀
@PixelRoyalOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Idk why but i do remember playing this game
@surewin17736 жыл бұрын
Loved this game as a kid! Nice run, too!
@PEACEWALKER19925 жыл бұрын
Awesome Gameplay!
@kevincrates88443 жыл бұрын
This is so mesmerising 9:40
@Zilvaras22 жыл бұрын
"No miss" in the title, but there were misses. On the other hand, I loved this game but before emulators I only managed to reach level 3, because my game was in Japanese and I did not know what different options do. Awesome times.
@PEG2 жыл бұрын
No miss means no deaths. Japanese term, look it up.
@soysauce42233 жыл бұрын
Damn the soundtrack.
@johnathanrobinzine9030 Жыл бұрын
I like that oldschool arcade gardious 1983 Nes nes games 1983 is very good year
@williambaldwin93462 жыл бұрын
You could beat the game in under 18 minutes ? Wow, kinda awesome in a way. I remember Robocop on the NES, I could finish that game in half hour in total. Kinda miss real quick games like that.
@milesromanus7041 Жыл бұрын
If you liked it, you should try Dominus Solaris. It's a new shoot em up game similar to this with pixel art graphics mixed with modern lighting
@sibernetikvehububata.s71584 жыл бұрын
Played this game mid 90's and goddamn it was hard and it still look hard as hell. Every time i've managed to pass a lvl, the next one always full of surprises and more frustrating to pass. Todays generation keeps calling these games "rouge like". Show them this game and watch them try to beat it.
@urbankouter94883 жыл бұрын
I play this game till this day. I have all of the parta for my psp, so called Gradius collection. My fav part is the one you play. Its funy how i always got to the last stage without knowing if there is more. I was always like "Cmon this hase to be the last stage its to hard to be harder". I guess i was right.
@jay-markadriano76013 жыл бұрын
Finally I would be able to see what's beyond stage 3, haha
@114wildfire4 жыл бұрын
I tried thus game again when I was in my 20s. Couldn't beat it anymore
@christoff1242 жыл бұрын
NES games difficulty are the equivalent of legendary difficult of todays machines... i beat this at the age of 7. its crazy. one of my proudest gaming moments.
@mbarker_lng3 жыл бұрын
Awesome game. I always felt like they forgot to put a final boss in though. You get to the brain and...nothing happens.
@davidr16207 жыл бұрын
Full run with no deaths is redundant. If you die once, you're pretty much screwed.
@19Szabolcs917 жыл бұрын
Depends where, if you somehow die at the beginning parts of the stage, you can still recover :D Or you can use the Konami code to get back your upgrades. I know, it's technically cheating, but you might as well do it if you want to keep practicing the later parts of the game without basically having to start from the beginning after each death.
@alazdemirkiran64823 жыл бұрын
@@19Szabolcs91 what is the Konami code may i ask?
@19Szabolcs913 жыл бұрын
@@alazdemirkiran6482 Up up down down left right left right B A.
@aic2625 жыл бұрын
Me, my kuya and bunso, together with our father, we used to play this game during the 90's! Grabe, the sound effects really is nostalgic! Besides, I don't remember anyone from us who finished this game 😂😂😂
@BeatfactaJones2 жыл бұрын
This isn't the end guys!!! The Game Loops with a few different enemies.....
@Krusty-j7d3 жыл бұрын
Esos sonidos te transportan ala infancia...
@PassportBrosBusinessClass3 жыл бұрын
Gradius wasn’t perfected until Gradius III on SNES and Gradius V on PS2.
@jn.pinkas64353 жыл бұрын
I remember my chilhood! I loved this game.
@lynseyyoung94405 жыл бұрын
So did anyone else ever get this...I went into some kind of hyperdrive where the heads were spinning through space. Some secret level. Anyway it surprised me and I died. Then it went back to normal play. I only ever managed to get there once.
@thunderblade08165 жыл бұрын
Kill the boss 5 sec below and you will warp drive 👍 As long as the core dont turn blue You can enter warp 👍
@flipjin3 жыл бұрын
1:46 so good!
@bluescat5812 жыл бұрын
I remember playing this game. Couldn't get past the first stage. Konami has some bomb shooting games like this and Twinbee.