Fantastic game. It was one of the first four carts available upon the mighty Super Nintendo's launch in 1991 (alongside F-Zero, Pilotwings, and SimCity). However you feel about GIII's insane difficulty level or Space Shooters in general, one thing here is for certain: The soundtrack is just AMAZING. Perfectly listenable even if one isn't playing the game. The themes for the Garden Stage (level 6) and Mechanical Base (level 9) are two of the best out of the console's entire library. My parents got this for me on Christmas 1991 and I never looked back - Gradius 3 is one of my favorite games of all time.

Love this game! My mom, brother, and I all used to play this all the time back in the day. I've always been super-fond of the Crystal Ship you battle in the Boss Rush level, though I like all of the ship bosses in general. Mine/My Mom's Weapon Choices Hawk Wind Missile Standard Double Twin Laser or Ripple Laser F. Option Reduce Shielding Mega Crush or Full Power My brother would sometimes use the standard weapon mode, and always pick the one that gave him the Cyclone Laser and the Spread Bomb with a Force Field, but sometimes he'd use the edit mode. Brother's Weapon Choices Small Spread Missiles Vertical Double Cyclone Laser or E. Laser Rotating Option Reduce Shielding Mega Crush or Full Power

ooohhhhh.. my childhood.. i miss this game so much.. it remembers me so much memories and now I'm 21.. like my comment if you were born on 90's

Still my favorite Gradius game. Mostly for the music and atmosphere. Love that early SNES darkness.

I loved this game. I beat one time. only took me 10 controllers. lol. the frustrations were real. nice play through man.

Damn the music... so much nostalgia!!!!

This brings me right back to a nice part of my adolescence. I loved this game. I am so happy I get to relive it a little, if I can't play it myself.

Man, I loved this game as a kid. I remember when I got a SNES for christmas and got this game and would play it for hours.

This is the coolest game ever. 5 consecutive bosses.. HELLO! And the music is a masterpiece.

Oh god the nostalgia is hitting hard....especially the music!

Oh, this takes me back....

So much damn memories man.. Im glad i relived it last night. I re bought it. Indluding Super Mario World and Killer instinct judge dredd and this one and few more.. Im 20 now. used to play this as a little kid

I always loved the title opening to this game and the music is fantastic. So addictive

I played this game so much as a kid, Grade A nostalgia!

Absolute CLASSIC!! Love everything about this version. Much better than the arcade version. The 16bit era will always be the best gaming.

This game and its soundtrack is one of the reason why I STILL have my SNES and what made the 90's so special to me. =3 I always with E-Laser and R-option & Reduce Shield.

Amazing game and sound track / Asombroso juego y pista de sonido...

The music at 6:15 is epic! Love this game so much!

whoooo yes , this is my favorite game , since i played this game in year 2002 when i was 14 years old this is my favorite game forever

these are my old memories when i was a kid like 6 to 7 yrs old this game has lovely music played when u are inside of a cave ummm... idk but i finnally remember it right now for 16 years

No game today have ever made a game like with this kind of super powerful music

thanks for uploading bro i haven't seen this game in ages

Super Nintendo really went all out with their games in terms of graphics and sound.

This was SNES's best shmups on the system.

Could never beat any of these games as a kid. They were not fun but was tempting to try every once in a while for the cool guns as you build up.

This is my favorite Gradius game. I love the customizable gear options you can select from that others either don't have at all or water down. I'd like Option satellites circle my ship rather than follow me, so Gradius 1 and 2 are almost unplayable for me.

Super Nintendo music like this is like an antidepressant.

Bacterion: I was born out of the greediness of mankind. While men exist, so will I.

Oh my God, this game... This game was so AMAZING!! GOD this brings me back!! THE MUSIC!!! AAAAAH!!!

Wish they added this game to the Nintendo Store for use on the DS system's like my 3DS.

Watching this gives me anxiety. One of the most difficult games ever made.

A blast from the past indeed...almost depressing to see this really in a way

I got thru it on hard mode when i was younger it was a fun classic game that i love so much. I miss the memories of the game. I wish i could play it one more time.

I played this when I was small so many memories

Fantástico juego

Very cool! Brings back a lot of memories for me. I have it again for my emulator, hehe.

Best game ever

Well played and on hard even. Holy crap, it is hard enough on normal. lol One of my favorite titles on the SNES. The furthest I have gotten is the two crabs you fight on stage 10. Could never get past them, but maybe next time I will. Can't believe how easy the last boss was. It really seemed like nothing at all. I still think the E-laser is the best and most powerful weapon. You can hold the button and launch a powerful laser ball, and destroy a boss within two or three of those. Then I use Hawk wind, the shield barrier. Might use those multi directional options next time. They seem better, and you can guide them where you want. Also wanted to mention, I think this game has one of the best soundtracks in video games. Especially the level with the dragons and fire. That is an epic track.

The song hypes me up

Super Gradius

The fire stage song always felt epic

Fantástico juego de gradius 3 para el snes

Sensacional trilha sonora deste jogo

Geezus! Playing a game so many times over so you know where everything is is one thing, but being able to have the skill to dodge and weave through enemy fire like that at full speed is just completely beyond me. Every time I turned the speed up too high, I lost my precision of movement and wound up running into enemy fire somehow. Ultima's just got some seriously insane controller skills. Nice work! :)

Trilha sonora Espetacular!

The music at 1:27 is so good! o_O

Reminds me of when my dad and I played this in the early 90's. We hated the third boss so much, two hours to beat Twin Gorgon and raged when his body blew apart and we died to it. We beat the game, but my dad REALLY hated that crystal boss.

Da hora a trilha sonora deste jogo!!!!

Fantástico juego de naves

A moment of silence for all of those who never passed the game 😔 after the plant level that's it for me. That fast level is insane. I've made it to that boss and die quick😂

SAME thing with me, I absolutely LOVED this game, the farthest I made it was the boss after the ice boss in the part where you fight 5 in a row or something.

VERY GOOOD ...YO TAMBIEN LA PASO...SOY DEPERU ALGUN LATINOAMERICANO POR AQUI...

Noob question, I just started playing this game and understand how the power ups work except for the shield. What button(s) do you press to activate your shield? Do you have to have all powerups before activating it?

@Teraforce88 Fun fact, the hit box on the vic viper is as big as the little pod with the pilot inside!

Astronauta Marcos Pontes eu tenho orgulho de você.

Some enemies and weapons are from Salamander

Man!Whoever this is they have got mad gameplay skills.

Gradius III quite possibly the hardest game in the series but it's fun

I love the energy laser, you can charge it into a big load

Kickass music especially the cosmo plant track

whoever is playing this got so lucky throughout this run lol. so many times where if you held a direction frames longer you would go plummeting into a bullet or something

I love gradius Hope they will have a re run of the game or they can add a Gradius 6

Why does the video have audio desync?

I hear people complaining about sir aurthor dying in two hits but not the ship from gradius and bill and lance from contra dying in one hit

I've been searching dis for decades lmao

Yesssssss. God, that was bugging the hell out of me.

This goddamned game...... I finally get to see the ending

Just amazing how you beat all these games.

At least this is more playable than the arcade.

The best ost of history games 1. Axelay 2. U.N. Squadron 3. Gradius

I have it on Virtual Console on my Wii.

I remember the stage with Easter Island heads shooting out Cheerios.

The 30 people who disliked this could never get past the first boss on Easy.

This is the first game of super nintendo

man I thought I had caught all o the longplays. Well, I'll be enjoying this one as well as the others. @8:22 I was hoping he would go into the secret area.

Esta chido ese vídeo

No Ultima is on steroids nobody else could have that level of skill. Either he is on steroids of he is Tom Hanks the greatest video game player of all times.

You have no idea why we record these games. If you want to see a skill video - go on twitch TV. This is for HQ longplays without talking showing the public the games they enjoy. Savestates or not. - Currently Longplaying Metal Gear Rising Revengance. So if you want to slate about player skill wait till you see me play that game and it will just show you're speaking out your arse like 99% of the haters out here on YT

This game was Awsome :D

10:55 Nice music

1. Hit "Pause" 2. Up, Up, Down, Down, R, L, R, L, B, A 3. ??? Guess what happens...

good job men👍👍👍

Could never beat this game so difficult and frustrating

All fear the Aircraft Carrier and it's storage of large ships.

Bacterian, God of Destruction, you attacked Planet Gradius, you will pay the price! I'm going to get into my Vic Viper, and I'm going to blow you to kingdom come! Best Super NES game ever!

amigo eres un duro para esto

i always did on hyper speed, level, never made it past it. but came close one day.

It always sucks when you loose your weapons near the end of the game. It's almost impossible

Never had this, is the 2 player mode simultaneously?

Hoping that Nintendo will move this game on devices😍😍

Why does everyone who does a playthrough of this game pick the absolute worst loadout?

This is the hardest fucking game of all time.

is it me or do a lot of the sounds in 18:00 sound like Samus fighting mother brain?

What game is your thumbnail from? It's bugging the shit out of me because i can't remember it.

Its your lean mean fat grilling machine thats helping me keep in shape!

I thought you'd do the secret level from the bubble planet...

Good play through...and playing on hard as well. (Nods head in approval)

Actually... would it be cool if you guys opened a longplay that's just dedicated to non-emulated/non TAS runs? Even if the quality is lower... I think I'd still watch it :)

ALL THAT SPACE OUT THERE and you can't just fly around all this bullshit.

Difficulty??? Super R-Type makes this game look like a walk in the park while dozing off!