This channel is mostly uploads that use Save States. So basically a TAS.

Had the psp game that included all of them and man were they all difficult. I would get far but never completed them.

yeah these games have certain points where if you die you are fucked it is impossible to recover actually the game would be a lot more forgiving if it put you at the start of the level each time you die but still i dont hate the challenge

@@memberofchat2825 agree

Yeah. I really want to love the Gradius series as well but then you realised the bs that the game will throw at you. Collecting every powerups will make you look like a god but when you die, you lost everything and you are utterly fucked because you will be unable to dodge everything, making the game literally impossible like the first two R Type

​@@QF_Dan72 I very much agree . When i play Gradius overall then with savestates . With some practice you can get good at 1 and 2 . But with Gradius 3 and 4 , its Impossible without Savestates . Both games are called as the Bubble-nightmare-games . Both have a Bubble-stage and are unbearable hard with no remorse . Gradius Gaiden and Gradius 5 are suddenly perfectly fun and the challenge doesnt destroy your ego in seconds . The Salamander games are a totally different story . But very awesome on their own .

I had the much easier SNES version as a kid. Got the PS2 version thinking it would be a cozy nostalgic trip and it destroyed me.

Game operators in 1989: *WE WANT OUR GAMES EXTREMELY HARD!*

Is a lot of the decrease in difficulty due to insufficient CPU to keep the framerate up?

@@soundspark it isn't just the slowdown on the SNES. A lot of the level designs are easier, and certain things that were indescribable in the arcade version like the boulders in the digging section of level 3 and the small fireballs in the fire level can be destroyed on SNES.

@@soundspark Nah, they simplified the levels so that mere mortals could conquer them is the bottom line. They also removed 2 levels (they weren't fun anyway) and added more weapon choices.

@@edgeninja Hey, come on! The cube rush might have been painful, but the crystal maze and the 3d section were far more fun than the high-speed stage.

@@AaronJLong oh and don't forget the breaker capsules that destroys all enemies, it's not in the arcade version but it's in the snes version.

That's what we did!

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samuraimidgetsquad The cube level was so horrible, the person who made it got a special version of the Salamander arcade cabinet.

Interestingly enough, I enjoy the Cube level; might be because building a wall seems like a designed necessity to succeed at it. It’s also fun once done to see those cubes impotently tried to run into your barrier to no avail. Perhaps it comes down to play styles, as I sincerely dislike the escape after the final boss and the rotating lasers right before the walking spider you must avoid.

Isnt the whole game insane

@@tespenkr9924 without dying?

@@Persac7 Konami held a contest for level ideas, and someone came up with the cube level. Konami gifted him a special version of the Salamander arcade machine.

+John Gaines Oh, shmups are far, far from dead, my man.

I doubt it had much of a hand in the decline of shmups specifically, because 1992 was a major high point for even classic shmups, but I would make a bolder claim: that this game started the trend of games getting easier by teaching developers that harder was not necessarily better.

If that were the case, the R-Type would have been the death of shmups, but they’re not. You also have to take into account that arcade games were meant to make money for the arcade owners at the time. The more difficult the game, the more money you would put into the machine and therefore make more money.

@@amarmehta01 no continues in this game.

Not quite "dead", they are just not that trendy

With wait level its easier

But still hard

Its lava not "sun"

The levels of bullshit this game throws at is astronomical

Also it was a way to get your money quick!

+Vahan Nisanian Actually, you are not wrong, but those things added were from Gradius 2 Gopher, the SNES Gradius 3 was really a mix of Gradius 2arcade and 3arcade

This. And also, we have to consider that the US did NOT get a home port of Gradius 2. We skipped straight to 3 which meant most home players missed out on the things that it offered. This was in a way the catchup game. And to be honest, it’s still remains one of my all time favorite games.

​@@kasinalphaAgreed! Personally, SNES Gradius III is more a Reworked version of Gradius II

Well, close enough. The Organic level was bumped up to the final stage on the SNES version and heavily tweaked. The Dead End Cell theme got dropped in favor of "Uncharted Territory/Unpleasant Cell" (folk are still arguing about the theme title to this day), and Bacterian (final boss) pretty much told the original boss Gregol, "You're fired." And lastly, that's it. No escape route, you win. The gauntlet part of the Mechanical Base stage is still intact, except for fighting two Shadow Gears instead of dodging an indestructible one. Speaking of Mechanical Base, the Fortress stage is now the second-to-last level in the game. The Crystal stage was dropped because of the insane difficulty level (my guess), and the Boss Rush became a stage of its own after the High Speed level (Stage 7), which was favored over the 3D stage in the arcade version. So what we got for the SNES version was a fusion of Gradius II and III, which I felt went more with the spirit of the games

​@@hoodmistressreloadedAt least in the Arcade version Bacterion acutally talks, instead of burping as he does in the SNES version. The High Speed 3D stage could be recreated if Konami decided to use the Mode7 chip. The reasons i consider Gradius III SNES a reworked version of Gradius II? Here they're: -Same Power Meter/Weapon Select screen (except Edit mode). -Same color of the font. -Volcano stage/zone is almost like the Gradius II Volcano 4th stage (except for some changements and the absurdely truncated Underground stage). -Moai stage is entirely the same as the Gradius II one (except for the Moai Columns part which is from Gradius III AC and the Moai boss which is almost like the Gradius II ones). -High Speed stage is the same thing of the Gradius II one (except for some small changements, the stage color change and Beacon). -The Boss Parade/Rush stage at least it's not recycled (except the part with the Zubs, which is the same as Gradius II). -The Mechanical Base is entirely the same as the Gradius II one (Into Hostile Ship) (except for (again) some small changements and instead of Demos there's Disrupt like Gradius III AC). -Shadow Gears MK-II it's just like Crabs from Gradius II (except that they have 4 paws and they're destructible).

You can do it. I struggled but it’s amazing the progress you can make. Save states help. Cheating I know but helps you get through.

​@@shofarsogood7504Me too.

10:37 This shit was pure terror. Then the shaking.

Baby Mode??? Nah that was normal. This Gradius 3 Arcade is Expert Mastery Mode.

This channel uses TAS/save states.

I could make it half way through level 10 in the arcades many years ago.

nope

Me too! The SNES version is really downgraded than this. Many new thing they added in Gradius III AC, they decided to scrap it and put recycle things from Gradius II AC.

Technically you are correct. But in MAME there's an Asian clone version known as "World". that plays like the true Asian version.

That's how awesome Konami was for two decades. I'm not on the modern Konami bashing train, but I do wish they'd sell their properties to Nintendo knowing they would do right by their legacy.

just bought it for both Switch and PS4, thank god both versions by Arcade Archives let you save state to your hearts content if you werent good enough to get through an entire level without saving in the PS2 version then tough shit back to the beginning of the game with you

+TailsFan109 Yes you can charge up the E-Laser in the arcade version.

The worst part is when they get out of sync, you're doomed to die

@@renabarca1328 it happens alot

TheKaneada Totally agree!!!! It was super fun even though I never beat it! LOL!

Me 2!

+ClefairyRox I think at about 31:35 my brain actually overheated and shut down - and I'm just watching a video. Imagine having to concentrate for an hour and ten minutes in the arcade to finish this. You'd have to be the next evolution of humankind. Also, imagine hitting the wall at 1:09:31 with your last life. You'd be annoyed to put it mildly.

+Ashley Pomeroy You can always continue. Granted, it'd be a bit annoying to have to shell out another credit just to see the ending, but after getting through the rest of the crazy game, it's like, to quote Strong Bad, "strapping a firecracker to an atomic bomb".

+hawaiidkw Continuing doesn't usually help in Gradius... Especially in Gradius III. It respawns you at the last checkpoint with a speedup and nothing else. If you died when you had a small fleet's worth of weaponry and multiple speedups, how the hell can you make it with a slow ship and a tiny pew-pew laser? Only game series I've ever heard of where a one-life run is the EASY way to play.

+hawaiidkw Gradius II in Japan (western version known as Vulcan Venture, had continues in arcades) and Gradius III had no continues. Lose all your lives, you'll have to start all over again....from the beginning.

+Alice Wolff Same could be said to Twinbee series. While that game does not send you back to the last checkpoint after death, it only makes things worse since the player will have to continue with no power up (shooting bells while dealing with tons of enemies is suicidal) and keep losing even more lives, also some of the boss attacks are simply not avoidable on default speed. Man, Konami did really know how to turn shoot'em ups into living tortures.

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Also SCHLAUCHI you are one man army to complete. Definitely it

But these only have the original songs from older games and gradius 3 SNES has cool different songs

Merciless but fun

What baby version

@@Persac7 The "tiny baby man" version, as Heavy would describe it

As i describe It, the reworked version of Gradius II

Did you really think that the SNES version is the original? You Kidding Me? This is the orignal (and true) Gradius III, the toughest (even fun to play) shump in the series. In my opinion the SNES version is more Gradius II and less Gradius III, in a few words: "A reebot of Gradius II!"

@@darkerfalcon3747 I always Thought SNES Version the Original . Thanks for Pointing it out Friend.

Same question here, it also looks like he lost all the upgrades.

When you got hit on the shot of the final boss, You 'll lost all your upgrades and warp into secret stages which were taken from Life Force and first Gradius game.

And then after he went to gradius 1

Lol

Let's see how many I can remember off the top of my head: -The majority of Cossack 1 is a SHMUP, giving regular enemies Gradius-like functions. In further reference, whilst playing on Hard Mode, enemies fire a "retaliation shot" when killed, also a la Gradius. -The Double Bubble Core (last miniboss of Cossack 3) is a parody of the main gimmick of Stage 2 in Gradius III, being a giant bubble that continuously splits into smaller pieces when shot. -The second half of Wily 2 is a reference to Stage 7 of Gradius II, featuring tight corridors with fast auto-scrolling, Mets firing bullets from walls and ceilings, slopes(!), giant destructible orbs (using sprites from Bomb Man's Stage in MM1), and rapidly closing and opening gates. As if that wasn't enough, the stage music is "Overheat" from Gradius II, the same music from the stage that it references. -The latter half of Wily 4 is a reference to both Stage 8 from Gradius II, and final stages in the Gradius series in general, using a fleshy, biomass motif. The music for said section is also Stage 8's music from Gradius II, "Something Ghostly". So yeah, that explains a lot. :P

@@ybxdgaming5755 You missed the Dust Man/Cube Rush segment

the SNES version is way easier than the arcade one.

The SNES version is easier compared to this

+Aizaku Galcia (Aizaku-san) obviously

+Aizaku Galcia (Aizaku-san) naturally.

Imagine if this game was included in "Action 52" for the NES, lol. I can't even imagine how blown away people would have been due to the incredibly obvious difference in quality compared to the other games.

Laurelindo​​​ that's pretty bad example to explain how great gradius series is. Every games of action 52 are the most horrible things of all time that people would still have been blown away even if there are some other horrible nes games included instead of this game.

The slowdown in this game is your friend, it is there for a reason.

"This is the first arcade game I have ever seen to have slowdown." Please look at the embarassments that are Technos Japan's arcade games. Those make this look stable.

@@solarflare9078 Like I said, it is the first one that I have seen.

If you're a SNES Gradius 3 player and planning to play the arcade version, The first 3 stages are cakewalk as long as you don't activate your shield early on as it makes the difficulty spike up 3x and enemies turn unpredictable and aggressive. Things become brutal at moai so having your shield up or not is a non factor. then it becomes hell starting from the lava stage up to the final stage, even regular gradius 3 arcade players die at least once at those stages. The cube rush part can be pretty easy if you know how to build the "wall" and predict when the rogue cube will strike. (Which I think is the 9th cube)

@@EirinYagokoro I finished gradius 3 like 3 times SNES on easy and I can only get near the end of the second stage

On the arcade I got to the second stage but now I beat it

This game HAS to be 1-credit-cleared, because there is no continue mode-once you lose all your lives, you start back at the beginning. 😳😱 The first two Gradius games had an operator-selectable “allow continue” option-but NOT THIS ONE. That’s ridiculous!

And that's why this is the hardest game in the series. No continue option is insane from Konami

​@@DrLove0378Acutally, only the localized version of Gradius and Gradius II has continues. Gradius and Nemesis (EU Version) doesn't have continues. Nemesis (US Version) has continues (but only up to three times), same for Gradius II. Gradius II doesn't have continues. Vulcan Venture (EU version of Gradius II) has continues (this time without limits). Since Gradius III was only released in Japan and in Asia, there's no continues per tradition of the previous games. There isn't an option to enable/disable continues, but depends What version of the game you're playing.

- Well a final boss is a final boss, you defeat him , you won! =P - The Random Teleporting when you get a hit by bacterion shots is just an easter egg that send you to another homage levels from previous gradius games, the first one being the stage1 of salamander with the brainy boss and the second one being the famous stage 1 in the original gradius with the core mk1 boss. - No, they are not required to get hit by those, just do your casual task of beating the final boss. The video is just meant to show them since it's a longplay.

All bosses in this game have certain periods of time to destroy, if not, they time out and self destruct and you get no points from letting them do so.

Gradius 2? Idk about that or if your talking about the final boss then

@@Persac7 No, I'm talking about the entire game. Gradius 2 looks sharper.

kokojepry correct but he doesn’t use it on this video 🤷🏾‍♂️