Fun Fact: The ROM version of Gradius keeps the Bubble System countdown of the original version. The only difference Is that in the ROM version the countdown is faster than the original Bubble System version (Also the entire game is faster in the ROM version).
The colours on this are very washed out. I actually got banned from playing this in my local arcade as I could loop it several times on one credit! Also the laser works better if you hold the fire button down (unless you're using auto-fire).
You were banned because you played too well!? That's the retro equivalent of being called a hacker and getting reported in an online game because you beat everyone
I'd love to have been there. -sorry sir you've been playing too long. You must choose another game. --ok then refund my quarter because I wasn't even close to being finished.
Brightness or gain is too high in the emulator, hence the washed out look. On a real Nemesis/Gradius arcade PCB with the brightness level set correctly, the game looks much better. Also, nice job getting banned from the game! I saw a dude loop Salamander six times or more on a credit when I took a trip to Tokyo a few years ago. Would walk off, come back, score kept going up, even an hour or two later.
Sadly it is one of the weaker ports. The best goes to the Gradius Deluxe Pack on PS1, Saturn, and Windows, Gradius Collection PSP, and the PC Engine ports. It's still decent, but so hard to go back to once you own better versions of it, ports that are pretty much arcade perfect.
You're best off if you can make it to the boss with lasers and a couple of option cannons, hiding to the far left just a little higher than the volcano, making sure that your option cannons are well spread-out, and just keep blasting. If you've lost lives beforehand and didn't have enough power-ups to get the laser or option cannons, your better bet is to stay near the top in the middle, shoot as many rocks as you can that come out of the volcano on the right, and otherwise keep dodging the rocks that come out of both.
The home versions, the PC Engine, and the Gradius Deluxe Packs on PS1, Saturn, and Windows, as well as Gradius Portable/Collection added ending credits to the game.
Same here, if only Scramble (if counted), Gradius II, Salamander and this were removed on Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection and replaced with classics like Frogger. Also, Haunted Castle would've been on a Castlevania collection instead.
I don't know if PCB's need warming up per se. I think if anything maybe the monitor needed sometime to heat up? Otherwise it's probably just a fancy boot sequence...
akaTheWilyFox Nope, here is a completely different reason of it. This screen is typical for arcade system "Bubble System". When you turn on it, it writes on the boot screen "wait while system heating up", because the BM needs to be heated up to between 30-40 degrees to work properly (Wikipedia).
This is very tame compared to the version that is available on Konami arcade classics for the xbox 1 x. Said version is insanely fast compared to this.
+DANA Y I love Gradius, but the arcade originals have fairly bad game design, as in there's lots of unfair shit in them. I'm not talking shit about Konami, that's just how arcade games tend to go because in order to make the most money from your arcade game, you have to find the best balance between killing the player OFTEN, so he has to put in more money to continue, and fun, so the player actually wants to continue.
+DANA Y Take Gradius Syndrome for example. You collect 34 powerups or so to get to full power, and then you die, and you might have ONE when you respawn. And the level is designed for you to be at full power. Many times it is LITERALLY impossible to continue because you can't get your powerups back. Sometimes the checkpoints (like in Gradius II) are placed right in the middle of a death trap with tiles breaking from the walls and flying at you from every conceivable direction you could go. Or the way the first game gives you a forward shield, and as soon as you get it, almost all the enemies fire at you when they hit the LEFT side of the screen. Or the last stage of any Gradius arcade game where there are unexpected walls, mook spawners that you can't reach in a claustrophobic area, bullet hell that you HAVE to take a hit to get through with your massive hitbox, etc.
+DANA Y Console Gradius games were typically MUCH better games as far as fairness and fun goes. They're hard, but there's always a way to either dodge or memorize every obstacle. The only unfair thing left is Gradius Syndrome, but the checkpoints are nicer and it's possible to continue more often than in arcades...
+DANA Y Well, I can tell you one thing: give the games "Gun Nac" for the NES and "Space Megaforce" & "R-Type 3" for the SNES a try, and I think you will agree that those games do not need to rely on "nostalgia" at all, because they are freaking amazing. They are so well made and so sophisticated and addictive that they would be just as fun to play in 100 years as well. And if you really want a truly insane NES shmup, then check out "Summer Carnival '92: Recca" for the Famicom. That game is so bloody insane and demanding that I guarantee that you will get tons of Game Overs to even finish the first stage. =D
Hi, thanks for the longplay ! Good memories ;) Just one thing, this version has odd colors and ending, except for the arcade boot this is very close to the NES version. I double checked with other longplays available on TH-cam. Keep Up !
If there is one thing that i hate about this series are those Moai. I swear if you ever lost any lives and having to start from the checkpoint of the stage, you are utterly fucked! Those Moai head thing will fire their bullets at you relentlessly, not giving you any time to breath. And with your ship being slow af, your chances of survival are lower. The Moai stage in each games is where i got the most game over and the frustration is really pain. Multiple occasions where i rage quit due to this stage, i hate those Moai!!!
If the whoever was controlling the boss ship near the nine minute mark was smart they should have stayed right in from the player's ship so the attack would have been unavoidable.
Da fuck is this??? This is like NES Gradius Beta, like the prototype before several stages of testing before the official NES release. Fascinating though. It's like an incomplete version of the final game or something. I feel like I'm trippin out when I watch this lol.
AfaIk it was called Nemesis in the UK. In fact when Gradius II came out I didn't even know that it was the sequel. I thought that it was another game that copied a lot of the features of the original.
Me decepcione cuando llegue al final del nivel, estaba todo emocionado porque sabía que pelearía con él, pero me salieron con esa mierda anticlimática jajajajs.
![Arcade Longplay [472] Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/h1kF4k3xUW4/mqdefault.jpg)
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The Game That Started It All! Pilot The Vic Viper And Destroy The Core In Gradius! The Arcade Hit From Konami!
I got addicted to Gradius! Plus, the soundtrack is amazing!
Every other Gradius's final cutscene: KABOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
First Gradius: boom
Gradius 1 is a CLASSIC.
But the Moai can be a pain
I agree and I like it a lot, too 👍
That little start up jingle... awesome
Fun Fact: The ROM version of Gradius keeps the Bubble System countdown of the original version. The only difference Is that in the ROM version the countdown is faster than the original Bubble System version (Also the entire game is faster in the ROM version).
I like that oldschool arcade gradoius 1984 1986
The colours on this are very washed out.
I actually got banned from playing this in my local arcade as I could loop it several times on one credit!
Also the laser works better if you hold the fire button down (unless you're using auto-fire).
You were banned because you played too well!? That's the retro equivalent of being called a hacker and getting reported in an online game because you beat everyone
Yo wtf that ain't right lol
I'd love to have been there.
-sorry sir you've been playing too long. You must choose another game.
--ok then refund my quarter because I wasn't even close to being finished.
Brightness or gain is too high in the emulator, hence the washed out look. On a real Nemesis/Gradius arcade PCB with the brightness level set correctly, the game looks much better.
Also, nice job getting banned from the game! I saw a dude loop Salamander six times or more on a credit when I took a trip to Tokyo a few years ago. Would walk off, come back, score kept going up, even an hour or two later.
@@ikagura why most of the bosses in GRADIUS 1985 are only Big Core MK1s?
The upside down level was where everything would always go downhill for me, everytime I played this game.
Didn't realize that R-Type took a lot of its ideas from Gradius.
The warming up music ❤️
YOU LIKE THIS LOL :)
@@LTDANMAN44 yeah LOL
👀
The original GREAT SHMUP
Recuerdo mi niñez,con estos juegos
Logo TPI Tahun 2003 Ke Inget Kartun TPI
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RIP Legend
What are you talking about
Nostalgia. Mi padre tenia esta arcade que recuerdos
morning theme such a thing
Thank you Schlauchi.
I heard music from this game in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
The legendary shooting game
The Easter Island heads were absolute hell
This can be played on the TurboGrafx-16 Mini.
The NES is so close to Arcade port
Sadly it is one of the weaker ports. The best goes to the Gradius Deluxe Pack on PS1, Saturn, and Windows, Gradius Collection PSP, and the PC Engine ports. It's still decent, but so hard to go back to once you own better versions of it, ports that are pretty much arcade perfect.
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I never got past the first level, the volcano boss was just impossible
You're best off if you can make it to the boss with lasers and a couple of option cannons, hiding to the far left just a little higher than the volcano, making sure that your option cannons are well spread-out, and just keep blasting. If you've lost lives beforehand and didn't have enough power-ups to get the laser or option cannons, your better bet is to stay near the top in the middle, shoot as many rocks as you can that come out of the volcano on the right, and otherwise keep dodging the rocks that come out of both.
So, the arcade version didn't have a final for the game, it just restarts from beginning
The home versions, the PC Engine, and the Gradius Deluxe Packs on PS1, Saturn, and Windows, as well as Gradius Portable/Collection added ending credits to the game.
Gradius is very excellent arcade game. 😀👍🎮
Playing this as a kid with my couz
colors are messed up
The rebirth has 3-loops and salamander 2 has loop twice but their predecessors has survival mode.
Gradius Arcade Collection when?
I thought I was the only one thinking of a Gradius collection.
Same here, if only Scramble (if counted), Gradius II, Salamander and this were removed on Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection and replaced with classics like Frogger.
Also, Haunted Castle would've been on a Castlevania collection instead.
@@peterparkerspizzaface1515 Gradius Collection conversion is far better.
I like that old-school arcade gradguis 1984 and nes 1986 gradiuos
+World of Longplays If you only knew how many hours my Uncle and I played this very game...and never finished it! LMAO!
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So what actually would have been warming up for the boot of this machine?
I don't know if PCB's need warming up per se. I think if anything maybe the monitor needed sometime to heat up? Otherwise it's probably just a fancy boot sequence...
akaTheWilyFox
Yep, it's probably the monitor that needed to heat up :D
akaTheWilyFox Nope, here is a completely different reason of it. This screen is typical for arcade system "Bubble System". When you turn on it, it writes on the boot screen "wait while system heating up", because the BM needs to be heated up to between 30-40 degrees to work properly (Wikipedia).
RussianSquareVatnik
Yep, you are actually correct. Huh, I actually didn't know about Bubble Memory. That's actually a pretty cool thing :D
It's because older arcade machines operated on coal.
Gradius : Tahun Aktif - 1985
In the end, the lone craft out of fuel defeated the brain of the emerald city, and was thus sucked into a black hole.
Great old skool game this, dont know which console it is better on tho
ABS-CBN 1987
Music in Board 5 appeared to be remixed in Board 2 of Abadox
The creators of Abadox, Natsume, had former Konami staff working for them. Even the pause jingle is the Konami pause jingle.
GAME OVER You Ran Out of Time! Floor Reached F6
A classic :D
Is this player, a human?
Floor 6 Failed!
Lho Dicekal Otomedius G Sama Otomedius X
Karena Ada Winbee Sama Bunnygirl Shiori Fujisaki Tuh
DAT MUSIC!!!
I actually liked the challenge of the game itself... It was the damn constant "tinging" music that would get to me after awhile!
The Gradius arcade game allowed for 4 Options and the Nintendo version allowed for just two?!?!
Yeah, cause the slowdown would've been HORRIFIC.
This is very tame compared to the version that is available on Konami arcade classics for the xbox 1 x. Said version is insanely fast compared to this.
That means the game runs too fast, this is how Gradius runs, even on PS1, Saturn, and PSP, as well as the one on DS in Konami Arcade Hits.
Gradius was released on the same year as Super Mario Bros? Nice!
Hey, developers. If you give a player a button to do something, there should also be a reason to not hold it all the time.
it's really hard for me to tell whether these games were super f'ng amazing, by way of music & design, or nostalgia.
+DANA Y I love Gradius, but the arcade originals have fairly bad game design, as in there's lots of unfair shit in them. I'm not talking shit about Konami, that's just how arcade games tend to go because in order to make the most money from your arcade game, you have to find the best balance between killing the player OFTEN, so he has to put in more money to continue, and fun, so the player actually wants to continue.
+DANA Y Take Gradius Syndrome for example. You collect 34 powerups or so to get to full power, and then you die, and you might have ONE when you respawn. And the level is designed for you to be at full power. Many times it is LITERALLY impossible to continue because you can't get your powerups back. Sometimes the checkpoints (like in Gradius II) are placed right in the middle of a death trap with tiles breaking from the walls and flying at you from every conceivable direction you could go.
Or the way the first game gives you a forward shield, and as soon as you get it, almost all the enemies fire at you when they hit the LEFT side of the screen.
Or the last stage of any Gradius arcade game where there are unexpected walls, mook spawners that you can't reach in a claustrophobic area, bullet hell that you HAVE to take a hit to get through with your massive hitbox, etc.
+DANA Y Console Gradius games were typically MUCH better games as far as fairness and fun goes. They're hard, but there's always a way to either dodge or memorize every obstacle. The only unfair thing left is Gradius Syndrome, but the checkpoints are nicer and it's possible to continue more often than in arcades...
+DANA Y
Well, I can tell you one thing:
give the games "Gun Nac" for the NES and "Space Megaforce" & "R-Type 3" for the SNES a try, and I think you will agree that those games do not need to rely on "nostalgia" at all, because they are freaking amazing.
They are so well made and so sophisticated and addictive that they would be just as fun to play in 100 years as well.
And if you really want a truly insane NES shmup, then check out "Summer Carnival '92: Recca" for the Famicom.
That game is so bloody insane and demanding that I guarantee that you will get tons of Game Overs to even finish the first stage. =D
I'll keep an eye out for them. thanks!
Another Fun Fact: If you put the video on 0.25x speed on the Bubble System countdown, you'll recreate the original countdown speed
Gradius Anniversary Collection (2020) from Konami Asia
Scramble (Arcade)
Gradius (Arcade)
Salamander (Arcade)
Salamander (MSX)
Nemesis 90 Kai (X68000)
Gradius II (Arcade)
Gradius III (Arcade)
Life Force (Arcade)
Nemesis 3 (MSX)
Salamander 2 (Arcade)
Solar Assault
Gradius Garden (PlayStation)
Gradius IV (Arcade)
Gradius Generation (GBA)
Gradius V (PS2)
Nemesis (GB)
Nemesis II (GB)
Gradius Rebirth (WiiWare)
Parodius Sama Otomedius Bangsat Lho Goblok
Hi, thanks for the longplay ! Good memories ;)
Just one thing, this version has odd colors and ending, except for the arcade boot this is very close to the NES version. I double checked with other longplays available on TH-cam. Keep Up !
+Carlos “Made” Pardo This guy is probably emulating it. He also turned up the brightness to like 200% I swear.
+Alice Wolff no it's on mane 0.144
I know it is. MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine *Emulator*. He turned the brightness on the emulator up way high.
it's on default setting
I ran it on the same version without ever touching the settings and it wasn't this bright. It also didn't run this bright on the original machine.
Didn't do the secrets
9:15 This music!!!
Lava Shell is Funny Alex XD
it's a shame they don't put a decent ending for such a hard game
boy did you go to church today son
If there is one thing that i hate about this series are those Moai. I swear if you ever lost any lives and having to start from the checkpoint of the stage, you are utterly fucked! Those Moai head thing will fire their bullets at you relentlessly, not giving you any time to breath. And with your ship being slow af, your chances of survival are lower. The Moai stage in each games is where i got the most game over and the frustration is really pain. Multiple occasions where i rage quit due to this stage, i hate those Moai!!!
Gracias!!!
Does Gradius and Twinbee use the same soundchips?
VectorOmega yes,both are on bubble system
so disappointed with its ending 15:08.
Supreme
If the whoever was controlling the boss ship near the nine minute mark was smart they should have stayed right in from the player's ship so the attack would have been unavoidable.
so...just play gradius neo imperial
Da fuck is this??? This is like NES Gradius Beta, like the prototype before several stages of testing before the official NES release. Fascinating though. It's like an incomplete version of the final game or something. I feel like I'm trippin out when I watch this lol.
Nope, this is the arcade version which came out before the NES one
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Isn't this the same as Nemesis?
It is except it's the original Gradius before the international release with higher difficulty
AfaIk it was called Nemesis in the UK. In fact when Gradius II came out I didn't even know that it was the sequel. I thought that it was another game that copied a lot of the features of the original.
Damnnnn & i thought the nes version was harder 😵
perfect 👍
PAID
The person who disliked this video must be a Microsoft or Sony fan. How sad.
Microsoft or Sony fan? I'm curious to your logic. Most long play dislikes usually boil down to someone disagreeing with how the game was played.
akaTheWilyFox and how would you know that?
batlin by reading comments in long play videos. I thought it a simple observation...
akaTheWilyFox
Seems more like a tenuous inference than a simple observation.
batlin No less tenuous than the original comment I replied to.
faster faste
los jefes finales siempre son faciles, lo unico facil en todo el juego
Me decepcione cuando llegue al final del nivel, estaba todo emocionado porque sabía que pelearía con él, pero me salieron con esa mierda anticlimática jajajajs.
This is the first time I've seen the arcade version. I like the NES' graphics better.
Doll Face I like the arcade graphics better in my opinion
H ok ļ LP mo putting dd
The guy playing this missed so many cool tricks. Clearly not a seasoned player!