What was your Double set to? If it was Vertical then you were using almost the EXACT same set-up I used to beat Arcade mode... Except I used Rotating Options and had Full Barrier (Don't know what you had ! set to)
@BuyMeThingsnow Umm, S.Spread are your missiles. But I guess it doesn't matter what your Double was then. But I find switching between Double and Lasers pretty useful on certain levels in Gradius games.
Damn You Make It Look So Damn Easy Have You Tried Defeating It With The Twin Laser? It Got Me By All The Levels Faster But You Make It Seem Like Its Quicker By The E-Laser. I Might Try It. But Thnx Man For The Vid. It Was Epic.
i really dont understand how i played this game when i was young and almost beat it at 3 or 4 years old...i tried playing it and i got owned...but its really fun tho and it brings back memories
@BillxMach There's already a video of it, also, I'm not talking about the arcade difficulty, I'm talking about the arcade version, where there are lions instead of dragons a nd so on.
Didn't most of these bosses appear in other Konami shootemups? I could sworn that I have seen that Crystal thing and the rotating missle launcher in Life Force or something.
@Kyithios You're welcome. Also there are a few other bosses and enemies in Gradius 5 from both this game and some of the older ones (such as the original Gradius and Lifeforce) that appear in 5. The boss at 1:00 also appears. As does the gun wall at 5:07 and a crazy version of the wall walkers at 5:43. There are a lot of series references in 5 but I can't remember all of them off the top of my head.
Excellent video, dude. This was the 3rd game I ever owned on my SNES, and I played it so much, I could actually make it through Arcade difficulty using the twin lasers, and V-formation options and lose only 2 or 3 lives in a single run through. Of course, I never smoked through the bosses like you did!
the e-laser is definitely the strongest weapon.. its almost too much of an advantage at some points, as you displayed. a good test of skill is to use a different laser - or even better, no lasers.
Yes it is a bit on the overpowered side. My best bet for the reason of this is that the E-laser was borderline useless in the arcade version. It took nearly twice the time to charge and did half the damage. So they tried to fix it and ended up making it completely cheap and broken.
damn i remember playin this game when i was like 12 years old, i just got to the plant like boss, and back then i thought i was near completing the game.... boy was i wrong
Hey cool, I got to the last board using one ship and then I blew up the ship right when I needed all of the weapons and had to start over in "slow motion" with none of the little orange glowing helpers... I miss SNES... good work!
Just a question...if you think you can...do you think at the 5:10 boss that you can avoid his lasers till he self-destructs? Ive tried on hard mode, its very hard for me.
@TimelordR The bosses yes, there's little to no denying that. I meant the final bosses. Which don't really do much and just dissolve away, save for probably the final bosses of Graidus Gaiden, Salamander 2, and others that I am forgetting. Gradius V is definetly one of the harder games in the series, also, its alot more fun to me that way. But no, I can't ace Gradius V. I can barely surivie on Gradius II. XD
Nice work...! I never knew the E-Laser was such a powerful weapon... Is this the arcade version, the SNES version, or the Wii VC version? Because I don't remember the VC E-Laser packing this much power...
This is the super nes version. The E-laser is greatly weakend in the arcade version. It takes twice as long to charge and does only half the damage. They made it extremely powerfull in the super nes version.
I dont know. I'm guessing its in english. as the gradius final bosses usually do speak in english. but its so slowed down and distorted that its really hard to figure out. even after listening to it a few times I still cant figure out what he's saying.
The last boss is scary.....
chaosmetal17 9 hours ago
My galaxy tab has way bettr graphics
executiveE 1 month ago
ほぼ瞬殺・・・恐るべし、E.レーザー
braves2931 1 month ago
I like the game genie code where you can have the infinite flash
MrBw1982 2 months ago
What option are you using? I use to use E.Laser in the day.
Akutare 4 months ago
@Akutare I forget the name as it's been so long since I played. It's the standard/default "options mimic your movement".
BuyMeThingsnow 4 months ago
@BuyMeThingsnow
I use F-Options. I use to use circle options.
Akutare 4 months ago
u made it look easy and fast... anyways come by and see mine i make all the stage.
checkingoutsider 6 months ago
great job u did good with e laser. ur good at it im not good at e laser.
checkingoutsider 6 months ago
Loved the way you dodged teh pew pewz. Also, lol @ the ending.
bagpwla 7 months ago
What was your Double set to? If it was Vertical then you were using almost the EXACT same set-up I used to beat Arcade mode... Except I used Rotating Options and had Full Barrier (Don't know what you had ! set to)
Kurayamiblack 7 months ago
@Kurayamiblack S.Spread I guess. I can berely remember as I always use laser in all gradius games lol.
BuyMeThingsnow 7 months ago
@BuyMeThingsnow Umm, S.Spread are your missiles. But I guess it doesn't matter what your Double was then. But I find switching between Double and Lasers pretty useful on certain levels in Gradius games.
Kurayamiblack 7 months ago
5:07 oh come on. now youre just showin off haha
kems789 8 months ago
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kems789 8 months ago
お見事
qinkiahys 10 months ago
Damn!!! That was fast. Imma try to see if helps me out. I'd always die with that laser. But imma try this time. And see how far I go.
Guatebro 10 months ago
I can't seem to find a link to the boss theme at 4:07, anyone got it?
SkellionPowalskiz 11 months ago
Damn You Make It Look So Damn Easy Have You Tried Defeating It With The Twin Laser? It Got Me By All The Levels Faster But You Make It Seem Like Its Quicker By The E-Laser. I Might Try It. But Thnx Man For The Vid. It Was Epic.
MrFerrarison 1 year ago
2:15 this takes me back i hated that venus flytrap boss...
youisiaint 1 year ago
That's a nightmare!
swordsdragon 1 year ago
i really dont understand how i played this game when i was young and almost beat it at 3 or 4 years old...i tried playing it and i got owned...but its really fun tho and it brings back memories
TheMastaOfSuprise 1 year ago
@TheMastaOfSuprise same i beat the game when i was 6 and now i suck so much at it
roflcopterzorz69 1 year ago
Am I the only one who thinks the last boss is an extremely weak Gigyas?
CobaltiSickle 1 year ago
@CobaltiSickle I can comprehend the form of his attack though.
BuyMeThingsnow 1 year ago
@BuyMeThingsnow Well try this on! In arcade Gradius 3 (not the same as yurs), Bacterian's attack? They are accually bonus levels. I'm Serious.
CobaltiSickle 1 year ago
@CobaltiSickle lololol
BuyMeThingsnow 1 year ago
@CobaltiSickle make a video of it and i will believe your ludicrous statement true.
BillxMach 6 months ago
@BillxMach There's already a video of it, also, I'm not talking about the arcade difficulty, I'm talking about the arcade version, where there are lions instead of dragons a nd so on.
CobaltiSickle 6 months ago
lol 1:31 he ate that shit
LolUfufufu 1 year ago
E-Lazer seems like a Game Breaker. Awesome weapon. I see you use teh same Weapon set up I used in my games.
Akutare 1 year ago
I always used to think the crystal ship was the final boss, especially with that music.
birdsandbugs1 1 year ago
you destroyed that first boss
dacasman 1 year ago
ワロタw
このレーザーまだ使い慣れてねー・・・
thweeper 1 year ago 3
Didn't most of these bosses appear in other Konami shootemups? I could sworn that I have seen that Crystal thing and the rotating missle launcher in Life Force or something.
BigAlUpdates 1 year ago
@BigAlUpdates Well Lifeforce is actually a spin off of this series. Enimies from that game appear in future Gradius games and vice versa.
BuyMeThingsnow 1 year ago
Rolling Core was in Gradius II
shalpp 1 year ago
btw, since i never got the chance to play theese games, are the bosses in Gradius V inspired by theese bosses?
Akrilloth 1 year ago
Yes some of them. The "beacon" boss in particular appears in all it's glory near the end of Gradius V.
BuyMeThingsnow 1 year ago
@BuyMeThingsnow Which is the beacon boss exactly? I never got a chance to play Gradius V.
Kyithios 1 year ago
@Kyithios Beacon is the name of the boss that appears at 2:36. He appears halfway through the second to last stage of Gradius 5.
BuyMeThingsnow 1 year ago
@BuyMeThingsnow Thanks for that. I didn't even know that.
Kyithios 1 year ago
@Kyithios You're welcome. Also there are a few other bosses and enemies in Gradius 5 from both this game and some of the older ones (such as the original Gradius and Lifeforce) that appear in 5. The boss at 1:00 also appears. As does the gun wall at 5:07 and a crazy version of the wall walkers at 5:43. There are a lot of series references in 5 but I can't remember all of them off the top of my head.
BuyMeThingsnow 1 year ago
Really love this game! I have it on Super Nintendo, and also on the Gradius 3 and 4 disc on PS2 now yay! :)
SamanthaSweetZero 1 year ago
EPic game
ZidaneTribal93 1 year ago
I love this game. Just got done playing through it for like, the billionth time haha. The music and art in this game is just amazing.
R4LRetro 2 years ago
spouper
TheAsderff 2 years ago
Excellent video, dude. This was the 3rd game I ever owned on my SNES, and I played it so much, I could actually make it through Arcade difficulty using the twin lasers, and V-formation options and lose only 2 or 3 lives in a single run through. Of course, I never smoked through the bosses like you did!
VidgamerX 2 years ago 2
cool!!!!!!!!
C00LAWSOMEBEST 2 years ago
the e-laser is definitely the strongest weapon.. its almost too much of an advantage at some points, as you displayed. a good test of skill is to use a different laser - or even better, no lasers.
xcalibur9874 2 years ago
Yes it is a bit on the overpowered side. My best bet for the reason of this is that the E-laser was borderline useless in the arcade version. It took nearly twice the time to charge and did half the damage. So they tried to fix it and ended up making it completely cheap and broken.
BuyMeThingsnow 2 years ago
Well, e-laser is great for damage, but has terrible swarm kill ability...
TheReasonWhyGuy 2 years ago
well the bubble itself + shrink = great shield substitute
Gooshnads 1 year ago
You got some slick moves there bro especially the gauntlet. I outta do a boss speed run on the arcade version then compare. Im that good.
Iceman0412 2 years ago
for wich console is this game? snes?
RadiantTheLight 2 years ago
Yeah.
amplifierworship661 2 years ago
damn i remember playin this game when i was like 12 years old, i just got to the plant like boss, and back then i thought i was near completing the game.... boy was i wrong
tigrillo3000 2 years ago
This game is quite easy compare to Gradius V....but that doesnt say much, this game is still a pain to beat
CuteLittleFacehugger 2 years ago
Yes. The difficulty in Gradius 5 ranges from "tough but fair" to "border of madness".
Also your name is win.
BuyMeThingsnow 2 years ago
This game is very hard!!!
cachoplasreturns 2 years ago
Hardest.. not even hard.
Arcade mode of this is even harder than DoDonpachi Daidoujou and Mushihimesama (both original and Futari)
keykanonmania84 2 years ago
I'm glad and surprised no one has made a "Shoop da woop" -related joke.
SyriusBelsferg 2 years ago
Oh nostalgia. Also glad to see my system wasn't the only one that couldn't handle the processing behind charging the E-Laser
HugsnNuclearArms 2 years ago
Now do it... ON THE ARCADE VERSION! MWAHAHAHA!
NARFNra 2 years ago
Never!
BuyMeThingsnow 2 years ago
i could never beat this game
minty160 2 years ago
weee I love the Crystal Core and the Solar Flare Dragon :D
shishor 2 years ago
Duh, cause E-laser is the best one :D
asianette 2 years ago
Megaman wishes he has that firepower
KyazuTheInsane 2 years ago 5
wow this is epic. i love this game
squillz0210 2 years ago
YAY! The Space Amoeba-Jelly-Thingy!! I thought I remember that one. =3
JamesMorrow07 2 years ago
Lol the last boss should have been harder
glenaladar 2 years ago
E lazer is the best xD
glenaladar 2 years ago
I think the final boss is saying
"WHAT?!...How did you defeat my clan ass-hole!"
JEFFERoW2 2 years ago 2
6:25
JEFFERoW2 2 years ago
I'm sure that's what he's thinking.
BuyMeThingsnow 2 years ago
I forgot this game was almost completely slowdown. Memories.
anderseb2007 2 years ago
4:07 sounds like it would be a good final boss music
CrescentWolf879 2 years ago
E- laser is fuckin imba :P
Fleischmahn 2 years ago
Hey cool, I got to the last board using one ship and then I blew up the ship right when I needed all of the weapons and had to start over in "slow motion" with none of the little orange glowing helpers... I miss SNES... good work!
JizzGoblinJr 2 years ago
Just a question...if you think you can...do you think at the 5:10 boss that you can avoid his lasers till he self-destructs? Ive tried on hard mode, its very hard for me.
christopher9011 3 years ago
Yeah I probably could.
BuyMeThingsnow 3 years ago
Them last boss beats are beautiful
Only1AceProductions 3 years ago
cool
Fel1230 3 years ago
kool boss rush =) although i think the final boss guy was saying something too,i can barely understand what hes saying
sonicteams 3 years ago
in the beginning it looks like you recorded it part for part but in the middle it looks like you really did a boss rush
but how do you unlock boss rush?
woutervs11 3 years ago
Their is no boss rush. I just recorded each boss.
BuyMeThingsnow 3 years ago
lol damm u have e-lazer and the small ship of course any1 can beat the game with that kind of weapon.
bboyyen06 3 years ago
I'm aware of that. The point of this video was to demonstrate the speed with which one can defeat the bosses with the e-laser.
BuyMeThingsnow 3 years ago
the last boss should be a bitch
NeoEveryhobby 3 years ago
Yup.
BuyMeThingsnow 3 years ago
the gradius final bosses kind of do make sense.
they're deffensless. cause they control all, and u pretty much wiped out their defense... or something
knightonlinefan 3 years ago 2
Yeah. I think thats what Konami goes for. Though I still cant help but wish that their was a really epic final battle to make the game complete.
BuyMeThingsnow 3 years ago
I agree, but eh. that's what konami did, and whats done is done.
knightonlinefan 3 years ago
Look at it this way, the aliens leader needs such strong bosses in front of him because he is weak.
LukeL007 3 years ago
The last boss is pathetic. Looks cool though.
heyman69 3 years ago 11
@heyman69 Gradius is known for having easy final bosses.
shadowphantom2 1 year ago
@shadowphantom2 Then i take it that you've aced Gradius V? The bosses are quite hardcore...
TimelordR 1 year ago
@TimelordR The bosses yes, there's little to no denying that. I meant the final bosses. Which don't really do much and just dissolve away, save for probably the final bosses of Graidus Gaiden, Salamander 2, and others that I am forgetting. Gradius V is definetly one of the harder games in the series, also, its alot more fun to me that way. But no, I can't ace Gradius V. I can barely surivie on Gradius II. XD
shadowphantom2 1 year ago
Nice work...! I never knew the E-Laser was such a powerful weapon... Is this the arcade version, the SNES version, or the Wii VC version? Because I don't remember the VC E-Laser packing this much power...
DaRkLoRdZoRc 3 years ago
This is the super nes version. The E-laser is greatly weakend in the arcade version. It takes twice as long to charge and does only half the damage. They made it extremely powerfull in the super nes version.
BuyMeThingsnow 3 years ago
You are a Gradius GOD, dude! By the way, does the last boss say something in Japanese? Or is it English...and just hard to understand :P
CastlevaniaMoogle 3 years ago
I dont know. I'm guessing its in english. as the gradius final bosses usually do speak in english. but its so slowed down and distorted that its really hard to figure out. even after listening to it a few times I still cant figure out what he's saying.
BuyMeThingsnow 3 years ago
yeah but this is a boss rush. I was trying to kill them all as fast as possible. if you shoot him just as he opens his mouth he dies.
BuyMeThingsnow 4 years ago
5:09 WTF haha crazy.
heyman69 3 years ago 2
you dont need to shoot the last boss he dies in his own
zeldaocarinaoftime2 4 years ago
yay. I wanted to get the bosses as fast as I could so I tried some of these multiple times before I was satisfied.
BuyMeThingsnow 4 years ago
Very nice video. You seem to be very precise in positioning yourself and avoiding the laser blasts.
E laser is the most powerful weapon and I like it. The last boss went down almost as fast as the first. 5 stars.
SeventhSun 4 years ago