Gradius II Arcade - Full Run on Very Difficult (2/4)

[AMF1534]

Is Hulk Hogan doing the boss voice-overs in this game?!

[katan77]

Eastern Island Moai, I knew they were Aliens.

[English1stud]

I have the PC Engine version on my Wii. This one I almost turned over. This was a good game.

[joethebro3031]

The SNES version of this game is WAY BETTER..and looks to be WAYY HARDER...back in my day I could slap this game's forehead on arcade difficulty...just tap the "A" button on the option screen alot of times and away you go!!!

[Seahawk0027]

There is no SNES version of Gradius II.

[English1stud]

@joethebro3031 There's no SNES version, unless you were thinking of Gradius III. The only other version besides Arcade, and TurboGrafx16 (PC Engine), is NES.

[AMF1534]

@joethebro3031 You are thinking of Gradius III good sir.

[superkeenenbell]

Uh wait a minute didn't you missed a stage?

There was supposed to be another stage after the Moai stage before the High Speed stage. Its the one where statute lions charge at you and pillars falling on you as you get near them. It showed it on the Wii version.

[Seahawk0027]

That is a stage exclusive to the PC Engine CD-ROM version of Gradius II, which is the version on the Wii Virtual Console.

[Shinatsu]

7:27 omg...I want that sfx.... >.>

[stupidkaydoo]

why is it that most gradius are so the same,..

[tonshaad1230]

So this is gradius 2 arcade wow -

[tinabranford614]

5:54 you make the jumping moai look pathetic.

[PnkyDmn13]

SHOOT IT IN THE MOUTH

Good playthrough.

[chaoschao455]

A gradius game is NEVER, EVER complete without a moai stage! EVER!

[Theshark15z]

The music for the Maoi stage in Gradius 3 is the best of them all!

[Theshark15z]

Dam option stealer! I wish there is a way you can destroy it.

[tempkn145]

Ahh I always loved the high speed stages

[Seahawk0027]

They're fun, as long as you don't die, then they become frustrating. Just wait until you see the one from Gradius IV....

[tempkn145]

@Seahawk0027 Heh yeah =w=; I found 5's speed stage easier than 4's and the 3rd game's speed segment wasnt too bad. But why the spinny and flippy things Konami D:

[Seahawk0027]

Gradius V's is very easy. Not hard at all. I think it scrolls just slower enough than the rest to give you enough time to react. But Beacon at the end of it is a nightmare =(.

Gradius III's '3D' high speed is pretty much a bonus stage in my opinion. However, if you make it to the speed segment at the end of that game, you are likely really stressed out from playing the game.

Gradius IV's speed stage is ultra hard and fast, but you just need to find and memorize a good route, and you'll be ok.

[QwertyGuy499]

Levels 4, 5, and 6's names are A Way Out of the Difficulty, The Old Stone Age, and Maximum Speed.

[Seahawk0027]

Those are the names of the songs, already seen in the video, except that in the video "Maximum Velocity" should be "Maximum Speed".

I only use one or two word descriptors for level names.

Plus these were my first videos so I didn't think of putting stage names back then =P.

[bluemismide]

It's not THE Death from the original Salamander/Life Force. This one is Death Mk-II.

[Seahawk0027]

I know, but attaching "Mk-number" to all of the bosses would start to cheapen the boss a little, if we did that for all the bosses in Gradius V we would be on Big Core Mk-III Mk-III, and Death Mk-IV, and Tetran Mk-IV. So, I'm going to stick with the non numbered names, except for Big Core of course.

[2010gaje]

@Seahawk0027 Well Death mk-2 is mostly known on Gradius the original Death is nothing like mk-2.

Tetran mk-2 is in Salamander 2 only.

[poopskinTheLiar]

Heh, Big Moai reminds me of Moai Dimension.

[Seahawk0027]

They ARE pretty simliar, aren't they? Except without the spinning, the top Moai is pretty much impossible to destroy, at least you only have to beat two of them in Gradius II =).