Gradius V Boss Rush Part 1

[bladesofseven]

it cost $400,000 to fire that weapon, for 12 seconds.

[killer3196]

Is the hit box really that small?...I mean at 00:17 that bullet passed right through him

[deathrooster14]

@killer3196 For a Gradius game, it's fucking microscopic. For a bullet hell, it's a pick up truck. :P

[ZeTaCk1]

Fucken Asians

[MrZebster]

Epic Bossplosions!

[TronPachioftheDynamo]

@zZKaZuRaZz They're autonomous and sentient. No one is controlling them directly or remotely.

[TronPachioftheDynamo]

I remember when I used to listen to IGN... I saw their review for this and never went back to their site. "Your ship can't move using ONE of the FOUR option types which sux because we want a broken game with awesome graphics, blood, gore, or mainstream." Why let you move AND aim your options? That's cheap!

[Cytoplazm18]

This game has the most satisfying explosions when the bosses die!

[BlackbloodABC]

Absolutely brilliant game, even now i still play it when i feel like a challenge, and some people think todays games are hard? They obviously never played this one :-)

[PunkUpTheVolume]

@BlackbloodABC

or other shoot em ups or jump n shoots

[JRcomix]

*thought gradius 3 was a fun game from childhood*

*saw gradius 4 and got excited*

*stared at a boss rush*

*realized Gradius is hard friggin core*

DDD:

[X9786]

No shield... that means Shinya used Mega Crash.

[olderloverxx]

hardcore man - i thought i was good at this game, i now feel pathetic.

[rwynn1988]

Fuck. You.

[zZKaZuRaZz]

Whoever is it driving those "Boss" space craft is a BIG TIME noob.

[EigenX7]

HELL he found the hitbox!

[SCK1131]

jesus i thought III was hard

[jakethesnake924]

HOW IS IT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO DODGE ALL THAT

[Clobohne]

It doesn't look so hard. Maybe it's just me, because I played to much Touhou. =/

Still good Job.

[Vykkdraygo713]

the Force is strong with this one..

[mozart0341]

i still play this game. DESTROY THE CORE!

[Superblaq]

Bullshit!! (Amazing!)

[kinmanyuen]

the next gradius should be 1080p + 3D vision support

[X9786]

@kinmanyuen AND 7.1 Channel Sound + Blu-Ray Disc.

[czerwonegoooooooogle]

This looks very easy... NOT!

[DVirusR3]

i forgot how amazing was this game. :D gamer memories!!!!

[monkeynut000]

holy shit talk about skills especially no hit!

[Tobix1234444]

"Destroy the core"

THAT SOUNDED BADASS WITH THAT VOICE

[Trialbyscythe]

Destroy the Core...the sweetest phrase in video games!

[LolUfufufu]

this game is for hardcores!

[ayumihamasaki123]

this game would be impossible to defeat if the hit was so sensitive. one nip off the wing in gradius 3 and ur a goner lol.

[birdsandbugs1]

This is SATANIC! How can any living human beat this?!

[Gouldfish44]

Tetran featured in Rocket Knight Adventures!

[Ponicalica]

@Gouldfish44 He also features, in a slightly modified form, in Hero Core, as the final boss, Cruiser Tetron.

[MrPoppysnow]

cheat code

[bernierambles]

skills...mad mad skills...the guy must have electric eyes or something.

[ManyFaces1999]

dude! it ain't big core mk-iv (the big one in level 2) it;s HARDCORE (i saw the name in the cd case). and one thing....... keep up the good works

[andreicavoleau]

what is a mega crush ?

[ManyFaces1999]

@andreicavoleau mega crush is a weapon that eliminates every enemy on the screen to dust..... (except bosses!) and it's the most weakest weapon in the game!

[X9786]

What is Shinya using, Forcefield, Shield or Mega Crush?

[karuyag]

lol... no one uses mega crash... shield isnt as useful either.. and you'll hear the warning noise alot more with it... so that leaves... hmm...

[dreiday7]

@karuyag where can i get this game

[bohottie]

@dreiday7 Amazon. I got mine for like $5.99.

[neozack2]

@X9786 he's not useing a force feild notice how on the first boss he shoots his options beams up so he cant get hit by those ring things also notice when the black bullits aim at him he moves (every one would do that lol)

thats becouse he has no sheild LOL

[DMSwordsmaster]

I swear, how much would it cost to even make ONE of these core ships??

[rasen013]

fucking masterpiece! this game is impossible for me without cheap code cheats and stuff... aside from the beautiful graphics and amazing soundtrack what i liked the most (weird xD) were the Options, being able to have a bit more control over them sure changes a lot of things...

[VideosbySteve]

I put over 18 hours into this game...and loved every second of it.

[walter0bz]

best re-imagining of a classic game ever

[manat31790]

This and Contra... Konami sure love to make their games the hardest.

[djkotai]

You need test nemesis online.

[poopskinTheLiar]

Jeez! You're awesome at this! Me? i can't even beat Salamander with exploiting mame to get 50 lives. the last 3 stages always get me.

[Allikiza]

And I thought the SNES Gradius 3 was intense... Spilting concentration between attacking a evading is hard enough, but those bosses attack patterns were insane....

[SavySavant]

Oh yes.. I remember this game. One of the shmups I always wished I completed.

At the time I just didn't have the game long enough.

One of my favorite all time shooters remade from back in the day.

[FrameRunnerX]

This is completely insane !! This player owns !

[SH4R9Y]

@FrameRunnerX You lucky bastard, ive been looking for this in my town for about 2 years now lol

[piggypoo]

how do you do that???? so many bullets yo

[aliultimate009]

to ( piggypoo )

if you're wondering how shinya is evading those green rings lasers vs bigcore riv1.2 there is a programmed limit for the received shots called hit-box ^_^

it's located in the very center of vic viper ^_^

shinya was very smart on measuring the distance between the laser and the hit-box while trying the hardest possible to keep the laser in the center of the ship for not to get hit by the green rings lasers vs bigcore riv 1.2 ^_^

same to other bosses in the very close calls ^_^

[bajkowsky]

Well, this doesn't look so bad. just a bunch of flashing lights...

1 minute later-

OH MY GOD! I'M ABOUT TO HAVE A SEIZURE AND A STROKE AND GET CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME FROM ALL THE... (thunk. lays twitching next to computer)

[rynexmkIII]

wah!!! invisible.... and invincible!

[rahimnfl]

trippy

[iPloxy]

Holy fck i never knew gradius 5 was this crazy...

[AyroonSan]

DESTROY THE CORE!!!

[talongaq]

I have been a Gradius fan ever since I first saw Gradius frist version... 1985... I was 1st Grade... Today Gradius never stop to amuse me... For those who is not a gradius player they never understand that cockpit is the weak point of Vick Viper "Gradius"... I wish... I have a PS2 so that I can bet the game... Because I'll understand the thrill of "THE NEVER ENDING DODGING, HAND AND EYE COORDINATION BEST SHUMP EVER"...

Thank you for reading... God Bless and Have a Nice Day to you all...

[jkopc]

no he visto juego mas dificil q este!

[roniepao]

Gradius vs R-type

Who will win?

[AyroonSan]

How can you choose between those games? The're both so damn good.

[aliultimate009]

to ( roniepao )

Gradius - thunder force & even ikaruga own R-type XD

Gradius is better than R-type because of the musics - tough bosses - Graphics & even 2 player mode ^_^

thunder force is better than R-type because of the same reason but only the problem is the 2 player mode ^_^

ikaruga in everything better than R-type XD

OH and one last thing ^_^

i think none had noticed that R-type may was also made from konami because it was in MSX while konami was mostly making the best MSX games ^^

[walter0bz]

R-Type owns all other shooters due to nifty weapon design, chargable shot, enviroment design etc

[aliultimate009]

ok and about the music and the bosses ?

in weapon design Gradius V got 4 option types ^_^

there is E-laser in Gradius V which is also a chargable shot ^_^

Gradius V was also made by a genius directors from ikaruga by treasure ^_^

most people loves ikaruga just check out some videos of the final bosses .. i CHALLENGE your game R-type to have the same tough bosses like ikaruga and Gradius V with they're awesome musics and moves ^_^

Gradius was first started as scramble in 1981 before R-type XD

[walter0bz]

horses for courses.

gradius v is fantastic i admit.

first isn't always best.

r-9 pwns vic viper :)

rtype final has many variants of weapons.. but i'm fan of simpler well-designed objects.

what i like in r-type - the different weapons switch tactics. shield attatch/detach front/back chargeable shot, and switch 3 types of laser. -> then the levels are designed around this variety. more possibility in the system

gradius more just blasting .. no harm i guess

ikaruga's system didn't appeal to me.

[aliultimate009]

vic viper can make space time warps traveling to the past or the future ^_^

the vic viper pilot got ESP that he knows the thing before it happens in seconds ^_^

vic viper also have a computer which can scan every pixel of ships in-front of it XD

i know about it's weapon system but i can say the same about Gradius V on how you time your strategies on using each option type depending on the stage ^_^

who said no harm in Gradius V XD ?

play on loop 10 hardest .. you can't even clear stage 1 XD !!!

[walter0bz]

dobkeratops pwns brain golem

rtype stage 3 battleship pwns big-core

etc

well it's all personal preference

for me the 2 favourite schmup weapons are bouncing laser & helical laser from r-type :)

gradius options following the craft have nice motion i know

i will admit that gradius V is better than r-type final, but when i judge original games in historical context r-type=pinacle of schmups

[aliultimate009]

brain golem ?

you're talking about the first idiot which was introduced in salamander only following your ship XD

blaster cannon core hell bullets and lasers in Gradius V - deltatry huge laser and fast moving in Gradius Gaiden & also Neo-Bigcore with his crazy detonate bombs XD

and you've forgot about Bigcore mk-iii in Gradius V only his big laser shots is enough XD

to let you know i think R-type was made by konami ^_^

because it was in MSX and konami was mostly making the best games in it ^_^

[walter0bz]

hell dobkeratops only sits still lashing tail. but its a nice creature design. Schmup bosses not known for IQ, it's not their purpose.

R-Type was made by Irem

gradius V is spectacular high pace game true, and i really want similar game for modern console in 1080p. (even port gradius V please konami!)

but best ever elements in schmup history appeared in r-type :)

[aliultimate009]

what happened to ground spider and elephant gear in Gradius V if you're talking about that creature ?

[traumacenter1233]

DAM dude u made it look like u hade hax

[rageage]

I love Death

[khesed]

Touhou may have the most badass of bullet patterns but nothing touches Gradius.

[jkopc]

OMG!

[walter0bz]

they really must do a high def gradius for ps3/360, r type dimensions shows its worthwhile

[gizelbelcoot]

new one announced today for PSP music by zuntata

[walter0bz]

wow! any links ?

[gizelbelcoot]

famitsu scans search google or must be on gfaqs, well you can wait for trailer and more since TGS isnt far away

[somahiru]

i guess he thought DARIUS, but oh yes, that is also a great shooter, hope they bring it to America (the continent) and other places

[Xmetal503Z]

they're making one for ps3

hasnt been announced what date it well come out. but they have.

go and check gamefaqs under ps3/g and ull see

[azurada23]

4:59 Big Core MK II did a barrel roll

[RoarOfRa]

It says a lot about a game's difficulty when TETRAN, one of the easiest Gradius bosses ever, is completely ridiculous in its unrelenting waves of shots, and yet is still one of the "easier" bosses in the game.

[chaoschao455]

4:00

How the fuck were youable to dodge all those fucking lasers O______O

[Armalizilto]

Many of the bosses firing styles are really pretty on this game

[D4rkDupdey]

Holy Lasers. 0.o

[LOCS20]

fuckin love this game! I have to buy this again!!

[jmuir29]

whats the object of this game, find the one pixil where no shots pass?

[303bassline]

Good point! I love old school shooters, but this is just ridiculous.

[NARFNra]

This is the Hardest loop, on the hardest mode. It isn't as hard normally.

[iNinjaBuddy]

@jmuir29 The object is to DESTROY THE CORE!!

[Atom032]

@iNinjaBuddy #LOL

[JaketheSnakeESP]

@jmuir29 eh that's bullet hell games for you xD

[2010gaje]

@jmuir29 No that would be the object of really high loops.

But the point is to get through the end of the game just like any SHMUP.

this video is all bosses on loop 10 where the difficult maxes out.

[thefluidrobot]

@jmuir29 the object of this game is obviously to destroy the core

[matari704]

何度見ても飽きないのは、何故だろう？

[rynexmkIII]

ur not dying... the bullet is hitting u.. unreal

[orion2ktc]

The actual hit box is the cockpit, the rest of the ship is unaffected. That's why you can get away with a lot of these moves.

[rvbrules]

@orion2ktc there are times though where i leave it protected but i still die. & in this video there's clearly times where it's touched but he lives D=

[javier7high]

@orion2ktc LOL "COCKpit" LOLOL

[dracmeister]

You only get hit on the cockpit, nowhere else...

[sleepyx7]

aerofighters, einhander, R typeS, Bangai - O - spirits.

[gjtrue]

have anybody watched the gradius ova

[shogun666hit]

that is unreal.sick stuff!

[tCGospel]

If I was some space pilot and someone asked me to go kill giant rotating laser beams with cores that shoot blue balls of energy and little O's that kill you on contact...I'd say FUCK THAT SHIT and resign on a good pension.

[sonahuk]

the reason why i needed more than one controller

[applepiewithtoast]

what's the game about? find the only pixel on the screen that is safe to be on? haha jk, cool video!

[SoupIsMoney]

Gradius just so happens to be the best horizontal space shooter ever made. I think the NES version was the best though.

[ankevroon]

I think that parodius is the best XD I love it:P

[Cheepn1s]

By the video previews I've seen, I assume that Gradius V would be more interesting than R-Type Final (or any other similiar game in this genre).

Can anybody confirm?

[kdreamland]

R-Type Delta feels slightly more epic. Final is ok.....Giga Wing/Mars Matrix is one of my faves..., G-Darius, DonPachi, Galaga, Space Invaders 95, Ikaruga....

love shumps. Feel free to add ne I've missed

[sleepyx7]

radiant silvergun, raiden 3, strikers 1942.. there are a lot more I can't remember

[SusakeKes]

soldier blade or super star soldier are awesome too;)

[aliultimate009]

yes as far as i saw that it is the best legendary game since 1985 when gradius history started and many people had admitted that it was the best classic series to this day after 24 years of intense shooting action ^_^

[aliultimate009]

konamy already admitted that it was a legendary game when i bought a Gradius collection package it says that behind it ^_^

[XGiftedGamerX]

Why do they always have the core sticking out in an obvious location?

I would hide it INSIDE the ship so that it couldn't be possibly seen or shot at from the outside...

[Lodark]

Sometimes its Like: Destroy the Core - HELL NO!

[Lanoot15]

wholy shyt this is awsome good job on tha first boss

[shebakoby]

eww trying to beat tetran looks like it could make a person dizzy!

[Ultraxwing]

Even with all those random lasers he still got through gratz on that

you even got past the super lasers thing with balls and string no hit!

[xep00]

His skill is simply marvelous. I recently have love for these horizontal shooters from playing aegis wings on xbox 360. Although the game has bored me due to its easy predictable nature..even on insane mode.

I look forward to playing my first gradius game. Hell i the first time i played it was for the game boy. I never liked it,but now I see that these games are a true work of art.

[kinmanyuen]

god... 14 years ago I played Gradius3.

I'm sure Last Resort (Neo Geo) had some little influence?

[redruMnCoke84]

I love how a little shitbox like the Vic Viper can take out such large, unbelievable expensive pieces of hardware like these bosses. To think of how much money they invested in those things! JUST TO LOSE. "Boss Bigcore mk-IV down sir..." "Send in Ground Spider." "We just lost Ground Spider too sir." "WTF!!!!"

[monkeysandgames]

You've got some serious skills at this game!

[myrio007]

DESTROY THE CORE!

Or not, cause Shinya already destroyed it..

[KaiserDanieru]

THIS IS FUCKING MENTAL! o.o

Fucking cool too, :D

[enoching7]

is this game or rtype final better to get?

[Xaerock]

this is definitely better than r-type final

[kinmanyuen]

Gradius is like holy... R-type is a messenger.

[MatroidX]

you're posting this on a gradius video, so of course most people here are going to say gradius V is better (myself included :)

however, that was the general opinion I got via google (search for "best ps2 scrollshooter", or something similar), when I was figuring out which to buy.

[zhangliubao]

nice move~

[woutervs11]

nice and great skills!

[Fel1230]

este juego es lo mejor!!!

[dreamerm42]

para cuando una nueva version!!!!!

este juego era la caña

[zachplaysdrums]

Holy crap, I've never even attempted the game on this difficulty, haha.

[Sentinal6]

Whats system is this for? and if i wanted to find some good side scrolling shooters similear to this one.

[arttuy]

PS2 only. One of the two reasons (the other one being R-Type Final) why I bought PS2 just this week.

[John845]

How much did you buy you're ps2 for?

[arttuy]

"How much did you buy you are ps2 for?" - if you meant to ask what I paid for my PS2, it was $70. PS2, 8Mb memcard, two controllers and it had a modchip installed so I can play games from any region etc.

[John845]

Wow that is super cheap. Where did you get a modchipped ps2?

[arttuy]

I bought it from an auction.

[jellofast]

dude where did u get that deal? thats really good!

[TheDutchGhost]

I think I would have yelled "Mommy" by now, impressive.

On a side note, I wonder what those floating structures on the background are.

Spaceships? Space stations?

[liamcox93]

I'm a fan of side scrool shooters just like you, but this is fantastic and how do you do it.

[AlvinYTP]

I've never played Gradius before, but I'm assuming it's like R-type where one hit results in instant death?

How do you avoid all that shit??? That is just insane!!! O_O

[lonercm]

Oh my god how do you avoid all that crap flying at you?

[DrLove0378]

This isn't the Gradius we know and love... this is "bullet hell."

[Firestorm2900]

Only looks that way because of him playing in loop 10 mode, which I would assume is probably the toughest mode in Gradius V.

[Firestorm2900]

I've already seen some of those videos already, you PM'd me before, remember? :P

[RocmanRaz]

Dude, how do you get the extremely hard bosses?

[aliultimate009]

easy to explain just finish the game 10 times in row then you can select loop 10 in stage select mode .

[VIDEOTRONICSUK]

IS THIS GAME ON ARCADE OR CONSOLE???

[gtssage]

console. PS2.

[soulreaperx7x]

doyou know where i can get it?

[MatroidX]

it's a bit rare to find nowadays... I could not find it in any store (like EB games, etc.) so just bought it online (on ebay, ~$25 w/ shipping)

It's amazingly difficult, but fun. So although more expensive than most ps2 games (most are <= $10 these days), I'd recommend it.

[LukehStrife]

I liked the story mode on this game, especially the twist on Level 8 where you realise that you are you from the future :P. Excellent game.

[soulreaperx7x]

this gradius actually has a story?!?!?

[watertank10430]

(To soulreaper7x)

Some short conversations during stage 2 & stage 7 & stage 8 which cannot be skipped, that is what they called the storyline.

One of the reason is that it is important so the player will understand what the unidentified ship in stage 2 is about, and what the other Vic-Viper is about. The other reason is that the conversation also fits the background musics specifically designed for the game.

[soulreaperx7x]

oh. i didnt know i havent played this gradius. and the ones i have played dont have story att al just play and there you win. know what i mean?

[watertank10430]

You might want to check out other videos on Youtube, some people do contain the conversation in their video. (Though I haven't been looking for videos about Gradius V for a while)

[sososhr]

who the hill who but all my comments in bad comments by less 1 in red if this guy thinks that he is always right he should talk to me face by face and in english .

[louping111]

oué avec le code invincibilité sa devient plus facile,on voi clairement quil se fait toucher a plusieur reprise..

[sososhr]

i.m talking about the guys who says bad words sorry for the last comment it was in mistake .

[sososhr]

this is the ultimate number zero my name i.m going to say it . this player is an pro guy but the problem is that nobody can give him the best words i like this player and one more thing i did to defeat nearly all the bosses in this loop 10 and i.m still trying and never give up . and the last thing that this player own my respect .

[Smashkid911]

its funny how there r yu gi oh cards based after this whole series

[tempkn145]

yu gi oh was made by konami ._.

[NightSprinter]

Hence why they can place so many cameos: Gradius, Salamander, Firebird/Hi-No-Tori, Metal Gear, and Parodius.

[blastermine]

Hey i had a strange idea! What if pokemon had loops like gradius?

[chimera1277]

has anyone notice that the bosses expend a whole lot of effort(the bosses being battleship types) just to take down a single fighter?

[tempkn145]

It's not just a fighter, it's a 1 zillion dollar spaceship :o

[chimera1277]

still you'd think the Bacterion would actually create an effective counter against the Vic Viper.