Gradius II Arcade - Full Run on Very Difficult (1/4)

[xxchimakaraxx]

i kinda prefer the NES version for some reason.....

[RetroRepair]

@8:45 This bit nearly always gets me and then I'm defenseless. If I die here I ususally just reset the game because I'll never get out of it with no powerups.

[superkeenenbell]

anybody noticed there was nothing at 0:25?

[Seahawk0027]

It's a glitch in MAME v128, which this was recorded on. Some sort of sprite vs. bg priority issue.

[Muffinfordinner]

isn't that a lot of suns?

[rickonami]

, Very hard ? A master , i can't even pass the second stage ?! Excellent gameplay

[jpopkamaria]

I've never been able to beat this game without cheating. Recovering is nearly impossible in some spots.

[poopskinTheLiar]

The best word to describe Level 3 is "Fun"...Fun, by the Dwarf Fortress definition.

[poopskinTheLiar]

That's kind of funny, Playthrough length doubles for each gradius game (2 Videos for G1, 4 videos for G2, 8 videos for G3). Funny how these things tend to have that sort of pattern.

[Seahawk0027]

Good thing Youtube let videos me 15 minutes long now then. Even so Gradius IV won't be 16. Maybe Gradius V will hit 10 since it's so long.

[MultiDarkstar24]

maybe you could've used type d because of two way missiles

[TimelordR]

Only in a Japanese arcade game do they not only put up the name of the boss, but also the titles for the BGM tracks. Nice.

[Seahawk0027]

No, they didn't, I was the one who put the subtitles in =P.

[coolgamer1677]

@Seahawk0027 Can I have the font you used?

[TheCastellan]

Crystal stage reminds me of the bubble stage of Gradius 3.

[rexauxa]

rom downlaod please !! link?

arcade enconter only the Gradius III

meeting where the II?

[QwertyGuy499]

Search "The Gradius Homebase" and navigate to the ROMs section.

:D

[QwertyGuy499]

Search for "The Gradius Homebase" and navigate to the ROMs section.

:D

[1dosucol1]

Applying Filters to a Range of Frames in Virtualdub .search youtube for that

[Seahawk0027]

Yeah, that's exactly what I did here, and in all of the other Gradius videos.

[poopskinTheLiar]

Worth noting: in the title screen's background, you can see the wreckage of Xearous, the bacterion base from Gradius 1.

[MattTheSpratt]

So is that onscreen text (BGM name, boss name and weakspot, etc.) all in the Japanese version of Gradius 2?

[Seahawk0027]

No, that text is not present in any version of Gradius II (and not Vulcan Venture).

I created the text by hand and added it as an overlay on the video just to be informative. Also, the speech clips can be hard to understand over the BGM/SFX noise, and I think the game becomes more immersive if you know what is being said :).

[MattTheSpratt]

Well you certainly had me fooled.

What video editing program do you use, Vegas?

[Seahawk0027]

I used my GBA tile editor usenti to create the text.

I used the "logo" filter on VirtualDub to put on the text. Since that overlays only one static image over the screen, and will do so for the entire video clip, I had to split the video clip into around 90-ish pieces in order to make the appearance of adding/deleting text.

I did this by hand, frame by frame. Took forever, but if it fooled you into thinking it was from the actual game, then I do not think that my efforts were wasted ^^.

[MattTheSpratt]

Oh, definitely not in vain.

[shalpp]

Play the gradius deluxe pack for ps1 and the voices are alot clearer

ITS LIKE HE'S IN YOUR EARS TELLING YOU WHAT'S GOING ON :3