Gradius V Loop10 Stage 1

[oneupdawg]

4:23 ....W....T....F

[juliowong]

5 guys were killed at the begining of that Stage...

[GodxOfxObelisk]

I bought this game off eBay (19.50 or so with S+H) just to see how small Vic Viper's death box is, because this guy seems to either be using a cheat code or it's box is needle-sized...wtf?!

I love Gradius...

[Quartrez]

@GodxOfxObelisk The hitbox in Gradius V is indeed very small. I think it only consists of the cockpit.

[farmerjohn2689]

are you sure you are a HUMAN and not a ROBOT?

[torm223300]

Damn, this is really insane. Other shmups that I thought are just as difficult than Gradius V Loop 10 to 256 are Progear No Arashi, Darius Gaiden Super Hard Mode, and Thunder Force V Master Mode. But still, I liked this one better!

[poopskinTheLiar]

Zelos Force, Zelos Force everywhere!

the 'BWAAAAAGH!' voice clip from Salamander is a nice touch.

[MichaelCapelle]

AND THAT IS JUST LEVEL ONE?

*faint!*

[Beefandcereal]

I FUCKING LOVED THIS GAME!!! IT IS THE BEST GAME EVER, PERIOD!!!!!!

i truly miss this game, i 've been dying to play it for so long, when i used to own it i played it like it was my job! my save had over 500hours on it. Watching this makes me wanna get it again, I played this on hardest mode and it was fugging FANTASTIC!!!

[ratedEG]

was this a stictly JAP title? Im thinking of getting swap magic to play some of these if so.

[bandman232]

@ratedEG No Need they made this for the US too :D

[andreicavoleau]

Yeah Type-4 is the best !!!

OMG GG man you are the best :P

[hotfuzz39]

i can never play this properly probably because im used to gradius 3

[arasta9999]

wow, i don't know which shooter to buy, gradius v, ikaruga, raiden 3, or some gun hell game imported by CAVE

[infesticon]

Gradius V then raiden 3, Dont bother with Ikaruga. It's heartbreaking especialy considering it's suposed to be the sequal to radient silvergun.

[lespinasse100]

ikaruga and gradius 5 are best.

[gleneth00]

=o !!!!!

[Jink5]

RICO!!! You know what to do!

LOL, I'm astonished, the way you must have figure that staying like that in the middle would have avoided all shots..! Man you are truly hard-core. ;)

But one question: D-pad or L-stick?

[legendarysannin65]

type 4 weapons. great game^^

[SpazzDog]

what console is that for?

[enoching7]

i'm wondering if this is better than R-type final

[str8kila]

both games are awesome gradius 5 is more challenging and the way u use the options now called multiples is ingenious in gradius 5. On the other hand R-type had over a hundred ships u can unlock so i don't know maybe gradius 5

[masterkill107]

gradius v is way intense

[zhangliubao]

which platfom is this, PS2 or PS3?

[tempkn145]

PS2

[mightycowhero]

this game kicks so much ass.

[Zeldarocks42]

h-how???

[MaradanPuck]

Wow, you're very good mate. :)

[SchwaWarrior]

I wish I had any human worth like you... :( Wow.

[aliultimate009]

will i'm like him .

[masterkill107]

you mean vic viper?

[aliultimate009]

which one of my comments did you replied to me ? to know on how to answer your question please

[trydowave]

is this the ps2 version?

[uouvictuorxD]

yes

[aliultimate009]

yes

[TranceDevotee]

my word! i have trouble beating this stage on normal difficulty :P

[aliultimate009]

don,t worry just use the following weapons ( spread bomb - double - laser and rotating type ) and keep the good work and take care .

[Scorponoks]

wow when ur playing stage 1 loop 10 ur doing it the easy way

[blastermine]

u know how the hit box in gradius 5 is incredibly tiny. Thats good finally the vic viper has armor

[strangebeavis]

Tiny hit boxes make me happy.

[Individual111]

Holy mother of crap, I'll go build a church in your honor.

[Barbabapan]

Lol!

[SofaPlushie]

*gawk* THIS is stage ONE?! O_O; hoooly cow...very well done *bow*

[ShinerCCC]

Rather conservative playing style...makes me want to unlock Loop 10 and do better >_>

[Barbabapan]

Gee, this Ironwox guy is freakin'insane as well! Chapeau!

[Clubstyler]

This is insane! As if the stage itself wasn't hard enough to beat,I mean, look at the stage boss, there are literally thousands of bullets on the screen and he dodges them all. O_o

[PandoraCanBe]

NO WAI

[6ixtynin9]

What the HELL???? It was hard enough for me in normal mode. You made it look super easy. But of course the best and most talented video game players are from Japan.

[KesorodaBlk]

No doubt about that. I remember the playthroughs of RE2 where they only used the knife all-way-through. Incredible.

[xKenzox]

So far, so good! Made in Japan, no wonder :]

[Sladge126]

I want to play with you dude, I am able to do this too^^ But maybe I need train to hurry up with you^^

[Feradg]

LOLLLLLLLLLLL, well done

[syst3m08]

wats this for ???

[red456x]

i played the game last night, i made 197th loop

[DeshawnX]

Hey just wondering about the loops..do you have to start from loop one and keep an ongoing game to increase in loops or can you start from the stage select?  Just wondering cause in most Gradius games you can use the stage select.

[topazboy]

and over

[topazboy]

Its so easy! i went to the 20th loop.

[red456x]

i made it it 34th loop

[grayfox2k]

HOLY SHIT!! so THAT'S how the first stage play on the 10th loop o_0;

dude ur amazing

[yousini]

Gradius V or Raiden III?

[dmobxxx]

This game looks insane!

[coddlebug]

how did you dodge from 4:22 to 4:42?

[stretchypants123]

In many vertical or horizontal scrolling games such as Gradius or any other similar airplance games, there are certain waves of bullets that you're supposed to just stay still and let them pass through you. If you move at all during the wave of bullets, you'll most likely get hit. But this guy is crazy for gradius gameplay!!

[IIRubenRodII]

Is a human playing this?! I can't even beat this game on hard difficulty. This is insane.

[zaggination]

WTF @ the bullet dodging on the final boss of the stage. how do u possibly dodge all those crap?!?! o.O u are insane!

[nogginzinc]

Perhaps cheating :o

Bullets appeared to pass straigh through the middle of vicviper ship numerous times.

[mikesoamez]

These Japs are the best at Shmups, I wish I could be that good some day

[KeysToMyGuitar]

I so want this game.

[CrimsonREJ]

Beautifully Played, good job! 5/5 Stars

[dimebagplan]

i prefere R-Type ships, but Gradius look 100 times better than R-Type.

More beautiful, better effects, more dynamic, more intense !

[bisexualbuffthug]

They need to make a new castlevania symphony of the night sequel exactly like this new gradius with pumped up grafix and remain 2d like this one!! I hate the new 3d versions!!! And i dont want no watered down psp 2d version either! Lets get back to the basics konami!

[Flumpansamonga]

I had a dream about a FPS Contra....

[timmyiswoot]

no u didnt

[0DW0]

I never knew they made a sequel, I was furious when it's old now (sigh).

[siyou]

2 words omfg... o wait that's 4, i guess that's just how insane it is.

[Djclyve]

It's funny to think about the sheer expense the enemy has put into destroying the vic viper. I figure every single turret costs them millions of dollars, not to mention all the ships and ammunition.

[cyberdemon666]

goddamn that was awesomeness

[Northstar1975]

Holy shit and 2 pinto beans!! That was insane!! I..I.III I don't even know what to say, but ... That was inhuman!!!!

[ofirharlev]

NO! I refuse to believe this!! O_O

IT IS ABSOLUTELY INHUMAN!!!

[DeshawnX]

Unreal...

[KamenKami]

do you guys think it would be awsome to do that in real life?...

[travelsonic]

Hell yeah!

[DuranPaladin]

What a monster. I can't even get past Loop 5.

[NetplayerD]

Beyond human.... unreal.... holy crap I think I just miscarried....

[djAsianRebirth]

holy shit. Loop 10!? Jeez. You're a beast.

[barkerville]

respect!!!!!love this game,all TREASURE shooters kick solid ass!!

[Flumpansamonga]

Isn't it Konami?

[BombermanGold]

Konami's license, Treasure's development.

[wisey1wiseone]

Woah, this looks extremely hard.

[jeebazz]

ROFL@@>,0HAHAHOMFG!!

[JohnaldChaffinch]

i was tense just watching that. i've got this game, have yet to play it :)

[Salesman]

Wait a sec. During the last time the boss started revolving and those blue beams were being shot, some of the clearly hit the ship yet the game did not register a hit. Why was that?

[Bacterions]

Because the ship in the game have a tiny hitboxe.

[villadelfia]

well, not exactly tiny (you should look at the hitboxes in danmaku shooters, THOSE are tiny) but yeah, the hitboxes are pretty small.

[CRUNKnBehindert]

AMAZING I LOVE THAT GAME (especially difficulty "easy" ;D)

[boBreak]

ABSURD!!!

[FlemNmzzzz]

LMFAO@Absurd, I have to agree, this was simply an amazing performance. I played the frick outta this game and I have to say that this is the hardest setting and this guy handed this game it's balls and asshole. Japanese will run this planet.

[ghairat]

how do you make the lasers twist around vic?

[superconheo]

wow...

[huntindog]

This.is.insane.

[goronchev]

What made it really amamzing is that he used no shield. I wonder how much he played that over and over again... wow! Another great vid from Karuyaq...

[Nintega]

The part in 4:23 was sick. No way I would of dodged all that.

[molondrongo]

Great job, dude! ^o^ The boss reminds the third boss of Ikaruga.

[shoesama]

The memorization factor of gradius isn't huge, so a little randomization would barely affect difficulty.

[Mazryonh]

If Konami really wanted to make their Gradius series harder, they'd eliminate exploits such as those used by the player here, such as randomizing ship entrance points, or make it so that options can't fire when in contact with an enemy.

[shoesama]

The high loops are already very difficult as it is, so there's no need for these changes. Besides, randomizing the levels a bit and altering fire mechanics won't really do much. Gradius isn't a shmup that really emphasizes memorization, so players don't need to remember exactly where all the enemies are or something. In other words, those modifications would barely affect difficulty.

[gtrnbm]

The last time something random was done, we received the cube rush in Gradius 3.

The Gradius series is hard enough ;)

[Mazryonh]

Are you talking about the short bit of orange and green pods that came at you just before the boss parade in Gradius III? As long as you went into that stage with at least two options, it wasn't too hard.

[gtrnbm]

Oh no.... no no no... I speak of something far more sinister...

Stage 9 of Gradius 3 (Arcade version only) presented the player with a 2 to 3 minute long barrage of invincible ice cubes. Some are harmless... but most of them will charge at you without any warning at inhuman speeds. They will make intelligent descisions as to when to charge at you, and will also lead their angle in proportion to your speed and heading. They also appear completely at random, which prevents memorization.

[FlemNmzzzz]

I would love to see said level, sounds intense.

[gtrnbm]

Search Youtube for Gradius III cube rush, and you can find Tviks' video.