Gradius III Arcade - Full Run on Very Difficult (1/8)

グラディウスＩＩＩ ~ 伝説から神話へ ~
Gradius III ~ From Legend to Myth
© 1989 Konami

Part 1/8 of the full run of Gradius III on the hardest difficulty.
Machine settings:

Difficulty: Very Difficult/Hardest
Bonus: 1st at 20000 and then every 70000
Starting stock: 3

Ok people, this is it. One of the hardest shooter games ever conceived. Played on its hardest setting.
Clearing this game was without a doubt the most difficult thing I've ever achieved in my gamer's life.

People say this game is the hardest in the series, and way overly unfair. I have to disagree. Gradius IV on hardest is much much harder than this. People say this game is too long. I then direct you to Gradius V, which has fewer levels, but each level can be a 10+ minute ordeal. And woe be upon you if you die in either of those games =).

This video covers levels 1 and 2, Desert and Bubble stages. Level 1 on hardest becomes much much harder than on normal mode....but beyond that, I think that the game remains more or less the same.

**TIPS**
-PICK FORCE FIELD. NOT SHIELD. NOT FREE SHIELD. FORCE FIELD. Force field takes 6 hits (as opposed to 3 in other titles), and you're going to be under attack from every direction right from the start, so shield is not going to do anything for you.

-DO NOT DIE. If you die anywhere that's not level 4, level 9, or the end of the game, please reset, as recovery is impossible. I said this for the other Gradius games too, but it is especially important here! DON'T DIE!

-PRACTICE. You have to know what is coming. Make a plan, and stick with it.

-DO NOT EQUIP LASER BEFORE THE FIRST BOSS. If you do, the boss sand ball attack becomes much much faster.

-DO NOT EQUIP FORCE FIELD BEFORE THE SECOND BOSS. If you do, the boss becomes very unpredictable, erratic, and fast.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Gradius
• III
• Arcade
• Full
• Run
• Rank
• Playthrough
• Very
• Difficult
• gradius3
• グラディウス
• グラディウス3
• グラディウスIII

[SonicHedgehogX101]

Are You Using The Emulator Or The Arcade Machine Or The PS2?

[Seahawk0027]

I'm using MAME version .128.

[Bloodreign1]

Gotta commend you for taking care of one of my favorite horis and Gradius titles in 1 credit. It's quite a beast of a game, one I enjoy playing from time to time on my PS2 with slowdown off, makes Big Core MKIII a nice adventure.

[Seahawk0027]

Thanks.

"A nice adventure" is certainly a good way to put it!

Pretty much the game can be divided into three sections

1. Everything before Big Core Mk. III

2. Everything after, until Crystal Stage

3. Crystal Stage and beyond

[oniontrain]

How in the world do you get it to display the track names in game, or did you add that later?

[Seahawk0027]

I added it later during video editing. They are not present in the game.

[Geo1072]

Every time it looks like you're gunna die you do the matrix.

[Statchfx]

I'll toot my own horn here. I'm a bad ass at these types of games, but watching you play makes me feel like I've never played before. lol, awesome work dude.

[Aureliants]

Lovvvvveeeee this game, i lost it sadly, but spend tons of hours in it.

[edgeninja]

Couple years ago, I traded in the SNES Gradius III for the PS2 version because I heard the latter (which was, in turn, based on the arcade version) had two extra levels and removed the slowdown. I regret that decision. The original Gradius III is CRAZY hard, even on the easiest difficulty setting. 

[Kurayamiblack]

I love watching you play this, because you make almost all the exact same decisions I do and at all the same times. There were a few things you do better than me however, like going OVER the Stage 2 Boss at the beginning of the fight. That usually gets me killed. I go over and around him, I never just sit there at the top. Though, I might try perfecting that now... Or maybe my version is just messed up, your version might have a higher flight roof than mine.

[Theshark15z]

I've played Gradius V, Dam my mind was numb, it was so long, there are so many tight space you have to go through, very narrow, So many obstacles that you must manuever over. The only great thing about the game is there is no Option theif and you respawn from where you die rather then from the beginning or a check point.

[mario19885]

1:13

[mario19885]

I love that coin insert sound!

DundundunDunDUNDUUUUUUN!!!

[somahiru]

... D....D.... Did you beat this game, in Hardest....

I think I'll watch all of this with an awestruck face.

[stmaryanacortes]

what a pro!