NES Longplay [003] Gradius (US)

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Played by: MontyMole
The first home conversion of Gradius was released for Nintendo's Famicom console on April 25, 1986, in Japan. Due to the hardware limitations of the Famicom, many of the level designs were simplified (the Moai stage, for example, lacks the vertical scrolling present in the arcade game) and the maximum amount of options that the player can upgrade to was reduced from four to two. This version added a cheat code that can be entered while the game is paused that grants the player's ship almost all the power-ups. This code would appear again in many later Konami on the NES and other consoles (such as Contra and Life Force), becoming known as the Konami Code.
The NES version of Gradius was released in North America in December 1986. It is the first NES game to have been released by Konami in the region and unlike the original arcade game, the title was kept unchanged between regions.
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[@YukoValis]

yep I played the heck out of this game when I was just a little girl. Although I went with lasers over the double. Good times.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

Even on Gradius III for the SNES, I loved using the lasers. Options were very helpful, too.

[@ikagura]

The beginning of a legend.

[@pappachook]

This looks pretty smooth for the nes. What a pilot 😊

[@dante2469]

Lo jugaba a mis 8 años 😢

[@MrZedrik3000]

о!а вот это классная игра

[@emyore9376]

Oh my. In this game, the final boss is so difficult.

[@jasonlee7816]

did you play NES Gradius once or twice then give up or keep going until you defeat boss?

[@emyore9376]

​​@@jasonlee7816I have done most of the gradius. I also played salamanders and some parodius. I like these games a lot. I was joking that the final boss in the first gradius, as in all the other chapters of the saga, does nothing

[@drawingablankesq]

World of longplays has been around for how many years now, and they are just now starting the NES? How is Gradius video 003 in 2024? Is this a reupload?

[@NikolaosGiannakidis-mu6cy]

Ee in der Schule und ich bin auch nicht so viel Zeit in der Woche zu Hause und ich bin auch nicht mehr so gut wie möglich zu sein und ich bin auch nicht mehr so viel Zeit in der Woche zu Hause und ich bin auch nicht mehr so viel Zeit in der Woche zu Hause und ich bin auch nicht mehr so viel Zeit in der Woche zu

[@Spazbo4]

we are redoing all of our lower resolution videos so they can now be in HD on youtube instead of 360p