Submission #55: tviks's SNES Gradius 3 in 29:20.60

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
(Submitted: Gradius 3)
baseline
Snes9x 1.43
105636
60
2829
Unknown
Gradius III (J).smc
Submitted by tviks on 7/1/2004 9:31:57 AM
Submission Comments
E. laser is used for the quick destruction of the bosses. Bonus stages were skipped for boringness and length.
Stage 2 boss was the most difficult part to do fast since it is so hard to hit him without options. Too late I noticed that I missed couple shots in that fight, so I didn't bother doing the whole run again. After all, even Morimoto missed many shots in his Gradius video ;>
Choosing Arcade-mode in options takes a while because you have to press A-button rapidly for a short moment
This game also has some really good "engrish" in the epilogue when you beat the arcade-mode :>

Bisqwit: Selecting the "Arcade" mode took indeed time - I was going to reject this movie because of it, but since you explained it, I had to try whether it really can't be done faster.
My attempt is here: https://files.tasvideos.org/common/SubmissionFiles/55S/gradius3-arcade-menuonly.smv
I managed to do it faster than you, but only marginally. I did it frame by frame, as usual.
I hope you fix it in the next version :)
This movie looks ok. I'll process it.
Last Edited by adelikat on 1/17/2022 5:29 PM
Page History Latest diff List referrers