Gradius III (Arcade) - 1CC

Old school style without webcam and my voice and with highest quality.
Japanese version, very hard difficulty, every other setting is default, 20Hz turbofire.

[@mresturk9336]

I wonder if anyone actually managed to beat this insane game back when it was released in 1989? These days you can practice to get good at the tougher stages via emulation. But back then players had to deal with this merciless monster by sacrificing coins with no continues to keep practicing the later stages.

[@plecebomc]

I'm sure there was people that did especially in Japan. Japan had clubs and groups of die hard players for stgs that would dump money or physically buy the game board even the day it came out then everyone would try to figure the game out together and once they did they went their separate ways to try to beat it their own way and log records in the arcades. I read some documentaries where some crazy hard games were completely beaten forwards and backwards within a week of it coming out and just blowing the devs minds away.

[@darrenkeady6570]

In the arcade version I got to around two levels from the end. I have this for my PS2 which is when I think I did it but almost got it finished on my PSP version. It’s mental.

[@darrenkeady6570]

This game is hard as hell. I’ve only ever finished it once in all the years I’ve played it.

[@darrenkeady6570]

Holy hell when you died in that spot and stayed in one place not getting hit at all shocked the hell out of me.

[@OmKol]

It's a broken game for sure. Some strategies don't have any sense and yet it works because of broken aiming or broken hitboxes

[@DeathFromAbove_29]

one my favorite soundtrack of this game is Easter Egg with Giant head stone🤦

[@Persac7]

Wow you must be really good to 1cc this

[@TheBLBShow]

Wow that is impressive. What would you say is the hardest game you've beaten (or tried to beat)? Because to me Gradius 3 (arcade) always seemed like one of the most difficult games to me

[@darkerfalcon3747]

Even the original Japanese version of Fire Shark is very difficult.

[@agreedboarart3188]

53:12 Wow

[@mrex666productions7]

You just reminded me of how poorly the Gunner Wall > Shadow Gear checkpoint is placed. If you die at the Shadow Gear you get thrown right back into the Gunner wall with no power ups, at which you literally can't take it out unless it timeouts.

[@NeoGee77]

why cheese the boss in lvl 3? Is there a reason as to why not destroy it? Edit: I'm working on a 1cc...this is one of the harder games I've played in years!

[@OmKol]

First phase of this boss is static and you can just do the same thing on every run. And the second one is really hard to dodge especially because second phase attack can overlap the first one. That's why I not destroy this boss - to avoid the second phase. Good luck with 1CC! It's really tough and unforgiving

[@fhebuidon2810]

GRADIUS 3 (ARCADE) 1939 ARCADE PHOTOGRAPHED IN TECHNICOLOR 01:03:01🔫💨☠️💥😤😡💢 GAME OVER! (ARCADE)✝️ GAMING REMEMBRANCE ALWAYS REMAINS OUR BELOVED

[@infinitygenealpa]

It should be playing a different music track once you get to the mini volcanoes spitting out balls of fire in Stage 3, just before the underground section being that you destroyed all the enemies in the transition point prior to the beginning of the stage.

[@darkerfalcon3747]

In order to listen the secret music "A Long Time Ago" you have to destroy that blue moving enemy placed in the bottom left of the stage: 8:03