Gradius III - Very Difficult, Again

I told myself all those years ago I wouldn't do this again...........whoops.
On the bright side it's great to finally have this game not looking like a VHS tape.

[@EndymionMkII]

On one hand, why did you torture yourself again. On another hand, holy shit a new Gradius game full run video by you.

[@Seahawk0027]

After doing two loops of Gradius II a few months ago, I couldn't resist. I also wanted a GIII run posted that didn't look like an old VHS tape like my original one.

[@SuperViperT302]

Do you also plan on redoing Gradius I?

[@Persac7]

Your the one who made the ost

[@Persac7]

Lol on another hand

[@LeonVHelsing]

If you're going to redo another Gradius game, please let it be an easier one like Gaiden as a breather.

[@kevin12567]

Never seen that glitch with Vulture Dragon before...looked like it self-destructed prematurely and the game thought it was still alive until the time-out period expired!

[@SotarV2]

Ok Crystal Labrynth looks insanely hard.

[@MVC2fan1]

It was. Trust me

[@METAL1ON]

The labyrinth became easy it was the crystal rush that was the hard part, it is the worst thing I have ever come up against in a game and the level 10 just made things insane I never did beat that one.

[@PikangsFutaba]

OMG!!! You did it again. Looks better this version compared to the old one, I love this game (maybe because it's a game I like to put to my bros. when they like to piss me off, and this is a good counterstrike for that).

[@Persac7]

SNES version is newer actually

[@azure1474]

Goddamn, you really made it through the crystal labyrinth on your second try

[@TheSpectre2300]

Awesome run man! OMG Option Hunter came at the worst time vs Shadow gear! I was very intrigued by your decision to go with tail gun for as long as you did.

[@Seahawk0027]

For most of the game you don't need so much fire power in the frontal direction.

love the vids

[@blank5210]

Great vid. thanks

[@gonzalezboy06]

Awesome run

[@TotemSP2]

Ooh! My birthday's come early! Like, less than a week even.

[@ezuthealien9330]

You make it look so easy though. I cannot get past Fire Scramble, and you make it look like a walk in the park.

[@Persac7]

Not rlly

[@Shepardus]

Great run, you're very brave for tackling the bonus stages after the rest of the grueling ordeal! What happened on the stage 7 boss? Why did the second form just blow up and leave you hanging for a minute?

[@Seahawk0027]

I used the Mega Crash to insta-kill the boss and I guess the game logic didn't pick it up, so it was stuck there until the boss encounter timed out.

[@Persac7]

Ok

[@roetemeteor]

@@Seahawk0027 You know, on retrospect, that's just a good time to open up another beer and to relax for a second. That's actually an interesting concept for a shooter. You get breaks after hard ordeals that lets you stretch or hydrate.

[@METAL1ON]

Ok what did you do with the vulture dragon?

[@SuperViperT302]

... might I ask why you chose to go through the bonus stages? Other than that, nice to see you took on this game again. Any other Gradius games you plan on returning to/trying to do?

[@Seahawk0027]

I did them for completionist's sake. I wouldn't know what to do next with Gradius. I've beaten all the mainline games. Maybe Salamander 2 someday...

[@SuperViperT302]

Salamander 2 2-ALL might be pretty nice, but idc what you choose to do.

[@SuperViperT302]

Out of curiosity, why did you stop doing subtitles for the ending songs?

[@musican67557]

I always get killed at the rock section in stage 3. Any tips?

[@IgorWelkenbach]

I'm getting my ass beaten by it in the PSP compilation

[@KrazyScruffy9001]

How long did it take you to practice and get back into the game? Super impressive that you pulled it off TWICE now. I can only make it to stage 3 in the nerfed Asian version where they remove tons of enemies and you only lose your options when you die.

[@Seahawk0027]

I played one or two good sessions daily ever since doing my last run of Gradius II, so around 2 months.

[@Austinc5904]

When will you do very easy (i bet that will last hours)

[@josormeno]

Next game???

[@johnnyace2287]

Those lions look really corny.

[@trainlooper]

15:42 ~ 16:30 by SEGA

[@TheSpectre2300]

At 42:20 You picked up two capsules and the meter only advanced one spot. How did you do that?

[@SuperViperT302]

That's a glitch in the arcade version of the game. Grabbing two power up capsules at the same time only counts as one grabbed in this version. This was patched in the PS2 and PSP versions.

[@budiramadyanto6148]

1991

[@marioghernandez4960]

Oi Hawkie

[@Khorne_on_the_Kob]

What version is this? I've played the SNES version and it's nothing like this

[@Seahawk0027]

The original arcade version.

[@Nestalgba92023]

@@Seahawk0027 So, did you play it on PS2, PSP? Or on an Mame?

[@johnnyace2287]

Why did he get transport to 1985 when hit at the end??

[@Bloodreign1]

Johnny Ace, only 1 fireball from the final boss can kill you, one warps you to a bonus Gradius 1 Stage 1, the other warps you to Salamander stage 1 as a bonus. Of course any powerups you had prior to the warps is stripped off of you, and you have to do the last checkpoint again.

[@Persac7]

SNES is better

[@Judgment]

27:15 - Can someone explain what happened here?

[@tailsfan109_SonicSFM_Gamer]

It looks like Seahawk used a mega crush (The ! at the end of the power bar), and that seemed to insta-kill the boss's second form. As for being stuck after... game error?

[@Persac7]

@@tailsfan109_SonicSFM_Gamer seems like a good glitch so you can skip

[@hirokurobane9145]

Scramble gameplay?