Gradius (NES) Full Run with No Deaths (No Miss)

[@davidsawyer2299]

I remember as a kid growing up, my Dad used to play this game all the time. Absolute technophobe he was, wouldn't go on the internet, wouldn't play any other game, but he would always break out Gradius every now and then. Never managed to beat the game, never could get past level 7. He always used to say to me "I'm sure that level 7 is the last level, there's no way that it could get any harder." Sure enough he was right. Seeing this video I think what he was doing wrong is that he never thought to switch the laser for the double for the final level. 30 years he played that game, never occurred to him to try that. He's gone now though, before his time :( Would have loved to have seen his face if he ever beat the game, think he would have done eventually

[@Hyperion5566]

David Sawyer Jesus; I’m tearing up.

[@tdogable]

Your dad sounds like an awesome guy haha

[@itzzzsss]

Same here but with an uncle. I'd navigate while he shot. It took over 50 tries but we beat it

[@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69]

(presses F to pay respects)

[@Spooksta777]

Sounds like you need to do it for your dad bro! X

[@Rocabear]

Thank goodness for KZbin because I would’ve never in my life seen the ending to this. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@larryshin7086]

What about a game geine?

[@angelinef.3637]

Used to play Gradius with my older brother in the 80s. He was great with all the games. Recently found an original Nintendo NES and bought him and me a console each. He played Gradius like he never stopped all those years in between, still good at it! Sadly Bro passed from cancer last August2021. Will share this video with his two young sons. When I watch this video it’s like I was watching how my bro used to play. Thank you for this! I’ll have to play it once again in his honor and maybe challenge his boys to a game too. Like we used to do during our childhood.

[@PEG]

Thank you for sharing your story!

[@Drummafolife]

I remember this game being so f'ing hard. I felt so accomplished when I finally made it to those asshole bubble shooting statues and never made it past

[@juliusdickerson7167]

Me too. Broke my first controller to this game.

[@nicktod6117]

and now they make SP 2 gradius for switch there's second and third loop and its harder than the OG

[@flankerbanker1467]

I hate the Moai stage, too. Everytime I completed the stage, I only have one life left, mainly because the stupid Moai heads keep shooting rings at me.

[@matrixandraia]

Hahaha. I used to play this game all the time on our NES in the 80s. Most memorable moment - my dad was the first of us to reach the final stage, and we didn't know about the gate at the end, so it closed on him and he had to play again. =D

[@PEG]

+MatrixAndrAIa Lol the same thing happened to me the first time I got to the end. Damn gate!

[@itzzzsss]

MatrixAndrAIa this game was with me and uncle back in the days. He'd shoot while I navigated

[@Eugenesis-g4l]

I was just playing this and that shit happened to me that's why I came to youtube to see the ending (Which I was at apparently............damn it)

[@lavigne4520]

@@PEG are you a guy or a woman

[@PEG]

Guy

[@MrSecretny]

AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS OF NOT SEEING THIS GAME I REMEMBER THE LEVEL 1 TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@APRILtheCowardlyGamer]

Me too!!!!!!!

[@Andrecio64]

Me too

[@pauloazuela8488]

Yeah me too

[@aquamidideluxe5079]

The composer for this game was only 17 years old when the game came out, and it was the first game she ever composed for. It's also one of the earliest games I can think of that has a song playing during the level. What a debut!

[@Poksutin]

instant memories :D i think i never passed level 6 :O

[@Frostie1208]

Wow!! One of my favorite NES games of all time! I beat this game like 3 times! As a girl I thought I could NEVER do it! My parents and siblings would sit around me and watch me play it..the key was to choose the correct fire power for each level. This game took me on a journey that I'll never forget and it's 40 years later...The good Memories are too many to count!

[@davezorc]

Beating this game when I was 10 years is still the greatest achievement in my life. The only way to beat this game is with no deaths. If you die in a later level you're never going to power up again.

[@youmemeyou]

zorchy • 6mo ago : Gradius

[@noirrain6005]

I used to record with a Walkman the games I beat. I recorded the songs playing at the ending and would have a beat game list saved using windows 3.1 note and a diskette. Good days.

[@HoChiMints2007]

Beautiful game. And you are a beautiful person with a beautiful playthrough. PERFECT

[@0532MOET]

Wow

[@DiegoLuisMi]

Wholesome

[@Persac7]

Gay

[@AspiePilo82]

wasn't that perfect u wanker.

[@fancychipss]

Man, everyone here playing this game in their childhood. I just discovered it and I'm obsessed. Im glad it gets to be part of my childhood as well.

[@parzival8331]

Aye yo same. I'm 18 years old.

[@kinoepigrafe]

I discovered it just a few years back at 20-ish old as part of a loose bundle of NES games I got with the console, been one of my favorites on the system ever since. It's amazing how a game that's almost four decades old can still feel so kinetically pleasing in terms of gameplay.

[@EskoMorko_]

I still remember, when i played this the very first time back in 1990.

[@ItsYaBoiV]

My dad used to blaze through this and R-Type, and to this day I've never beaten either one. I get anxious just watching this. 😂

[@EngPheniks]

This and Life Force were awesome.

[@driveninja]

never finished this game as a kid. did it last night on my nes mini. so satisfied

[@brentv8258]

I play this game when I was 6 and I finished Gradius using UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A B A.. and I am 38. Solomon's key, Galaga, Satanden, I think my father buys 100+ famcom games since 1982. . And he also like and a fan of Solomon's key. :) Great video and I love Family Computer..

[@TokyoMachine]

👀

[@DTM-Books]

At 1:40, if you back your spaceship into the right corner of the giant rock, you'll score some hidden bonus points. There are lots of hidden surprises like that in Gradius.

[@Colonel-Llama]

daniel thomas You don't get bonus points, you get a 1up.

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@@Colonel-Llama Yes you can also get bonus points man not only 1 Up.

[@Jonathane20012]

You earned my respect. I never got to experience it past the 4th stage. Awesome work.

[@sadderfroggerch.7135]

This is the first time I’ve Seen somebody beat this

[@chrismadagames]

My god I remember this game back in my youth! Those Easter Island heads shooting out blue rings instantly gave me a nostalgia rush! Bought this game on eBay just this second! Can't wait to play again and relive some memories! :-)

[@PEG]

+chrismadagames Glad you rediscovered this awesome game, have fun!

[@AstoriaGaming]

Whoever did this, absolute legend

[@hell-yeah8776]

Thank you for the notes. Here I wonder how can you fire so fast without turbo. My thumbs sore after playing this game. Also I'm not a big fan of laser weapon. I need a good reflex to deal with enemies and I'm really clumsy with shumps. Double is better for me as it covers more area, so I don't have to manuever too much.

[@kingquanforeal4632]

Highest level I got to was 3 ur a legend my friend

[@Romchikthelemon]

Opening tune is so cosmic man... One of the best things 8 bit has ever created...

[@bgcreations6995]

This Game was hard. Thanks for the memories. For a second I went back to 1989.

[@LMRH30]

Now that's impressive

[@nickz20]

In gradius 3 i really love the soundtrack of the Moai stage😊

[@tenzintsenpey5274]

He missed the 1up by touching the boulder by tail

[@jeffwu78]

Thank you for this playthrough! This is how the game is meant to be played, and still be human! I had to look through 4 other playthroughs which were played in an extremely boneheaded way of getting so many speed ups at the beginning, instead of the more rational missile, option, etc. I couldn’t think of any reason why someone would do this due to the danger of crashing, but now I suspect they were cheating and playing at much slower speed, thus needing the speed up to not feel so slow in real life, and then they sped up the video later for uploading to KZbin.

[@gabrielmacias4466]

I grew up its sad 😭 I remember playing this game when I was young

[@mdtorres_76]

My teenage years playing Nintendo Family Computer... lots of memories... and its confirmed that playing these games can help & maintain good mental health, on average/moderate playtime. Just balance it.

[@DoomerGEX]

The early age of bullet hells. Laser HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

[@Peter_1986]

Double is better when there are lots of enemies everywhere. I generally use Double on the stages, and Laser on the bosses.

[@SirJimmers1]

Ahh, Gradius! So many memories!

[@Butucu128]

NES classic edition conformed

[@PEG]

Correct. All of my nes videos are played on a real nes with the real carts. I don't use emulators or nes classic edition.

[@milesromanus7041]

If you liked it, you should try Dominus Solaris. It's a new shoot em up game similar to this with pixel art graphics mixed with modern lighting

[@davidr1620]

Full run with no deaths is redundant. If you die once, you're pretty much screwed.

[@19Szabolcs91]

Depends where, if you somehow die at the beginning parts of the stage, you can still recover :D Or you can use the Konami code to get back your upgrades. I know, it's technically cheating, but you might as well do it if you want to keep practicing the later parts of the game without basically having to start from the beginning after each death.

[@alazdemirkiran6482]

@@19Szabolcs91 what is the Konami code may i ask?

[@19Szabolcs91]

@@alazdemirkiran6482 Up up down down left right left right B A.

[@USER_S4V4NT]

im trying to remake this game in java just as a personal experiment

[@o0oanaboliccamelo0o86]

I remember when first time t past that trapped last level and i met the final boss and i was scare to think he’s unbeaten but bro was a dead brain 🧠😂😂🤣

[@ratboy3679]

I'm playing this on the switch..I had no idea I'm about to beat the game...I thought it was just an unforgiving game with mega levels. I figured games from the 80's don't mess around, get good is the only option.

[@jackburton6239]

Me too. Can you beat it without save states? That is my goal.

[@filipino113]

Also the switch version drops you in like loop 4 for some odd reason. An inexperienced player would get demolished at the giant face stage

[@tubeviewerX20]

This is my first time seeing Gradius 1 and I’m surprised there isn’t more variety among the stage bosses. But still fun to watch, good playthrough.

[@jarobano]

Josuke likes this

[@johnathanrobinzine9030]

I like that oldschool arcade gardious 1983 Nes nes games 1983 is very good year

[@久保田勉-f5x]

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[@coinbuyer-gk7pq]

Just played this game on an emulator for first time since playing it on console about 15 years ago. I think I made it to the second level on console. Used state save abuse like crazy in order to beat this game on the emulator and it was very fun. Ended up with a score of 256,200. Quite short of yours as you are obviously a complete master at this game. I eventually figured out I couldn't have all the upgrades and had to leave one by the wayside. I got the 3 speedups as you did. I decided any more than that was too fast. For the majority of the game, however, I chose the double instead of the laser and now see that is not the smartest choice except for that last level. Lots of those rock arm monsters on level 5 I simply evaded rather than destroyed, for instance. You only needed 2 shield replacements whereas I needed about 7 or 8. Major props to you! Oh! and the music from the 2nd part of level 4 here is some of the best video game music I have ever heard! And I have played about 100 NES/SNES games. Rivals much of the music Capcom came up with for their Mega Man series. The chord progression in this Gradius 4-2 is a little similar to "Elecman" in the first Mega Man for NES.

[@PEG]

Thanks! I totally agree with you about the stage 4 music, it's awesome. If you like that you should definitely check out the hidden remix track from the arcade version of Gradius III: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqa8fJt9a7B4g9U. It's amazing!

[@0532MOET]

Does this game even have a 2nd stage? They might have figured no one is going to get past the 1st stage so lets not even bother putting any others in

[@rafaellima83]

WHAT?

[@fench1234567]

yes, the loops get more filled with bullets

[@jacklongman3907]

It has 7 stages.

[@laalmirchi9290]

I never saw the last level.

[@iwanaGoFast2010]

This game sucks. Life force is the game you want to play.

[@Firefox13A]

Played the Hell out of this growing up. I have it on an emulator still.

[@derekdavidson6738]

That's a decent run. At the end of level 2, you don't have to move at all if you sit just off the bottom left corner with the options above you. Also, you can position yourself to sit between the missiles from the ships at the end of the levels without having to move. And also, this game can be completed like you did WITHOUT a shield.

[@Persac7]

But just to be safe lol

[@lynseyyoung9440]

So did anyone else ever get this...I went into some kind of hyperdrive where the heads were spinning through space. Some secret level. Anyway it surprised me and I died. Then it went back to normal play. I only ever managed to get there once.

[@thunderblade0816]

Kill the boss 5 sec below and you will warp drive 👍 As long as the core dont turn blue You can enter warp 👍

[@Bloodrayne800]

This and Lifeforce on the NES, loved these games

[@Dociletapeworm]

Peg boy?! In my suggested lol. I’m surprised you didn’t know the auto fire trick. Nice run. What’s “no miss” mean? I thought you were gonna hit every enemy.

[@PEG]

Hey tapeworm nice to see ya. No miss means no deaths. Japanese term.

[@silvereloking6149]

Even playing on emulator with save this is hard game

[@Lane8492]

When it came to the talisman statue level, I didn't spare those talisman statues because I would obliterate many as possible when I first played this game.

[@80siix]

beast mode activte

[@vincentjance7424]

The most difficult and fascinating computer game to win up to the last stage of the game.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Gradius wasn’t perfected until Gradius III on SNES and Gradius V on PS2.

[@wedasantika6079]

Somehow certain stage is skipped Replaced with faster scroll with bunch of unkillable head enemies

[@nautilus2612]

If you defeat the first boss as soon as its core turns blue you will go to the warp zone and skip the second stage If you destroy a lot of moai in the third stage you'll get the warp zone again and skip the fourth stage There are other skips as well but I never got them

[@iskenderzz4789]

KAZUHİSA HASHİMOTO thank you ...:)

[@badmanskill1112]

I still have PTSD from the sound of the ship blowing up when I used to play. Because once that happens you're done.

[@ѕт8858]

This game is a jjba reference.. What

[@kensnow7837]

This game is so nostalgic of my chidhood. The sounds, the colors, whew!! My most favorite game of all though I've played computer games with superb graphics years after to this day.

[@aquamidideluxe5079]

16:44 That wall at the end is evil.

[@sweetmeraki15]

I've only arrived to that Moai level, finally I know how hard the next levels are 😭

[@djmeagaaim17]

I finally got past that level this year. I played a little bit of level 5 on a friends save acidentally. I was not too bad. I do think that level 3 is one of the hardest levels in the game.

[@itzzzsss]

Me and my uncle use to play this all the time

[@soysauce4223]

Damn the soundtrack.

[@salvatoredangelo7026]

Thanks this was one of the first game o got when I got my nes for my 13th birthday thanks grandma😁😁😁

[@marioman2158]

Wow this game is unbreakable like a diamond. Truly a shining experience. If just echoes through my head over and over

[@bobbypotato4598]

IS THIS.... A JOJO REFERENCE

[@urbankouter9488]

I play this game till this day. I have all of the parta for my psp, so called Gradius collection. My fav part is the one you play. Its funy how i always got to the last stage without knowing if there is more. I was always like "Cmon this hase to be the last stage its to hard to be harder". I guess i was right.

[@nikko]

UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A B A SELECT START

[@Vivix__]

Not long ago I randomly stumbled across the song about that code. I had no idea what I was watching until I saw the game and it all struck me. The sudden influx of nostalgia, the memories of playing this as a kid in Lebanon, it's like I opened an invisible door of my being.

[@badterrorist9384]

This game damages my brain with all those moving things

[@uglefisken]

Wow this is crasy skills..!! Awesome video Mr PEG!! =)

[@greenlantern1123]

Love this game.. played it back in the day! Arcade 1 up get it on one of your cabs!!

[@jakeerediano7237]

Wow!!!! you are amazing for finishing the game.....thumbs up!!!

[@aremafcxboboiboydaun6977]

Score 565,700pts

[@eschdler666]

This is by far my most favourite NES game. I used to play all night and day at the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s. Although my dad would beat me all the time😂

[@awakenedsoul2638]

I never finished this Gradius when I was a Kid but I finished Gradius II many times because I had memorized the game and it had the famous Konami Cheat 30 lives. Gradius was so hard for me as a kid. What the game made even harder is that when your ship explodes, you will move back two steps backwards where you came from. I do not know how many stages this game have but I think the farthest I reached was half of stage 7 and if I remember correctly I only reached it as a kid twice or two times! Stage three the Moai Stage was always the stage where I end my campaign trying to finish the game. I played this game on my Family Computer the original first version of the Family Computer where the two controllers is attached at the back of the computer, cannot be removed and the controllers are put at the side of the computer. I still my fake tape of this game. I wish I had the second and third game Salamander III the last game for the Family Computer. When said I finished Gradius II I only borrowed the tape from my Aunt to my Papa's side. One of these days, I will play this game again through emulator.

[@purpletylenol7787]

my freaking childhood man.

[@williambaldwin9346]

You could beat the game in under 18 minutes ? Wow, kinda awesome in a way. I remember Robocop on the NES, I could finish that game in half hour in total. Kinda miss real quick games like that.

[@aremafcxboboiboydaun6977]

Konami Code Cheat👇👇👇 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Press Start Try, man👌👌👌

[@Krusty-j7d]

Esos sonidos te transportan ala infancia...

[@helgenx]

I played this game a lot in the 80's when I was a kid, it gave me anxiety as an adult.

[@macm78theofficialchannel60]

If im not mistaken but this is not strikers 1945, not aero fighters and not even ace combat. Gradius is the significant space game in history for 34 years. Just for example, neil Armstrong left his mark on the moon, japanese left theur mark on Americans in pearl harbor 1941, Christopher columbus left his mark on american island, that's significant. I guess vic viper left the mark on bacterion brain even gofer the brain too. #Gradius

[@christoff124]

NES games difficulty are the equivalent of legendary difficult of todays machines... i beat this at the age of 7. its crazy. one of my proudest gaming moments.

[@gonzisonsbc]

This looks a lot like Life Force.

[@Sniffzoer]

+gonzisonsbc yeah ive always seen life force as a sequel to this, even though i played life force first lol

[@gonzisonsbc]

Sniffzoer They are both great games.

[@SpiralPegasus]

Life Force is a sequel to Gradius, and even runs on the same game engine.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

This game was before life force and it was both made by konami

[@JZX1985]

if you play zone of enders 2! Vic Viper AKA Gradius is Playable Option when in versus mode! if my memory serves me well!

[@ivanscissorhands2008]

Nice game. Once i knew life force i went crazy 😊

[@Natsu25100]

In the original arcade, You can get for up to 4 option drones. But in this version, it was reduced to only 2. I presume that it was due to NES cartridge limitations.

[@stickytheory]

if u pause it and press up down legt right than u will get s power up

[@gamechanger8908]

I always remember games back then were very short, so to make the game to have the illusion of being very long and accomplishing they made it very difficult.

[@jlolear60]

Great game! I just can't stand the boss music, it drives me nuts.

[@Horrorfreak106]

One of the worst NES ending of all time. Spent hours on this game and got that ending and flipped my shit. Fuck this game lol the 2nd one is 100x better honestly.

[@hisako5223]

Gradius 🤩🤩 im really miss this game Gradius Gradius 2 and Gradius 3 Also Lifeforce/salamander😅

[@jay-markadriano7601]

Finally I would be able to see what's beyond stage 3, haha

[@billyboutdoors9947]

Broke my first controller playing this game back in 87 … I was 7 . Extremely hard game

[@esathegreat]

Better than the arcade

[@greenlantern6662]

So this is the first original Gradius?

[@masterlee1988]

Yes.

[@DiamondSylva1]

I been playing this games so many years and I never finish it Wow playing like pro U are pro Hope I can finished it since wit ur tip

[@mopbrothers]

Something about these games resembles a bad dream. They’re weirder than carrots playing a piano.