SOTM July 2023 - Gradius Gaiden

[daskrabs]

PS1 Exclusive (Mister or emulation is fine)

(name/ship/score/platform/stage)

1. daskrabs - Lord British - 409,470 - PS1- Stage 6(boss)
2. Beelzebub - Vic Viper - 372,080 - PS1 - Stage 6
3. opt2not - Jade Knight - 276,040 - Mister - Stage 5
4. Dogg - Lord British- 168,420 - MiSTer - Stage 4
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[Neodogg]

You must have woken up with a boner this morning didn’t you?

 

[daskrabs]

 

[daskrabs]

Seriously tho, after 5 straight years of trying to get ya'll to play this shit, it feels great.

 

[Neodogg]

Don’t know about all this hype, seems to be a lot going on on the screen at once…put a couple credits n the Mister:


Dogg/Lord British/89,530/MiSTer/2(boss)

 

[Beelzebub]

Beelzebub- Vic Viper - 211,220 - PS1 - Stage 4

 

[opt2not]

opt2not - Jade Knight - 208,350 - Mister - Stage 4

 

[Neodogg]

Small bump… went the top route on stage 2. That boss seems like the showgirl in Paradius Da!



@opt2not what again is the black mister box with the spinner?

 

[Beelzebub]

Beelzebub - Vic Viper - 372,080 - PS1 - Stage 6



Had a great run, and didn't lose a single life until Stage 6. Then I had a dumb death about halfway through and sadly never recovered.

 

[opt2not]

@opt2not what again is the black mister box with the spinner?

That’s the MiSTerCade Remote. The knob is for volume control and buttons for coins, menu, core reset, pause. You can also connect SNAC adapters directly to it.



Pretty great add-on for cabinet users.

 

[daskrabs]

daskrabs - Lord British - 217,310 - PS1- Stage 4(boss)

 

[Ghaleon]

This game is fantastic. Took days when I picked it up earlier this year but am stuck on Loop #4, gets really really ridiculous.

Glad you guys are playing it!

Hg101 has a great article on this if anyone is curious, was how I discovered it. Def my fav shooter.

 

[ggallegos1]

My arpicade has this ROM on it but it runs like trash and shifts the picture in my cab. If these games keep coming up I'll likely end up going the MiSTer route to replace it, it looks fun!

 

[Neodogg]

Finally got to stage 3 and broke 100k

 

[Neodogg]

Got to stage 4! Not too bad for just having hand surgery…

 

[Beelzebub]

Got to stage 4! Not too bad for just having hand surgery…
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Dang, I hope you heal up quickly man!

 

[daskrabs]

Let Dogg be an example to the rest of you that haven't shown up.

"Destroy them all!"

 

[daskrabs]

daskrabs - Lord British - 308,050 - PS1- Stage 5(boss)

 

[daskrabs]

This game is kicking my ass. 1CC seems pretty far off at this point. Thoughts so far?

 

[Neodogg]

I like it but does have a learning curve. I find it difficult at times to repower after death.

 

[daskrabs]

I find it difficult at times to repower after death.

That should be the Gradius series tagline.

 

[opt2not]

Oof, I need to work on my Stage 5 play.

opt2not - Jade Knight - 276,040 - Mister - Stage 5

 

[daskrabs]

daskrabs - Lord British - 409,470 - PS1- Stage 6(boss)

 

[opt2not]

Nicely done @daskrabs
I'm going to try to make another attempt before the end of the month. Love this game, disappointed to see not as much participation this month for it.