Gradius 3 Falls.......

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Gentlemen,
I know that this thread will be insignificant to most, but it meant the world to me. When I was a child I owned this game, but could never get past the first level 8 boss. Fast forward to last December and I started playing it again. Finally beat the game (on normal) last weekend. I kept dying on the last level where the wall regenerates right on top of my ship. Finally figured it out. Although my accomplishment warrants little praise, IMHO, Gradius 3 is one of the most fantastic side scrolling shooters in existence. I love the hell out of it. A buddy of mine does not like it because of the lag that occurs when you are fully powered up, but I am not sure I would have been able to beat it otherwise.
 
Congratulations!

It's a great sense of accomplishment to finally beat something after so many years.

I did it with Zelda for NES this last year. I never put in a solid effort before (well, I did once, and got a little over half way). But I finally knocked it out when they released it on 3DS Virtual Console. I know the feeling!
 
Congratulations!

It's a great sense of accomplishment to finally beat something after so many years.

I did it with Zelda for NES this last year. I never put in a solid effort before (well, I did once, and got a little over half way). But I finally knocked it out when they released it on 3DS Virtual Console. I know the feeling!

Yes sir. Bart's Nightmare is next. I have beaten all of the levels except for the second level in the orange door (7/8 papers; B+). I took some time away from it to focus on Gradius but it will fall soon enough.
 
My fav Gradius game is Gradius: Interstellar Assault for the original Gameboy, I don't know why but there's just something about it, especially the music that make it awesome and better than any of the others for me.
 
I've been playing this game for years, even with the Contra code and easy setting I still can't beat the final boss.

Which one are you talking about? Gradius III or Interstellar Assault?
 
Which one are you talking about? Gradius III or Interstellar Assault?

Code doesn't work on Interstellar Assault AFAIK, so he must be talking about 3...which gives you all powerups when you're paused. Gotta use L+R instead of <- and -> or it won't work, it actually blows your ship up if you don't.
 
Code doesn't work on Interstellar Assault AFAIK, so he must be talking about 3...which gives you all powerups when you're paused. Gotta use L+R instead of <- and -> or it won't work, it actually blows your ship up if you don't.

I see. Well....keep at it my good man.

EDIT: I have never tried any of the codes for 3, although I have heard of them. My next goal is to defeat it on arcade mode and explore all of the hidden levels.
 
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