Gradius collection for PSP

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:38 pm

Tell me that thing can't actually be damaged by sunlight.

Accutron · Post by **Accutron** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:58 pm

Dylan1CC wrote:
snap monkey wrote:My frothing demand for this Gradius collection increases!
You're fired.

(my frothing demand to punch the IGN staffer who originally said that increases)

It's 100% Infogrames' fault. IGN even publicly disavowed their use of the quote.

snap monkey · Post by **snap monkey** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:28 pm

Dylan1CC wrote:
snap monkey wrote:
Dylan1CC wrote: You're fired.

(my frothing demand to punch the IGN staffer who originally said that increases)
I will punch you in the face.
lol....er, are u an IGN staffer?

no, but shame on you for trying to rain on my parade.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:27 am

snap monkey wrote:
Dylan1CC wrote:
snap monkey wrote: I will punch you in the face.
lol....er, are u an IGN staffer?
no, but shame on you for trying to rain on my parade.

OK. We'll just blame the French this time then (Infogrames that is)

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:55 am

Many faces will be punched.
First there is the dickwad who said it.
Next is the turd who decided, "Hey, that's a good one, how about we put it on the cover!"
Then come all the God damned idiots who agreed to it.
Oh, and WTF is up with replacing the original hand-painted Ikaruga ship with some weak CG model that looks like it was made out of Play-doh? That deserves a punch in the gut, and then a jump/stomp on the groin once they're down.

Erhm... anyway, going back to another off-topic, I've tried playing a PSP while sitting outside in the sun on a park bench. Damn near impossible, the glare was blinding and the contrast between the screen and my surroundings was so high that the screen practically looked all black.

And finally, back to the original topic... Yup. Gaiden's sealed the deal for me.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:03 pm

Neo Rasa wrote: There were a bunch in this region also that, out of the box, had hairs under the screen. So apparently there's a "rub onto one's groin" station on the PSP assembly line somewhere.

Did you have to pay extra for that service?

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:55 pm

This is awesome!
I'll be a geting a PSP just for this!

When is it going to be released in Europe?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:00 pm

Does Gradius Portable allow wi-fi simultaneous multiplayer for Gaiden, like Mario Kart DS?

It would be very cool to play this thing together with other shmuppers fellow on the forum! I'm sure I'd learn a lot from the great players among you.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:50 pm

Turrican wrote:Does Gradius Portable allow wi-fi simultaneous multiplayer for Gaiden, like Mario Kart DS?

It would be very cool to play this thing together with other shmuppers fellow on the forum! I'm sure I'd learn a lot from the great players among you.

As has been stated above, Gradius Portable is single-player only. The version of Gradius Gaiden appearing in this collection is only 1 player.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:38 pm

If Konami doesn't release this collection to the states and Europe, I'd suggest we'd grab our PSPs (I don't have one, nor do I want one yet), fly to Japan, find the Konami HQ, and beat some execs over the head with Sony's PoSP.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:25 pm

Is it my idea or do the Gradius 1 sprites look slightly enhanced on the PSP?

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:24 am

FatCobra wrote:If Konami doesn't release this collection to the states and Europe, I'd suggest we'd grab our PSPs (I don't have one, nor do I want one yet), fly to Japan, find the Konami HQ, and beat some execs over the head with Sony's PoSP.

Barring some last minute stupidity on either Konami or SCEA's part, I think it will. If Gradius III&IV PS2 and Gradius V made it here then why not this?

Sweet avatar btw, is that a fan made SML sprite?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:27 pm

Haha! I got mah PSP... now all i have to do is wait.

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:26 am

A new official website is up:

http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/gra_psp/index.html

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:44 am

I love the cover art with the three older/newer ships in a hangar.

circuitface wrote:Haha! I got mah PSP... now all i have to do is wait.

What game/s did you pick up?

Random Gaiden pics, can't wait for this collection:

Gradius III

Was this dragon boss below in the arcade rev but not the SNES cart I take it? Been a long time since I dug into my Gradius III and IV disc.

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:10 am

Sweet. I actually just picked up a PSP for this (well this and SFA III Max).

Dylan1CC wrote:Was this dragon boss below in the arcade rev but not the SNES cart I take it? Been a long time since I dug into my Gradius III and IV disc.

Indeed, it's in the arcade version but not the SNES.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:19 am

It just occurred to me to wonder whether a firmware update will be required to play this game (I haven't bothered to follow how MPH firmware launcher works).. And also too lazy to search through the topic to see if anyone else mentioned it already...

Ah well.. I just might update..! I got mah GP2X for homebrew...

dark penguin · Post by **dark penguin** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:18 pm

I preordered this thru playasia....can't wait.

I wonder if the PSP will be able to handle Gradius V at some point....?

Nullsleep · Post by **Nullsleep** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:59 pm

iatneH wrote:It just occurred to me to wonder whether a firmware update will be required to play this game

This is the same thing that is worrying me. I'm dying to get my hands on this collection, but I really don't want to lose homebrew on the PSP.

Will I give up being able to play Recca, Crisis Force, Gradius I & II, etc. on the NES ... not to mention all the PCE, SNES, Neo Geo CD etc. ... just for this Gradius Collection? I don't think so.

But one way or another I am going to buy it, and hope there will be some way to play it without losing homebrew down the line. :)

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:19 am

Nullsleep wrote:Will I give up being able to play Recca, Crisis Force, Gradius I & II, etc. on the NES ... not to mention all the PCE, SNES, Neo Geo CD etc. ... just for this Gradius Collection? I don't think so.

But one way or another I am going to buy it, and hope there will be some way to play it without losing homebrew down the line.

I feel the same way. I'll probably end up buying a 2nd PSP to run at a higher firmware for new titles like this.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:03 am

Thunder Force wrote:
Nullsleep wrote:Will I give up being able to play Recca, Crisis Force, Gradius I & II, etc. on the NES ... not to mention all the PCE, SNES, Neo Geo CD etc. ... just for this Gradius Collection? I don't think so.

But one way or another I am going to buy it, and hope there will be some way to play it without losing homebrew down the line.
I'll probably end up buying a 2nd PSP to run at a higher firmware for new titles like this.

Darn you. Darn you for being rich, me being poor and the world being unfair.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:20 am

edit: Do all new Japanese PSP titles force you to update the firmware? In any case, if the firmware updates get to be too much for the hackers I'll eventially just get a Gamepark (as long as the emulation keeps progressing nicely, especially the arcade emu, I want AvP and Simpsons arcade to go

)

However, I am playing my NESTER, Genny, Neo CD, SMS and Noiz2sa on 2.0 right now (had to update with Tokobot). How? I downloaded Fanjita's V.9 2.0 eboot loader. He already has cracked 2.6, even though for now it just allows homebrew Tetris, you can almost bet it will sooner than later allow most popular homebrew. The loader has its downsides, it freezes 6/10 times. But when it works, man does it work nicely. Get it at Fanjita.org, make sure to read the instructions carefully though of course and make sure your emulators are compatible.

edit: Also, MPH's downgrader works nicely, I used it to up and downgrade 3 times when I owned PSP Battlefront (before returning it)

Shalashaska wrote:Sweet. I actually just picked up a PSP for this (well this and SFA III Max).
Dylan1CC wrote:Was this dragon boss below in the arcade rev but not the SNES cart I take it? Been a long time since I dug into my Gradius III and IV disc.
Indeed, it's in the arcade version but not the SNES.

Thanks for clarifying.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:38 am

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Darn you.

Surely it's not that over-the-top compared with some members throwing down $2000+ on a pcb

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:00 am

Thunder Force wrote:
UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Darn you.
Surely it's not that over-the-top compared with some members throwing down $2000+ on a pcb

Actually, an extra PSP is not such a bad idea if you want to play 2P games (on 1.5 games). Obviously you'd want to of course spring for a few duplicate UMDs since gamesharing mode is terribly undersupported and not even worth the time. Once tried gamesharing mode with a co-worker on my copy of Burnout Legends, it took what felt like at least 10 minutes for one measly track to load into his memory! And then another ten minute load when we wanted to race again. Some 1.52 games like Burnout can be tricked simply by using the WAB changer FYI.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:13 am

Dylan1CC wrote:Actually, an extra PSP is not such a bad idea if you want to play 2P games (on 1.5 games). Obviously you'd want to of course spring for a few duplicate UMDs since gamesharing mode is terribly undersupported and not even worth the time. Once tried gamesharing mode with a co-worker on my copy of Burnout Legends, it took what felt like at least 10 minutes for one measly track to load into his memory! And then another ten minute load when we wanted to race again. Some 1.52 games like Burnout can be tricked simply by using the WAB changer FYI.

I'm thinking about it too, since I have some R2 UMD videos that are pretty much useless to me at the moment. Having 2 PSPs (the extra being from either Europe or Japan) would solve both the firmware update and the region problem.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:15 am

Thunder Force wrote:
UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Darn you.
Surely it's not that over-the-top compared with some members throwing down $2000+ on a pcb

Yeah, but I need a PSP and that's the first thing that came to mind.

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:23 am

The posters are out:

I was

after I saw the 2nd one. Great stuff.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:44 am

For the completely illiterate in Japanese, the big characters say:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, X, O, START.

BTW, it's read from top to bottom, right to left.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:56 pm

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:For the completely illiterate in Japanese, the big characters say:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, X, O, START.

BTW, it's read from top to bottom, right to left.

sigh ... I hope this doesn't make me buy a PSP.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:30 am

I figured about that much just from reading the kanji as Chinese :) and then I just tacked what I made of the kana at the end..

But with this and DJMax Portable, I'll be all set for a firmware upgrade if it's required for either game.