Hyped! I just bought a Gradius pcb! but looking..

[bytestorm]

man I have been wanting this one for a long time...

the sale was so quick so there was no time for pics or anything, just GET IT!...

sh*t I am nervous... what if it looks like crap .. but stalling a holy grail deal will end up not getting it..

The deal is made within sweden, and I have all details, adress, phones and such, so I aint affraid of getting ripped or anything, I am just really curious about the condition of the pcb..

whew!

So! I would really like to find a high quality scan of the gradius FLYER (not nemesis now..)

So far google give me a meeeh quality of the flyer.. enyone who has it scanned and would be so kind and share it? I would like to have it framed and such.. (hang it next to my weddingphoto).. lol no.. of course not....................................... ;D

[Pretas]

I'm guessing it's the later ROM chip version and not a Bubble System?

[bytestorm]

I would think so but I actually have no idea!

Will arrive here on Friday I hope..

[trap15]

The ROM version is obscenely rare and expensive, so it's probably the bubble version.

[bytestorm]

Oh man.. I kinda dont hope its the bubble version.. Feels like its going to crash on me . I guess there is no way to program the bubble memories once they fail?
shit.. :/ oh well, at least its working he says, so that kinda makes it "not" a bubble ver I hope.....

The ROM version is obscenely rare and expensive, so it's probably the bubble version.

[rjosal]

What is this "bubble" version?

[BIL]

http://system16.com/hardware.php?id=559

The PS1/Saturn ports of Gradius actually include the warmup sequence complete with "Morning Music," though you can skip it there.

[Stompp]

(hang it next to my weddingphoto).. lol no.. of course not....................................... ;D

Of course you would

Great catch, mate. I'm super jelly. We need pics once it arrives!

[rjosal]

interesting info on that bubble version. obscenely rare and expensive enough that a non working one would be worth this?: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111685165173?redirect=mobile

[system11]

Well that's a Gradius 2.

It'll turn out to be a Nemesis board with re-burned ROMs probably. You didn't ask for a photo before buying? Madness.

[bytestorm]

Well that's a Gradius 2.

It'll turn out to be a Nemesis board with re-burned ROMs probably. You didn't ask for a photo before buying? Madness.

Nemesis board was not able to run gradius if I understood correctly?

Yep, I am affraid you are correct on that one.. didnt ask for photos. :/ Madness took me<---

Gotta get it quick

[Zapf]

even if its a euro nemesis board, there are nemesis revisions that are the same, or nearly the same, as gradius, right?

[system11]

Actually a good point, maybe Gradius was on Salamander hardware? I'll be very interested to see what you actually end up with!

[atro]

Congrats!

I just got it on Jap Saturn import too ( well, a few weeks back ) and it's lovely


<3 Gradius II <3

[Mr Halibut]

Actually a good point, maybe Gradius was on Salamander hardware? I'll be very interested to see what you actually end up with!

UKVac spoiler:
It was Gradius 3

[system11]

Oh dear. And this is why we have a photos rule for the trading section these days.

[BIL]

Oof. :[

And hoooly shit, reading the thread I didn't realise just how pricey the Gradius ROM version was.

[bytestorm]

yeah kinda major bummer.. Sorry for the lack of update but I posted it all on ukvac and the whole weekend I have been away so.. but yeah. I got gradius 3 instead lol :/..

Since I got a VERY good offer AND the deal was within sweden, and the guy said he tested it + checked wich version of gradius it was, then i thought, well aint needing any pics for this, he clearly knows what hes doing ... but no.. when I asked how on earth he could have missed thats it was actually gradius 3 when he tested it, the answer was:

-"I couldnt actually get it to work at all when I tried it in my cab, so thats why I didnt know it was gradius 3...what should we do now?"

Thats the most awesome answer ever.........................

But, I told him what well do, and now I got a nice and working gradius 3, and a wad-O-cash back in my account

And I actually thought gradius 1 was kinda hard... MAN IS GRADIUS 3 SUPERHARD! and NO continue?! jeez

[Pretas]

And hoooly shit, reading the thread I didn't realise just how pricey the Gradius ROM version was.

Same. Assumption was based on the fact that Bubble Systems are terribly unreliable and prone to failure, which led to Konami's early abandonment of the hardware. Magnetic fields from unshielded speakers and CRT degauss coils in an arcade cabinet can easily mess with them.

[emphatic]

-"I couldnt actually get it to work at all when I tried it in my cab, so thats why I didnt know it was gradius 3...what should we do now?"

That's... I don't even.

[beatsgo]

-"I couldnt actually get it to work at all when I tried it in my cab, so thats why I didnt know it was gradius 3...what should we do now?"

That's... I don't even.

Ditto, at least things were settled with both of them already.

And I actually thought gradius 1 was kinda hard... MAN IS GRADIUS 3 SUPERHARD! and NO continue?! jeez

Oh trust me, you'll learn how much of a masochists you are

[Ed Oscuro]

And I actually thought gradius 1 was kinda hard... MAN IS GRADIUS 3 SUPERHARD! and NO continue?! jeez

Oh trust me, you'll learn how much of a masochists you are

Well, he's already a PCB owner, which proves one's a masochist well enough.

Gratz on the nice GIII PCB anyway!