Salamander III announced for Gradius Origins for Switch [by M2] - Coming August 7, 2025

[StrzxgvNuvWvfld]

Get a universal remote with macros and you can access it with one button press.

Now that's something I never thought. Can you recommend one for late CRT Sony sets?

I'm using one of these with my Sony KV-14T1U: https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-All-Stream ... B07R7WNJH7

It's small, easy to configure and does everything I need. It doesn't have number buttons, but I don't use those. I'm pretty sure most universal remotes should still work with these older TVs though.

It makes the service mode far more accessible, in the past I had to keep looking it up on my phone each time!

[OmegaFlareX]

Gradius Gaiden of course was exclusive to the system for many years (not sure if still is).

It's on the PSP Gradius Collection (which was even released in the west).

One feature the Saturn ports has that the M2 collection doesn't (at least as far as I can see) is a slowdown toggle. You can disable it on the Saturn ports - but I've no idea how well that actually works.

It works very well! I mean, it makes the games more difficult, for sure. One could always bump the difficulty setting back a notch or two to compensate.

[Bassa-Bassa]

I'm using one of these with my Sony KV-14T1U: https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-All-Stream ... B07R7WNJH7

It's small, easy to configure and does everything I need. It doesn't have number buttons, but I don't use those. I'm pretty sure most universal remotes should still work with these older TVs though.

It makes the service mode far more accessible, in the past I had to keep looking it up on my phone each time!

Great, thanks! Seems to have too few buttons, but I'd rather try this than something untested for Sony CRTs.

[Sweatlord_STG]

One feature the Saturn ports has that the M2 collection doesn't (at least as far as I can see) is a slowdown toggle. You can disable it on the Saturn ports - but I've no idea how well that actually works.

Yes exactly. I was surprised they didn't include this feature in the latest collection.

[MJR]

One feature the Saturn ports has that the M2 collection doesn't (at least as far as I can see) is a slowdown toggle. You can disable it on the Saturn ports - but I've no idea how well that actually works.

Yes exactly. I was surprised they didn't include this feature in the latest collection.

I believe the reason is same why they dont save scores locally - M2 seem to be very keen on accuracy

[StrzxgvNuvWvfld]

One feature the Saturn ports has that the M2 collection doesn't (at least as far as I can see) is a slowdown toggle. You can disable it on the Saturn ports - but I've no idea how well that actually works.

Yes exactly. I was surprised they didn't include this feature in the latest collection.

I believe the reason is same why they dont save scores locally - M2 seem to be very keen on accuracy

They have fixed some of the sprite flicker though. The stage 3 boss in Salamander can even cause the score panel to disappear on the PCB.

Even though I'm sure no-one will miss it, I was kind of surprised that there isn't an option to restore it, given M2's devotion to accuracy.

[davyK]

Yes exactly. I was surprised they didn't include this feature in the latest collection.

I believe the reason is same why they dont save scores locally - M2 seem to be very keen on accuracy

They have fixed some of the sprite flicker though. The stage 3 boss in Salamander can even cause the score panel to disappear on the PCB.

Even though I'm sure no-one will miss it, I was kind of surprised that there isn't an option to restore it, given M2's devotion to accuracy.

Some of the games have several accuracy features that can be turned on - maybe it's in amongst those?

[Jonpachi]

Wait, did they really disable Save/Load in Salamander III?

[Steven]

It's probably not emulated like the rest and is instead running natively.