Best version of Gradius III?

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:55 am

Strider77 wrote:I'd just play one of the gradius games that are actually good and skip 3 all together...

I'll assume that was a joke since GIII is probably one of the best, GV and maybe Gaiden are both better I guess but GIII is hella good

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:28 am

I'll assume that was a joke since GIII is probably one of the best, GV and maybe Gaiden are both better I guess but GIII is hella good

LOL... no I was deadly serious. Visually it's nothing special, has loads of slow down and lame difficulty on both versions.

1 and 2 for their time were better and 5/gaiden are MUCH better games. Hell I like 4 over 3.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:17 pm

"no matter how much you love somthing, someone else hates it".

Well maybe you didnt hate but anyway..

easiest way to start nitpicking flamewar would be start to argue over which gradius game is the best.

Let me begin

here's my list

1. Gradius 2
2. Gradius 3 Snes
3. Gradius V
4. Gradius
5. Gradius IV
6. Gradius Gaiden
7. Gradius III arcade (takes a piss)

Gradius galaxies excluded from the list (never played)

here, dogs.. meat

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:21 pm

(All Parodii) > Gaiden > II > V > III AC > I > IV > III SFami > All GB versions.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:15 pm

Icarus wrote:* > All GB versions.

Hate

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:35 pm

MJR wrote:"no matter how much you love somthing, someone else hates it".

Well maybe you didnt hate but anyway..

easiest way to start nitpicking flamewar would be start to argue over which gradius game is the best.

Let me begin
here's my list

1. Gradius 2
2. Gradius 3 Snes
3. Gradius V
4. Gradius
5. Gradius IV
6. Gradius Gaiden
7. Gradius III arcade (takes a piss)

Gradius galaxies excluded from the list (never played)

here, dogs.. meat

Seems like this is fodder for another thread, but I'll go ahead anyway:

1. Gradius V
2. Gradius III Snes
3. Gradius Nes
4. Gradius IV
5. Gradius III Arcade

As these are all the gradius games I've played this is all I got.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:24 pm

szycag wrote:
Icarus wrote:* > All GB versions.
Hate

How dare you diss Galaxies/Generations/Advance!

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:33 am

why do folks LIKE 3 so much... I'm shocked folks like 3 over gaiden?!?!

is it some sort of nostalgia??

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:42 am

Masochism.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:23 am

Interstellar Assault = greatness

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:11 am

1. Gradius Gaiden
2. Gradius II
3. Gradius IV
4. Gradius
5. Gradius III

Not that I don't like three, just not as much. They're all pretty damn amazing games, but Gaiden is FUCKING BRILLIANT.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:17 am

I take it back, I like 3 the best b/c of the slowdown, odd difficulty, and lack luster graphx. It was one of the 1st super famicom releases so for that reason alone it stomps all over 5 and gaiden. 5/gaiden's graphx blow, hardly no slowdown and the difficulty is just plain foolish.... plus the music sux to.

3 all the way fo sure.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:58 am

Have you tried playing it? Tried to 1 credit clear it? I've found, with this series in particular, that really giving the game a chance can completely change my mind. I hated Gradius IV, but after some more play, trying out the different weapons, and getting really fond of the music I have come to love it quite a bit. The same for all the others, too. The only Gradius I immediately liked was the original.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:09 pm

Have you tried playing it? Tried to 1 credit clear it?

yes, and I saw no point after a bit considering there were better looking, sounding, and playing ones out in the series.

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:46 pm

MJR wrote:which gradius game is the best.

My list:

1. Gaiden
2. V
3. I
4. III SNES
5. IV
6. II
7. III

Speaking of other ports... I don't really want to include Galaxies in my list either - I love this series, but I'm honestly not a fan of that one!
I also got the MSX Saturn pack primarily for all the Gradius and Salamnder games, very inetersting to play them all but the juddery scrolling kills them for me.
PCE I and II are very very nice though, with their extra lavels...
I've not played Nemesis '90 yet, unfortunately!

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:37 pm

yes, and I saw no point after a bit considering there were better looking, sounding, and playing ones out in the series.

Yeah, I felt the exact same way. When I returned later, I was just absorbed by something, and I really can't place it. Something about it just feels so... Gradius, you know what I mean? It's THAT feeling, that gradius-ness, I find so lacking in Gradius V. And, I guess it's that feeling that makes me love the whole series so damn much (even if they did put bullets on the bottom layer

)

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:02 pm

a good version of Gradius III is a version of Gradius III that doesn't work !!

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:33 am

V
Gaiden
II
Galaxies
I
III
IV

dhowerter · Post by **dhowerter** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:12 am

kengou wrote:I've been playing Gradius III on SNES (Wii virtual console actually, basically same thing) and it's awesome (1-lifed it to the last level once on easy...) but just today I tried Gradius III on MAME, and it was really different. I have to say I still like the SNES version a lot better. The graphics seem better, and I like the level design more. Also, you have to tap the fire button in the arcade version whereas in the SNES version you can just hold the button.

hmm fingers going numb with button tapping

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