VectorGamer Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) Gradius III A horizontal shooter where you control Vic Viper, a spaceship that increases its power by collecting capsules left by destroyed enemies. The player chooses the desired power-up by collecting capsules until the required cell is lit on the menu. The game is divided into stages, each containing a boss that must be destroyed. Game Information Game Name: Gradius III (World ?) Released By: Konami, 1989 MAME ROMset: grdius3e Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Bonus Life: 20000 and every 70000; Difficulty: Normal Chosen By: FlyingTurtle ROM Location: http://romhustler.net/download/mame/1835 Twin Galaxies MAME World Record: N/A for this ROMset and settings Note: Dependent on parent ROM Gradius III (Japan) http://romhustler.net/download/mame/1834 Note: You may freely choose your weaponry and shield Competition ends Sunday, April 17 @ 12PM EDT Leaderboard 1. 101,140 keilbaca 2. 61,710 jasonbar 3. 61,310 onmode-ky 4. 44,750 patbb 5. 14,000 roadrunner 6. 11,500 LarcenTyler 7. 10,600 rmaerz Season Standings Calculations through week 35 1. patbb 1516 2. rmaerz 1352 3. roadrunner 1074 4. LarcenTyler 387 5. FlyingTurtle 360 6. jasonbar 216 7. Zoyx 209 8. mr. toast 183 9. Dr Galaga 147 10. ClassicGMR 128 11. Rathis 75 12. HatefulGravey 43 13. LaserHawk 30 14. chuckwalla 28 15. homerwannabee 20 16. 4Ks 18 17. Mister VCS 16 18. riffraff 15 19. Fres 10 20. wizmo 8 Edited April 17, 2011 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonbar Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 61,710 after a few games. It takes a while to figure out what all the weapon levels are. I finally settled on favorites. Can't get past the Lawrence Welk bubble extravaganza on level 2. It's just too much! This game is strangely unsatisfying. Life Force is one of the 1st boards I got for my first JAMMA cabinet, so maybe I'm biased--I adore Life Force. -Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I don't like this game at all. 14,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I don't like this game at all. 14,000 Never posted in one of these threads before. I gave this game a whirl last night and was able to get around 50k (I'm not trying to enter this score, I'll post a photo later). I agree with the guy who posted the first entry: those bubbles are complete craziness. Still, surprisingly, I found this game somehow entertaining and traditionally I've not been very interested in shooters. Is there really no way of continuing, or am I missing something? I kind of like that, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 I don't like this game at all. 14,000 Never posted in one of these threads before. I gave this game a whirl last night and was able to get around 50k (I'm not trying to enter this score, I'll post a photo later). I agree with the guy who posted the first entry: those bubbles are complete craziness. Still, surprisingly, I found this game somehow entertaining and traditionally I've not been very interested in shooters. Is there really no way of continuing, or am I missing something? I kind of like that, actually. For the HSC, no continues are allowed. I haven't played the game so I don't know if there are continues or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Just messin' around 5,600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 11,500 Damn, I stink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) I'm not normally in this... but I LOVE me some Gradius 3, but the snes version is much easier than the Arcade. Its time to fire up my laptop and my SSF4 stick! Some helpful tips for you all: Go into edit mode, and make your ? and + Shrink and Lives as Options. Once you die in this game, its impossible to get back started again, so using that option will make you go farther than before. Shrink will help you with those elusive bubbles Edited April 14, 2011 by keilbaca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 44,750 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 10,600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 101,140 Got to stage 3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 After a few runs, 61,310. I've never participated in a HSC event before, but I noticed it was a Gradius title this week. However, I'm not quite sure how valid my score is, given that I occasionally encountered some very noticeable slowdown. I could definitely do better, most obviously because in the game where I got this score, I crashed into the ceiling while I had full shields up. D'oh! onmode-ky P.S. I'm not aware of continues being available in any Gradius title aside from Gradius V (PS2). As for III being unsatisfying, well, it is often cited as being abnormally difficult, more so than its well refined immediate predecessor, in what I've read on the Web. Something like it being unfair, I guess. Note that 10 years passed by before Gradius IV was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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