

When you're not fighting aliens on different worlds, you're flying through space to get to your next location, which helps players get into the feel of piloting a battleship.

You have a selection of scroll-by worlds that your battleship will explore and conquer from deserty terrain to lush green jungles, each world offers its own distinct feel. That being said, for its time, this game's visuals are stunning. Gradius III was released originally as an arcade game in Japan back in 1989. GRAPHICS: 8/10 Let's go ahead and start with the graphics. It is one of my favorites, and as an underplayed, fairly unrecognized gem, I feel it's only right to give this game both the highlight and justice it deserves. The reason I'm taking the time to write a structured review on this game should be obvious. Gradius4 (JAC) - 14.Gradius III Review by: The_Greater_Zion - 9/10 Gradius III This is a review submitted by a long time fan of Gradius III, since it's first arrival on the SNES console back in 1991. Release button to avoid selecting weapon type accidentally: Use joystick lever + start to select a loop:


This version is good for high score competitions as no autofire but you do still want to start on a higher loop and stage selects. Select your starting loop, stage select, no autofire. Gradius IV round and stage select (JAC version) - no rapid v2 Select your starting loop, stage select, no autofire and allow game continue on Stage 9 (normally it's game over if you die on Stage 9). Gradius IV round and stage select (JAC version) - no rapid - stage 9 continue Select your starting loop, stage select and autofire (saves your poor arm with all the button bashing). There are three different version of this hack that add different things:- Gradius IV round and stage select (JAC version) + 20hz rapid Note that this is a Merged Set and does not require the gradius3 (World. This hack also stops the counter in the Service Mode Sound Test, this allows you to listen to all the sound effect and music rather than only a few seconds. I like chosing SPREAD BOMB, FREE WAY, TWIN LASER, OPTION, FORCE FIELD and REDUCE. On the EDIT MODE screen you will be able to go further up and down to select the other weapons. This rom hack allows you to select weapon combinations that were not in the original version of the game. Note: Back up your roms before replacing files as these will replace you current rom files.
