[TAS] SNES Gradius III by Cpadolf in

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This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/1116M
TAS originally published on 2008-05-26
As you might know, Konami realised they went a little overboard with the difficulty of the arcade version of Gradius III, so the SNES port got noticeably easier (and laggier). However, it still remains one of the hardest and most unforgiving shoot 'em ups released in its era.
This is Cpadolf's take at the shmupping carnage, resulting in a significant improvement in both speed and style over the previous movie by Krocketneo. In total, 2 minutes 53 seconds are saved thanks to lag reduction and faster boss fights. The author also kills a greater percentage of enemies (still not fully 100%, though - read the comments (tasvideos.org/1938S) for more details).
The game is completed in Arcade mode (still a far cry from the actual arcade game), which is accessed by tapping A on the main menu screen. It is strongly recommended to read the congratulatory text appearing after the end credits. ;)

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  • @DorothyLouiseBeryllium
    @DorothyLouiseBeryllium2 жыл бұрын

    25:34 "Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing" Strat.

  • @dorondavid4698
    @dorondavid46982 жыл бұрын

    This TAS is frickin insane...it dances around bullets, moves faster than I can see, and is frame perfect for everything

  • @exxor9108

    @exxor9108

    7 күн бұрын

    That is... pretty much the entire point of a TAS. XD

  • @GoblinCrew
    @GoblinCrew2 жыл бұрын

    This has the same energy as my cat getting zoomies at 4am

  • @Persac7

    @Persac7

    Жыл бұрын

    "Zoomies" 🤡🤡🤡

  • @jojojoma3026
    @jojojoma30262 жыл бұрын

    This TAS is hilarious; what human could possibly play this game with max speed upgrades? Not me, not even with the slowdown! Great soundtrack, Konami at it's peak.

  • @sigma20xx

    @sigma20xx

    2 жыл бұрын

    I stop at 3X speed.

  • @AgentLokVokun

    @AgentLokVokun

    2 жыл бұрын

    E-Laser lag is actually a feature and not a bug in this case. :)

  • @sigma20xx

    @sigma20xx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AgentLokVokun how so? This game often had lag regardless of what weapon you use.

  • @AgentLokVokun

    @AgentLokVokun

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sigma20xx Feels like E. type had more lag then any of the other weapons with options while fully/near fully charged. Rumor has it there's a romhack with the lag issue resolved. I might have to look into that.

  • @jojojoma3026

    @jojojoma3026

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AgentLokVokun Yeah it's like you earn some bullet time when you have all 4 options charging up

  • @kryptokrypto702
    @kryptokrypto7022 жыл бұрын

    Nice. Took me ages, but I did beat this game in my younger years (one of "tough" games for me). It took so many retries, but it was worth it. The sound, the graphics, the art, it is all amazing. First time I played it, it was like playing at the arcade (which was fun), except with extra options and no need to pay if you died too many times.

  • @ryandddher

    @ryandddher

    Жыл бұрын

    I heard the original Arcade game didn't allowed Continues, meaning the only way to beat it was using 1 credit But I could be wrong though

  • @SullySadface
    @SullySadface2 жыл бұрын

    I can already feel the slowdown

  • @yousefslimani99

    @yousefslimani99

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a "Gradius 3 SA-1" SNES Romhack This Romhack Reduced All The Slowdown on This Game!!

  • @SullySadface

    @SullySadface

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yousefslimani99 I mean you could probably just use that version of Snes9x that runs at max speed but sure

  • @aircraftcarrierwo-class
    @aircraftcarrierwo-class2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciated that even in a TAS, you defeated Gofer in the traditional fashion.

  • @retro3188

    @retro3188

    5 ай бұрын

    Excuse me, but this was Bacterion. Gofer was in Gradius 2 and 4.

  • @yousefslimani99
    @yousefslimani992 жыл бұрын

    My Childhood Game What a Great Memories I Have With This Game!!

  • @Sanjasochi
    @Sanjasochi Жыл бұрын

    One of the most beautiful TASes I've ever seen!

  • @Belthazar1113
    @Belthazar1113 Жыл бұрын

    This soundtrack has triggered a core memory.

  • @krazytaxicabbie
    @krazytaxicabbie2 жыл бұрын

    The bgm is insane!

  • @jorgeamaya6049
    @jorgeamaya60492 жыл бұрын

    Huge fan of the series 👍

  • @OmegaVideoGameGod
    @OmegaVideoGameGod2 жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful.

  • @CaptainStupendous
    @CaptainStupendous2 жыл бұрын

    It looks like the runner is purposely not using the missile and shield power ups to avoid slowdown. It's clear that the runner doesn't need them anyway.

  • @AgentLokVokun
    @AgentLokVokun2 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite games of all time! I like how you spell out "Cpadolf" too Up Up Down Down L R L R B A START.

  • @jojojoma3026

    @jojojoma3026

    2 жыл бұрын

    ..and if you use Left Right Left Right as in the classic code, you just die!

  • @AgentLokVokun

    @AgentLokVokun

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jojojoma3026 Best way to insult the player ever.

  • @ruffofilho
    @ruffofilho2 жыл бұрын

    THAT MOVEMENT GIMME NERVOURS

  • @Somnio77
    @Somnio772 жыл бұрын

    One of the Best OSTs in the story of gaming 🎶🎶🎶

  • @andynitka777
    @andynitka777 Жыл бұрын

    This is art! This is my favorite of the Gradius games (Salamander -> Life Force on the NES sort of not counting :3) I just wondered, and the answer might just be it’s a TAS also shut up 🤣. But why neglect missiles or the full option (option slot) to just make your setup faster? I mean there’s sections where not having to get an option in front of an enemy but below (missiles) would do nicely. Again… Just wondering. I loved every second including some pauses that showed some (haha!) moments like a defenseless fortress wall with only cores left and the final boss you can just leave to explode (aka Gradius 1 style) :3

  • @botulismsauce
    @botulismsauce2 жыл бұрын

    This makes me feel vindicated for how much I sucked at these games

  • @xenyadot
    @xenyadotАй бұрын

    Im sorry, the spinning around the bullet made me laugh loudly I found that hilarious for some reason.

  • @Jlatthecoemdian
    @Jlatthecoemdian Жыл бұрын

    I wish you guys could see the look on my face watching him play this game knowing all the struggles I had with this.

  • @ManderaStudio
    @ManderaStudio2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know you could melee in this game!

  • @albertusaswin2012
    @albertusaswin2012 Жыл бұрын

    This TAS contains Ultra Instinct!

  • @victorhugor.m.1554
    @victorhugor.m.15544 ай бұрын

    ese TAS es muy bueno!

  • @efrenb5
    @efrenb52 жыл бұрын

    Gradius developers: "Are we a joke to you?" LOL

  • @Foever378
    @Foever378 Жыл бұрын

    This makes all the rage moments of my childhood seem so meaningless. Hahah but man did I have fun watching this and living in my memories. I did beat this

  • @linkkenni
    @linkkenni2 жыл бұрын

    Kinda curious: why wasn't the missile feature activated? Was it to prevent slowdown?

  • @yousefslimani99
    @yousefslimani992 жыл бұрын

    My Favorite Shoot'em Up Game of All Time!!

  • @DRock2048

    @DRock2048

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @yousefslimani99

    @yousefslimani99

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DRock2048 Do you Know about touhou?!

  • @DRock2048

    @DRock2048

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yousefslimani99 Yes, but I have not played any of them.

  • @yousefslimani99

    @yousefslimani99

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DRock2048 Touhou 2 Will Be Uploaded Very Soon on My Channel

  • @user-mx8of4uq2u
    @user-mx8of4uq2uАй бұрын

    Absolute beast

  • @Mike_Lauren
    @Mike_Lauren2 жыл бұрын

    I love how you play with the enemies. they strive to defeat you and you just walk right over their noses like nothing happened. LOL

  • @hermanos1ai
    @hermanos1ai5 ай бұрын

    holy crap, the complete negation of the volcanos

  • @Yue451
    @Yue4512 жыл бұрын

    I always thought “Destroy them all!” Was just a suggestion.

  • @francisd1017
    @francisd10178 ай бұрын

    If I were the pilot I'd have barf all over the cockpit from major motion sickness lol

  • @DarkstarArchangel
    @DarkstarArchangel2 жыл бұрын

    90% of the speedrun is the ship flexing by circling around projectiles and nearing surfaces.

  • @hannukahcelt2027
    @hannukahcelt20272 жыл бұрын

    I remember playing this game for so long, only to get roadblocked right at the level after the plant planet. The level simply moved so fast that I had no chance getting past that first ramp before the map forced me to collide with it every time. Ended up getting so frustrated that I quit playing. Edit: Nice to see the bot also chose the same main weapon that I pick every time I played the game.

  • @AgentLokVokun

    @AgentLokVokun

    2 жыл бұрын

    The plant level boss was designed to force you to get enough speed up boost that the level after that was playable. When the plant does the "force suck" attack was the cue for players.

  • @hannukahcelt2027

    @hannukahcelt2027

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AgentLokVokun Didn't really have to worry about that mechanic since I typically used the E. Laser and that usually kills bosses quick enough to avoid most of their attack patterns.

  • @tamango_skyes8074

    @tamango_skyes8074

    2 жыл бұрын

    That... Actually makes sense now that I think about it.

  • @AgentLokVokun

    @AgentLokVokun

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tamango_skyes8074 @Sky Eleri Yeah even if you kill the boss with the E-Laser or somehow do not have enough speed you will basically INSTANTLY be killed at the start of the next level because you do not move fast enough to navigate the maze. Example 17:06 17:24 17:26 Edit: My memory is a little fussy but if you die midway thru the level the orange NPCs are there to give you enough power ups (i think you need 3 speeds MINIMUM?) to get to the final boss. 17:24 is a good example of this. At 17:33 with out speed ups you'd die every time because the "screen moves too quickly"

  • @AgentLokVokun

    @AgentLokVokun

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hannukahcelt2027 Even if that's the case IIRC you need a bare minimum of 3 (or two?) speed ups to beat the next level.

  • @Koettnylle
    @Koettnylle2 жыл бұрын

    This music is very good

  • @sigma20xx
    @sigma20xx2 жыл бұрын

    Why didn't you use a shield and missels? To cut down on lag? If so, why didn't you go with minimize? That's what I liked to use when I played. The laser was my shield.😁 Also, why didn't you use the ships smart bomb weapon?

  • @zerosick
    @zerosick2 жыл бұрын

    perfection

  • @user-uv8sw8fm6n
    @user-uv8sw8fm6n2 жыл бұрын

    素晴らしき射撃ゲーム😊

  • @DeathXZ2
    @DeathXZ22 жыл бұрын

    No se como en mi niñez podia pasar este juego en maxima dificultad :')

  • @MrBroken030
    @MrBroken0302 жыл бұрын

    damn, you can one shot the first boss with 2 options and e laser?

  • @Peter_Morris
    @Peter_Morris5 ай бұрын

    I don’t understand why you didn’t shoot Bacterion. That would’ve saved even more time at the end. Nice TAS, though. I love the dancing around the bullets.

  • @IsDaouda
    @IsDaouda2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect !

  • @anthonyiodice
    @anthonyiodice2 жыл бұрын

    Omg, I’m in love with a robot

  • @sarcasticguy4311
    @sarcasticguy43112 ай бұрын

    28:15 Ah, Japan, don't you ever change.

  • @_thejuicebox
    @_thejuicebox Жыл бұрын

    Hahaha this TAS made my eyes hurt, love the personality

  • @zr0se_ch
    @zr0se_ch2 жыл бұрын

    28:11: I''M GIVE UP Author: Hi Give up, i'm Cpadolf

  • @chenpohung
    @chenpohung2 жыл бұрын

    this is not Gradius this is Destroyer

  • @thelegendaryqwerty
    @thelegendaryqwerty2 жыл бұрын

    21:24 at 0.25x

  • @TheBoxGamePL
    @TheBoxGamePL2 жыл бұрын

    yeey Gradius 3 Love This Series Games

  • @yousefslimani99
    @yousefslimani992 жыл бұрын

    Next is Contra III The Alien Wars! HD!!

  • @connordean9346
    @connordean9346 Жыл бұрын

    I hate to be that guy but it looks like you have no collision/godmode on, I watched enemies and bullets pass through you and you flew right through the terrain on stage 3!

  • @mxd500
    @mxd5003 ай бұрын

    TAS is *INSANE!* omg 🤨💢

  • @strydom666
    @strydom6662 жыл бұрын

    Vic Viper hype!

  • @mythgraven
    @mythgraven2 жыл бұрын

    I like the part where the spaceship shot at the enemy!

  • @ReaperX7
    @ReaperX723 күн бұрын

    How to make a game give up all hope and just surrender to the player.

  • @charlesmcclure8000
    @charlesmcclure8000 Жыл бұрын

    This is pretty casual. Everyone I know uses this route

  • @ianc4233
    @ianc42338 ай бұрын

    The definition of anxiety lol 😅

  • @JackJack-rf8qz
    @JackJack-rf8qz Жыл бұрын

    Tout un joueur

  • @jfiffl7
    @jfiffl72 жыл бұрын

    Its because of this, The option is gone.

  • @GrimmTheEngineer
    @GrimmTheEngineer Жыл бұрын

    Imagine accidentally slowing yourself down

  • @DRock2048
    @DRock20482 жыл бұрын

    I'm give up your appellations?

  • @DRC85
    @DRC852 жыл бұрын

    I never understood the final boss in this game, most anticlimactic end boss ever. Great game though

  • @aircraftcarrierwo-class

    @aircraftcarrierwo-class

    2 жыл бұрын

    The final boss being insanely easy is something of a tradition in the Gradius series, the developers tended to treat the final stage as the boss encounter and the boss himself as a victory lap.

  • @user-ik8lg5ck7r
    @user-ik8lg5ck7r Жыл бұрын

    5:49 14:35 16:59

  • @MissleLaunch
    @MissleLaunch2 жыл бұрын

    i wonder what these would look like with the ROM hack to fix slowdown?

  • @AntiKipKay
    @AntiKipKay2 жыл бұрын

    It's Gradius III on crack

  • @mako777c
    @mako777c2 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @krazytaxicabbie
    @krazytaxicabbie2 жыл бұрын

    No speed up chip?

  • @apap1586
    @apap15862 жыл бұрын

    It has to be some kind of invincible code here. Of course I can't believe I beat this game in 91. Of course with the 30-man code.

  • @complicatednoob8274
    @complicatednoob8274 Жыл бұрын

    Melee Weapon Space Ship Mode hahah

  • @Diemmy196
    @Diemmy196Ай бұрын

    Má ơi 😮

  • @user-vs2gd5qw9x
    @user-vs2gd5qw9x2 жыл бұрын

    伊能忠敬プレイ。

  • @user-fb9to7ve4n
    @user-fb9to7ve4n2 ай бұрын

    流石変態だわw。モアイ殲滅とレーザーの間を抜けるテク。変態としか言い様かないねw

  • @user-rl8iv8ct3f
    @user-rl8iv8ct3f2 жыл бұрын

    玉玉レーザー強いし

  • @AgentLokVokun
    @AgentLokVokun2 жыл бұрын

    Followup: Why is the final boss so dumb and disappointing? *BARF BARF BARF DIES* Edit: Check out the SECRET LEVELS on the his google "Gradius 3 secret zones" from IGN. Blew my mind || OR || KZread " Gradius III (SNES) - Bonus Stages" 26k views Mar 5, 2013

  • @yousefslimani99
    @yousefslimani992 жыл бұрын

    I Really Hate The Slowdown Issues on The Classic Games...I'll Use CPU Overclock to Get Rid of These Slowdowns!!

  • @peashootergaming3312
    @peashootergaming331229 күн бұрын

    🗿🗿🗿🗿

  • @Schattiz
    @Schattiz2 жыл бұрын

    OMG, wasnt subbed, shame on me.

  • @chuckzone6107
    @chuckzone61072 жыл бұрын

    i see what you did there 9:24 CP and 11:13 Swastika edit: time

  • @krazytaxicabbie
    @krazytaxicabbie2 жыл бұрын

    Speed up!

  • @triforcewielder8500
    @triforcewielder85002 жыл бұрын

    First to say right on fam

  • @sidswyers
    @sidswyers2 жыл бұрын

    Cheats on tas lol

  • @user-bm3lw2tm8c
    @user-bm3lw2tm8c9 ай бұрын

    1番参考にならんプレイw

  • @jomelcantor9331
    @jomelcantor93312 жыл бұрын

    Bot

  • @ToyKeeper

    @ToyKeeper

    2 жыл бұрын

    TAS. It's kind of the point.

  • @NarffetWerlz
    @NarffetWerlz2 жыл бұрын

    Showoff

  • @khalid_3838
    @khalid_38385 ай бұрын

    cheating

  • @Symoungaming
    @Symoungaming Жыл бұрын

    this is me when i am trying to impress my crush during elementary days

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