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- GRADIUS GAIDEN HARDCORE GAMING PSP
For the hardcore, you can make the game as close to the classic arcade experience as possible.

Each of these options give you the opportunity to fine tune your experience.
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You can customize the difficulty, the number of lives you have, make the power ups \"manual\" or \"semi-auto\", adjust the hit size (setting the hit detection lower or higher making it easier or harder for enemies to hit you), set the wait level (change the games processing speed to either emulate the arcade or live up to the PSP), and change the screen size to either fill the PSP screen or maintain the original aspect ratio. Many of the additional options Konami designed for this collection are geared towards those two things. The second is that Gradius is just fracking hard. Konami realized two important things: the first is how important it is for people to be able to recreate the arcade experience, as close as possible. The Gradius Collection is really well done as collections go. But for true fans, it just doesn\'t feel right flying anything but the Vic Viper. They each have there own unique attacks and power up options.
GRADIUS GAIDEN HARDCORE GAMING UPGRADE
Gradius Gaiden\'s major upgrade is the multiple ships you can pick from.
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The series power up system also evolves to give you the option of selecting your power ups. Most of the differences in the five games are in the power ups. I don\'t think anyone will be disappointed with Gradius\'s dated graphics. Most people know what to expect from a Gradius game and even from these kind of collections in general. Since the 2 dimensional side scrolling format is maintained throughout the series better graphics aren\'t really needed to enhance the gameplay.

That being said, with a game like Gradius, graphics only really need to be functional. Playing the collection now, the graphical differences don\'t really seem important. In this day of 360s and soon to be released PS3s, our eyes have been spoiled. Back when these games first came out the difference between Gradius and say Gradius IV seemed more significant than it does today though. The graphics get better as you go through the collection. As you go through the levels you can earn power ups by killing certain enemies or strings of enemies. Each stage then culminates with a boss battle. You pilot (mostly) the Vic Viper through space, space with caves that is, battling alien ships.
GRADIUS GAIDEN HARDCORE GAMING MANUAL
It\'s no surprise that the manual for Gradius Collection opens up with a dedication to the fans.Īll of the Gradius games play virtually the same. Fans of the series have been waiting for this collection and Konami has delivered in spades. It is also Gaiden\'s first release in the U.S. Gradius Collection contains Gradius, Gradius II, Gradius III, Gradius IV, and Gradius Gaiden. Well it is time for those fans to rejoice because Konami has decided to release the five game Gradius Collection for the PSP. Even after all this time, like many of the great games from it\'s day, Gradius still has a lot of fans.
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Gradius Portable also comes with a movie gallery mode and a music gallery mode.Gradius is practically a genre unto itself. And because the saved data isn’t automatically deleted when it’s loaded, players can also use the system to their advantages by restarting from their saves–with all their power-ups and lives–whenever they get shot down. Players can save and load the game’s state at any time by simply pausing it, a convenient feature in any handheld port. Gradius Portable also features a number of other elements, such as an option for the player to change his or her ship’s hit-detection size, as well as to turn the game’s slowdown on or off.ĭespite that, the most significant addition is likely to be the new save system. However, Gradius I and II will come with a widescreen mode, where the game uses the extra space to show the player more of the level. While the games will be straight ports of their previous incarnations, Konami is adding a few bonus features.Īs has become standard for PSP ports, Gradius Portable will have the option for the user to stretch the game’s screen to the handheld’s 16:9 widescreen ratio. Scheduled for release in Japan on February 9, Gradius Portable is a compilation pack of five games: Gradius I-IV and Gradius Gaiden.
