Together Retro: Gradius III / Parodius

[o.pwuaioc]

I like Gradius, even the arcade one. It's a much cooler game than the SNES port, although the latter is by far easier. Although I haven't yet gotten to the end on Normal on the SNES port, I don't think I'm going to put it down as quickly as I put down Zoop after May ended!

[noiseredux]

I'm kind of pissed that we finally did a double-Shmup month and I barely played. My intention was to play Gradius III for 2 weeks and Parodius for 2 weeks. I got soooo mad at Gradius III that I only bothered like maybe three or four times. Instead I focused mostly on my Summer Gaming Challenge games. Well once the 2nd half of the month rolled around I picked up Parodius a couple of times (which I love BTW) but I really didn't give it the attention it deserved since I've been caught up with Summer Gaming.

[dsheinem]

I'm kind of pissed that we finally did a double-Shmup month and I barely played. My intention was to play Gradius III for 2 weeks and Parodius for 2 weeks. I got soooo mad at Gradius III that I only bothered like maybe three or four times. Instead I focused mostly on my Summer Gaming Challenge games. Well once the 2nd half of the month rolled around I picked up Parodius a couple of times (which I love BTW) but I really didn't give it the attention it deserved since I've been caught up with Summer Gaming.

Same thing happened to me, though I do intend to play Parodius a bit in the next day or two.

[saturnfan]

I have played both these game series an endless amount of times so I didn't feel to compelled to participate in this months together retro (although to be fair I rarely do anyways).

However, they are excellent shumps and if anyone is reading through this thread and hasn't tried them out, I recommend that you do.

[Hobie-wan]

I'm kind of pissed that we finally did a double-Shmup month and I barely played.

Same here, between vacation, being busy, and just not being in the mood for shmups recently, I've barely played any GIII and no Parodious at all.

[o.pwuaioc]

I finally got Gradius III and IV for PS2, so I'll be able to legitimately join this TR now.

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What do you mean I'm 6 months too late?

[Xeogred]

Enjoy Gradius III making you cry.

[o.pwuaioc]

Enjoy Gradius III making you cry.

These are tears of joy!

[Xeogred]

IV is very doable if I remember right though. That one, Gaiden, and III (SNES) I can usually finish for sure. But III arcade is just hilariously extreme... and V is balls to the wall later on, I still have never been able to beat that one.

[Hazerd]

We should carry this over to January Gradius 3 is my all time favorite shmup next to U.N. Squadron.