![]() You can also configure the order of the power-ups on the weapons bar. It has the Rolling Missile – a bomb that fires straight down and then explodes horizontally – and Auto Aiming, a multidirectional shot that will automatically target foes, and a Gravity Bullet, which is a very powerful shot that explodes like a Spread Bomb.The weapons are not interchangeable between ships, but you can switch between ships when you continue. The other new ship, the Falchion Beta, is based off the spacecraft from the Famicom Disk System game Falsion. The Lord British – making a triumphant return from Salamander – has a Two-Way Missile, a Ripple Laser, and a new laser beam called the Disruptor, which emanates a thick, solid pulse across the whole screen.A new ship called the Jade Knight has the Spread Bomb, the Round Laser – which fires a circular laser that surrounds your ship – and the Pulse Laser, which is basically the same as the Twin Laser. The third stage is another crystal level, but here, the crystals bend and refract your laser shots, which looks really, really cool. The second stage is a ship graveyard filled with wrecked remains of old Gradius bosses, some of which still fire off some shots despite being buried deep in rubble. The whole thing is interrupted by a gigantic white caterpillar which bursts out of the ground and begins to attack.Gradius Gaiden really excels because it has lots of familiar moments with cool twists. It’s a beautiful trip through a snow field as colorful auroras shine peacefully in the background. ![]() It features gorgeous, splendidly detailed 2D graphics that totally blow away most other shooters, with improved color depth, transparency effects, and rotating and scaling sprites, with barely a polygon in sight.The tone is set by the first stage, a snow filled area called “Beyond the White Storm”. Graphically, it does to Gradius what Symphony of the Night did for Castlevania. ![]() Japanese PS1 CoverGradius Gaiden is the perfect example of how to evolve a series. ![]()
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