![]() ![]() Our tale begins in earnest when Mina, one of our 2 player-characters (PCs) and who the game makes clear is an 'orphan', finds someplace somewhere an old and mysterious pendant. If you cannot guess who is the final boss of this game by now, I shall pummel you. We are also informed in the intro that Alis apparently disappeared after sealing away the evil demon 'Cablon' some 1000 years ago. Said planet was dubbed 'Alisland', the most original name for a planet in RPG history.Īs if the fact that they named the planet 'Alisland' was not a vibrant enough yellow flag, maybe the fact that the portrait of Alis in this game depicts her as having purple hair and green eyes will be enough to raise your eyebrow, my fellow gamer who knows that in the original 'Phantasy Star' she had brown hair and blue eyes. The prologue of this RPG tells us that, after the events of Phantasy Star I, Alis Landale, the heroine of that game, left the Algo solar system with a group of colonists and was abused by all of them settled at a new planet. Maybe we should be thankful we got 'Phantasy Star Gaiden' and not 'Phantasy Star Rape Hentai', like what happened to 'Valis'. The only hope to be gathered from the existence of this game is that SEGA may have learned a lesson about NOT letting crappy third-party developers (like those of this game) go banzai on its franchises. Without this button, I could not possibly endure it. I endured this game from start to end just because there was a fast-forward button in the emulator in which I played it. If Phantasy Star Gaiden is superior in anything to the 'Phantasy Star' games, it is in the shame and utter ridiculousness sectors. Gradius Gaiden, Darius Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden, even Barkley:Shut Up and Jam Gaiden. Many video-games with the word 'Gaiden' in it are remembered fondly by fans all over the world, sometimes even as being superior to the non-gaiden games. Phantasy Star 1, 2 and 4 are shining examples of the best their video-game ages could offer (3, not so much). It brings forth good memories of great games. The first part: 'Phantasy Star', SEGA's premier RPG franchise. Receiving the order, four hyperspace fighters launch from the mother ship to the dark nebula carrying the last hope to save Gradius on their wings."The name of this game promised so much." ![]() ![]() The Gradius Army fought gallantly, but the invaders over-powered and destroyed most of the Gradius Army.Īt this point, Gradius Army HQ decided to launch a desperation attack on the center of the dark nebula, which seemed to be the source of the invaders. Soon after the disappearance of the science vessel, the colony planets of Gradius were attacked and ruined by some unknown force. It began with the disappearance of the science vessel which went to the dark nebula known as The Evil Range, which had never been investigated before due to its notoriety as the Dangerous Nebula, and entering it was prohibited by the government. 200 years passed.the civilization of Gradius prospered and looked as if the peace would last forever.īut that was before the nightmare returned. The threat of invasion was gone and peace had returned to Gradius. The setting is between Gradius III and Gradius IV, during the 3rd Bacterian War, the planet Gradius defeated the Bacterians by destroying the center of their power. When playing on the easier modes, more troublesome boss attacks are removed and there are less enemies on the screen. The difficulty level can be adjusted from 'easiest' to 'hardest'making a total of nine difficulty levels, including a boss rush mode. Laser, Reduce size shield and options types were removed in the transition from Gradius III to Gaiden. Several changes were also made to the weapons system, introducing the chargeable E. The core gameplay remains unchanged, but there are two new ships whose weapons configurations are new to the series. Gradius Gaiden is a sidescrolling shooter produced by Konami and released in Japan in 1997.
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