game
| title | Gradius III (World ?) |
| set name | grdius3e |
| manufacturer | Konami |
| year | 1989 |
| genre | Shooter (hof) |
| category | Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof) |
| driver status | good |
| driver source | gradius3.c |
| snapshots | MW: in game
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| rating |   74.1% after 82 votes |
| parent | Gradius III (Japan) |
| other clones | Gradius III (Asia) |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 2048 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 320x224 |
| frequency | 60.000000Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | stereo |
controls
| players | 2 |
| nplayers | 2P alt |
| controls | 8 way joystick |
| buttons | 3 |
| coin slots | 3 |
hardware
| cpu | 68000 @ 10MHz |
| cpu | 68000 @ 10MHz |
| cpu | Z80 @ 3.579545MHz |
| audio | YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz |
| audio | K007232 @ 3.579545MHz |
data
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| last change(s) | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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cabinet art
| flyer | gradius3.png |
| PCB | gradius3.png |
additional information
| info | 0.36b13 [Nicola Salmoria] Bugs:
LEVELS: 16 Other Emulators:
Gradius / Nemesis Gradius (PlayChoice-10) Vs. Gradius Gradius II / Vulcan Venture Gradius III Gradius 4: Fukkatsu Salamander Salamander 2 R-Type R-Type II R-Type Leo Turtle Ship Hellfire X Multiply Zero Wing Raiga - Strato Fighter Rezon Blaze On Hyper Duel Super Spacefortress Macross II Romset: 3905 kb / 25 files / 1.46 zip |
| history | Gradius III (c) 1989 Konami. The Vic Viper starfighter returns to battle the onslaughts of the Bacterion Empire. - TECHNICAL - Game ID : GX945 Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 10 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz) Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), K007232 (@ 3.579545 Mhz) Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 2048 Players : 2 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 3 - TRIVIA - Released in December 1989. This game is known in Asia and Japan as "Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e". Konami released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Gradius Arcade Soundtrack - KMCA-155) on 03/04/2002. - TIPS AND TRICKS - * Change BGM : In Stage 3 (In The Wind), around the T-shaped cliff, you will find an enemy bay against the wall and under a ceiling, which is nearly impossible to hit except with the use of some types of Missiles and the S.Option. Destroy it and the BGM in the stage will change. * Play First Level Of "Salamander" Or Gradius : In Stage 10, when you are at the last boss of the game, get hit by the boss' attack that comes out of its mouth. You will then be taken either to Salamander stage 1 or Gradius stage 1. * Stage Skip : 1. Turn Odd Number Dip Switches except Dip 1-5 AFTER boot up. As follows : Coin A = 1 Coin/6 Credits Coin B = 1 Coin/6 Credits Lives = 3 Cabinet = Upright Bonus Life = 50000 Difficulty = Hard Demo Sounds = Off Flip Screen = On Upright Controls = Single Service Mode = On Unknown = Off 2. In game, hold Service Switch (Coin 3 = Key 7 in Mame) then press 1P Start Button. - SERIES -
* Consoles : Nintendo Super Famicom (1991) Sony PlayStation 2 (2000, "Gradius III & IV") Sony PSP (2006, "Gradius Collection") Nintendo Wii (2007, "Virtual Console" - SNES version) * Computers : Sharp X68000 - SOURCES - Game's rom. |
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