Why didn't the Genesis get a Gradius game?
Wouldn't that be cool if the Genesis had a Gradius game? The SNES and Genesis both had Contra, Castlevania, TMNT, Sunset Riders, Sparkster, Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Sega didn't get a Gradius game though. It's strange that this was pretty much the only main konami series not on Genesis. Gradius 3 probably would have ran better on Genesis without the unbearable slowdown of the snes version.
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Air Elemental Blast
Gaiares
Hellfire
Truxton
Whip Rush
Just to name a few.
But I do wonder too why it didn't show up on there given the history of the other franchises making their respective appearances, both in ports and new games too.
Originally posted by: Stryphos
I don't know, for those of us with sub-par gaming skills, especially when taking shmups into account, the slowdown makes Gradius III palatable. Also, I think that the Genesis library has quite a few very good shmups even without Gradius making an appearance:
Air Elemental Blast
Gaiares
Hellfire
Truxton
Whip Rush
Just to name a few.
But I do wonder too why it didn't show up on there given the history of the other franchises making their respective appearances, both in ports and new games too.
Great point. Even if Gradius III was on the Genesis, it would be overshadowed by the plethora of other (better) shooters.
Edit - Thunder Force III and IV are some of the best shumps I have ever played.
Its okay it has Thunder Force........
Edit - Thunder Force III and IV are some of the best shumps I have ever played.
You need to get out there more
Kidding, those are great games!
I think it's nice the SNES has a few of its own shmups the Genesis didn't get. The system has like 80+, let the SNES have a few.to call it's own!
Originally posted by: dqualls187
Originally posted by: ToxieRules
Its okay it has Thunder Force........
Edit - Thunder Force III and IV are some of the best shumps I have ever played.
You need to get out there more Kidding, those are great games! I think it's nice the SNES has a few of its own shmups the Genesis didn't get. The system has like 80+, let the SNES have a few.to call it's own!
Oh totally......Thunder Force are easily the best though... way better than Gradius anyway.
Originally posted by: dqualls187
Originally posted by: ToxieRules
Its okay it has Thunder Force........
Edit - Thunder Force III and IV are some of the best shumps I have ever played.
You need to get out there more Kidding, those are great games! I think it's nice the SNES has a few of its own shmups the Genesis didn't get. The system has like 80+, let the SNES have a few.to call it's own!
Oh totally......Thunder Force are easily the best though... way better than Gradius anyway.
Yeah definitely. I'm not huge on Side Scrolling Shooters. Prefer Vertical
Its okay it has Thunder Force........
Edit - Thunder Force III and IV are some of the best shumps I have ever played.
Correct! Thunder Force IV, aka "Lightening (lol) Force" is my personal fave shmup on the Genesis. The OST is amazing.
Originally posted by: Jeckidy
Although it's a good series, I honestly never cared a whole lot for the Gradius games compared to the much more light-hearted (but still challenging) Parodius offshoots. I am more shocked, given how every console at the time had it, that a port of the very first Parodius did not exist for the MegaDrive. Saturn had them, but I still would've liked to have been able to see it running on the MD nonetheless.
You know, I love Parodius AND the Genesis but I suppose it kinda makes sense that there was never a MD Parodius. Parodius was by and large made just for the Japanese market, and since the Mega Drive was a distant distant second to the Super Famicom over there, they probably just didn't want to take the time or money. At least with other Konami games they could sell it to both Japan and the States and do pretty well, but I don't think Parodius would have ever made it here, at least not in those days.
This does remind me that I need to get around to playing the ones on Saturn, though...