Justin Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Gradius III Super Nintendo Entertainment System Controller: CONTROLLER / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: NORMAL Difficulty Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST July 14th, 2019 OBJECTIVE: Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between July 1st through July 14th, 2019. Screen captures are not allowed as they are easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! ELIGIBILITY: Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! PLAY RULES: Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following rules and game settings as delineated in the Squad Challenge. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. DIFFICULTY LEVEL: NORMAL Difficulty. (Adjust Difficulty Settings in OPTION Mode). Yes TURBO SHOTS and AUTOMATIC POWER UPS are allowed. FAIR PLAY: Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that no use of cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, Photoshop, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage is allowed. Everybody hates a cheater. MORE: To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: https://forums.atari.io/topic/1219-high-score-squad-how-to-play/ MESSAGE: Welcome to our 65th Squad Challenge! This will be our second Squad Challenge for Super Nintendo and for one of the system's best shoot 'em up titles: Gradius III! This is a personal favorite and one that was nominated as a request at the beginning of the year. ROM and Instruction Manual are provided below. Good luck to everyone playing! NOTE: We have HSW Day 2019 coming up on July 30th. Be there! Gradius III.sfc Gradius III.pdf Atari Creep, greenween and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Oh boy, this is a tough one!!! lol Thank god it's not a single life challenge. Justin and Control Issues 1 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Issues Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 This IS a rough one. I'm used to playing LifeForce on the NES, but this one steps it up a notch. The enemies are so fast! Anyway, I got past the first boss once. Will play some more and hopefully improve. 45500 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 F-Zero was my first SNES game ever. Then this one. I have to admit that Gradius III is fun but my least favorite in the series due to a slowdown issue in later levels. I lack this game and controllers unfortunately and emulation does not do this game justice. This one HAS to be played on real hardware to truly appreciate it. Konami out did themselves on this one. It's a shame they didn't use the 16-bit technology to bring Life Force and the original Gradius over to the SNES. Atari Creep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 I haven't played this in many years. Just found a copy on ebay for $16. Looking forward to this one! Atari Creep and Justin 2 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted July 3, 2019 Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just to get something posted. 8200 Control Issues and Justin 2 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 15600 NSFW Lots of poo poo words, lot more than usual anyway. lol Control Issues and Justin 1 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Issues Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Getting better... 61800 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 20,600 for me. I need to figure out how to get by boss #1 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Issues Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Just for the halibut... a vid of me playing the first level... it took a lot of tries while recording to get through it in one ship, and as you can see, I didn't last long afterwards. Not my best effort, but the best I had while recording. There are a few parts in there that I'm not sure how I got through. lol Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 Posting a score for my older son. Let's call him RickR Jr too. Neither one of us could get past that first boss. 25,800. Justin and Control Issues 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Congratulations Control Issues! Congratulations @Control Issues on your score! I'd like to offer "Rick R Jr. Too" a very special welcome to the forums for participating in this Squad Challenge. This was a really challenging game, I hope you guys enjoyed the challenge and had fun with this one. Congrats to everyone who played! I'd like to encourage Control Issues to post his new high score on the Scoreboard, and maybe this Challenge can continue on! Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be posted shortly! Stay tuned! GRADIUS III FINAL STANDINGS 1 CONTROL ISSUES 61,800 2 RICKR JR. TOO 25,800 3 RICKR 20,600 4 ATARI CREEP 15,600 greenween, Control Issues and Atari Creep 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 I love this game! Just not on emulation. Lol. Congrats to all! Control Issues and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 I never received the copy of this I ordered off of Ebay. Justin and RickR 2 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 2 hours ago, greenween said: I never received the copy of this I ordered off of Ebay. I was hoping you'd get to join in! greenween 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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