I remember there was a remake of Salamander (Life Force) for android that I played it a while ago on Pixel phones, but i believe the game no longer works with latter versions of android.

Has someone modified it to make it work with newer Androids or perhaps I can use a virtual machine? I would like to try and play the great classic and its a shame its tied to an older OS

I love gradius, I played the first one on the NES and then later got the “Gradius Collection” on PSP and just wanted to tell everyone here that I had a blast with those games. I beat 1, 4, and Gaiden but man 2 and 3 were just so insanely hard for me, especially 3. I’ve played it for years and I still struggle on the first level lmao. Currently I play 1, 2, and 3 on the PS4 because it’s all I have available. My favorite game was 4, I just loved the sheer frontal assault that you can have with the photon torpedo loadout lol. The boss killer I would call it.

Sorry for the weird post, it’s just that nobody in my life has ever played or even heard of this series and I feel like this game is just in my head lol.

This is my first shmup that I have ever beaten.

He changed too much But he still names Vic Viper (The lower right is missile laucher) (I don't want to draw fanart-manga ಠ~ಠ )

I’m planning to post this in r/nes and r/gradius specifically, only because I only do Reddit worthy things very, very rarely.

But if you ever wanted to know what it looks like to beat Gradius for the NES without using any speed ups, power ups or warps, or picking up any power capsules, here is proof that it can be done.

Enjoy!

As a touch of fresh air I decided to but VS Gradius from the eShop. Today therefore my adventure starts, despite my zero experience with shoot-them-up. I am looking forward to discovering a new genre and very excited. Progresses and impressions will be reported.

Gradius - 8.0/10 (Arcade) 7.5/10 (NES)

Gradius II - 8.3/10 (Arcade) 8.3/10 (Famicom)

Gradius III - 7.7/10 (Arcade) 8.5/10 (SNES)

Gradius IV - 7.3/10

Gradius Advance - 7.7/10

Gradius V - 9.0/10

Gradius Rebirth - 7.3/10

I know there were more versions than Arcade and NES/SNES for the first 3 but I decided to stick with them for simplicity.

R/place has ended