![]() TECHNICAL Konami Hornet Hardware CPU: PowerPC 403GA 32-bit RISC 64 MHz Sound CPU: Motorola 68000 16 MHz Sound Chip: Ricoh RF5C400 PCM 32Ch, 44.1 kHz Stereo, 3D Effect Spatializer 3D DSP: Analog Devices ADSP-21062 (SHARC) 32-bit floating point DSP 36 MHz Graphics Chips: 3DFX Voodoo 2 Pixel processor with 16meg RAM, 3DFX Voodoo 2 Texture processor with 32meg RAM Interface: Jamma + Players: 2 Control: 8-way Joystick Buttons: 3 TRIVIA Even if titlescreen says 1998, Gradius IV was released in February 1999. The end-of-game boss is the giant head of Gofer the alien Being intent on controlling all life in the galaxy. Gradius IV features nine stages, with a large alien boss or ship waiting at the end of each. Game difficulty increases depending on how many power-ups the player has equipped, so it is sometimes advantageous to NOT power-up the player's ship too much. Occasionally, destroyed enemies will drop blue capsules, these act as single-use smart bombs that kill all on-screen enemies when collected. Players can activate the highlighted item at any point, after which the power meter resets. ![]() Each collected capsule advances the power meter by one step. These can be collected and used to upgrade the Viper's weapons. To achieve this, players must destroy special individual enemies - usually red in colour - or enemy waves that then drop orange capsules. As with previous games in the series (with the exception of "Salamander") Gradius IV features a power-up system based on a selection meter at the bottom of the screen called a 'power meter', that enables players to buy weapons and upgrades. When it seems that all hope is lost, a lone fighter screams across the sky and the battle for freedom is joined once more. Then suddenly, without warning, a massive attack force appears and quickly overwhelms the Gradius Defense Forces. Gradius IV is a horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up in which the doomsday planet of Bacterian is now long-forgotten and Planet Gradius enjoys peace and prosperity. Arcade Video game published 24 years ago: Gradius IV - Fukkatsu © 1999 Konami Company, Limited. ![]()
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