The thing about Punch-Out is that it never really had more than two objects moving at once. There’s some added flickering and slowdown, but otherwise it’s replicated remarkably well. All schemes have Speed-Up and Multiples (Options), but have differing 'Missile', 'Double', and 'Laser' weapons. Naturally, the graphics have been downgraded, but they’re about on the level of Life Force. Gradius II retains the Power Meter bar from Gradius, but now the player can choose between four different weapon configurations and progressions. Player: BNM Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between. I don't think there's anything speical about the MMC2 that allows for large sprites. The Famicom port of Gradius II is a very reasonable conversion. This is a No miss run of the first loop of Gradius 2 for the Famicom. You can play Vulcan Venture / Gradius 2 and other. Does the VRC4 allow sprites to be large like the MMC2 does or something special like that? Vulcan Venture / Gradius 2 is a classic video game in shootem up genre for NES retro game console. Not only is it a really good shooter that dramatically improves upon its predecessor, but it also wasnt. I just played through the whole game tonight and as far as I can tell, its a real techincal achievement on the Famicom. The Famicoms Gradius II is an interesting title. VRC4 has some IRQ features that I don't understand, so I guess those may have helped with that as well (but I really don't know). The no-flicker part of it is probably due to good programming. The smooth animations are probably due to the low CHR-RAM bank sizes, which allowed them to swap in new graphics in a more precise manner. The leaps from NES Gradius to LifeForce / Salamander to Gradius II Famicom on the same console was pretty spectacular, though Gradius II on th. It was even more impressive than Life Force was.

I'd guess you'd be able to pull off something like Gradius II with an MMC3. The Famicom version of Gradius II fascinated me, because we never got it on the NES in the United States.

the question is basically does the VRC4 do something say the MMC3 wouldn't and does Gradius II FC as complex as it is due to the VRC4 chip or just good konami programming? Many of the later bosses have such smooth animation, the game allows four options at once theres no slowdown and sprite flickering is kept at a minimum.īoth chips (VRC4 and MMC3) are pretty powerful. Quote from: satoshi_matrix on January 03, 2011, 02:20:42 am

Gradius 2 famicom