Gradius I-IV and Gaiden compiling onto PSP
by Dan Choi 
{ Nov 3rd 2005 at 4:46PM }
(Unemulated) PSP shoot-em-ups are getting a boost in Japan with
the release of Gradius Portable, a compilation of Gradius I-IV and Gaiden,
on February 9. An American/Western release has not yet been announced.
Options include saving states by pausing the game, toggling slowdown, playing in widescreen, and restarting from any
previous save made. A movie gallery for PlayStation extras in the past is also planned along with a music gallery
featuring soundtracks "from all five games (as well as Gradius on the X68000)." Prospective PS3 owners, expect
a next-gen follow-up as well.
So are you ready to go portable and bust some alien heads? (And quite literally, too, judging by the boss pictured?)
Importers, you know what to do.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
vakerorokero @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
somehow this isn't PSP bragging material like Sony promised. I'm avoiding homebrew and this is what we get? official emulators? old games?? and of top of this they sell us the Movie converter that we were supposed to get INCLUDED WITH the PSP??? Are they trying hard to get us to buy a DS??? I'm still waiting for any of those 150 games in development. Let's hope we get at least 2 a month one good and one bad, but at least it will be different than no games until christmas.
djSyndrome @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
This is for the Japanese market, who appreciate re-releases (especially on portables). Don't count on SCEA approving this - rumor has it that we (North America) barely got Gradius V, and that was a brand-new game.
Jago @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
Oh good job Sony!!! Instead of pushing to have 100% original MUST HAVE games for the system, you are releasing either ports of PS2 games, PSP games that are fun but are not gonna do what say Nintendogs did for the DS or are just making compilations.
//end sarcasim
...and I own both systems btw so I am not some raving fanboy who has never owned/played the PSP.
Eric @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
SCEA may want to seriously consider bringing this here, for exactly the reason that #1 points to (if indirectly): if you're going to lock out homebrew/emulation, at least give us the option to play (some of) the games legitimately. Obviously I think they should just stop the firmware war altogether, though.
Oh... and Gradius rocks :).
yo yo mama @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
Gradius V does rock fo' shizzle - although I did hate that bio-ish level where you shoot through the lava crap which always closed on me and then those invisible thingies came through the lava to end your day.
that level's boss sux'd too
mike @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
Gradius V does rock fo' shizzle - although I did hate that bio-ish level
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Of course you would know.. you guys play SNES games on that thing..
BD @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
I think it's a good idea to make ports like emulators. It gives us reason to buy the games!
/me prays to SCEA for this compilation
I don't see what you DS fanboys are complaining about. Never did I see someone try to compare Gradius to Nintendogs. Yeah, Nintendogs is cute and fun and is somewhat practical, but Gradius is classic gaming and simply owns.
zelig2 @ Dec 18th 2005 9:37PM
If they offered this in February here in the states I would actually go out and buy a PSP for this title. I've loved the Gradius games and would love to play them on a portable in widescreen. Actually any side scrolling game benifits from widescreen in my opinion.