"Gradius III & IV: Mythology of Revival"
English Manual Translation by Albert Brown (ashitaka@email.com)
Please only use this for Private Home use, thank you.
Gradius III and IV- Revival
Page 3-Contents
Contents
The Controls………………..Page 4
Viewpoint of Screen………..Page 5
How to Play………………...Page 6-7
Option Mode……………..…Page 8-9
Save/Load…………………..Page 10-11
Story
Gradius III…………..Page 12
Gradius IV…………..Page 18
Stages
Gradius III…………..Page 13
Gradius IV…………..Page 19
Power Ups
Gradius III…………..Page 14-15
Gradius IV…………..Page 20-21
Internet Ranking…………….Page 22
Page 4-Controller
Push L1 button + R1 button + Start button + Select Button at the same
time.- Soft Reset
Start button - decision, pause
Select button – not used
ANALOG mode switch
Left Analog- steer ship
LED indicator- whether or not analog feature is on
Right analog- not used
Direction Key- cursor, steer ship
SQUARE button- Power Up
X button- Shoot
TRIANGLE button- Rapid Fire
CIRCLE button- decision, missile
*To use the Analog feature, make sure the LED indication is showing
red.
*It doesn't correspond to the vibration function.
*You can change button settings in option mode.
*It can employ the function that it chose with a button that a function
isn't assigned if you select " ALL ".
*It isn't possible for 2 people to play "Gradius 3 and 4- Revival"
simultaneously without 2 controllers.
Page 5-Game Screen
Lives Left High Score
1P Score 2P Score
Gradius III
(Image Here)
Power Up Bar
Lives Left High Score
1P Score 2P Score
Gradius IV
(Image Here)
Power Up Bar
Page 6-How to play
At the "Gradius III and IV- Revival" main screen, select which Gradius
to play(3 or 4). Then highlight it, and press START to go to it's title
screen.
1 PLAYER (One person can play)
2 PLAYERS (Two people can play)
STAGE SELECT (Select which stage to start on, those you've played
through)
*Only for Gradius III
HI-SCORE TRY- (At Game Over time, your score and a password are
displayed in order to register for the
Internet Ranking.)
OPTION MODE-(Change the Setup of the game)
MAIN TITLE-(Return to general screen)
Page 7-How to Play (Cont.)
In case your ship is destroyed
Gradius III
When you can't continue, it becomes a Game Over. In this case, set the
game level to Easiest or Very Easy to play. When you play through the
game levels, you can then go to Stage Select to play from the levels
you've played through(Stage Select is Loop 1 play).
Gradius IV
In the game level, you can't continue in Medium ~ Hardest with the last
Hi Score Try.
Page 8-Option Mode
You can change various setup of the game in option mode.
Game Level
Gradius III
You can change the difficulty of the game to 6 different levels.
Easiest ~ Very Hard
Gradius IV
You can change the difficulty of the game to 8 different levels.
Easiest ~ Hardest
Extend
During a game, whether a machine increases, depending on bonuses. (not
sure exactly).
Player
You can select the number of Lives you want to start off with.
Gradius III–You can have 1 –9 lives
Gradius IV–You can have 3- 9 lives
Power Up
You can choose the method of power upgrade (Manual/ Semi Auto)
Manual- Power upgrade by hand.
Semi Auto-Computer assists with the power upgrade.
Adjustment
You can setup the screen position.
Page 9-Option Mode (Cont.)
Key Config
Power Up- Power upgrade.
Shot- Discharge weapon.
Missile- Discharge a missile.
Rapid Shot-Can shoot both weapons at same time continuously.
Rapid Missile-Shoot missiles continuously.
Default
Return to original game settings.
Sound Test
You can listen to sounds from the game
Rendition- CIRCLE button
Rendition Stop- X button
Display/ non-display of window- TRIANGLE button
Save/Load
You can save/load your game data with Playstation2's 8mb memory card.
Exit
When your finished using option mode.
Only Gradius III
Wait Level- you can setup a Wait Level management. The management
doesn't catch up and reproduces a situation that game speed gets slow
with hard selected. Settings: (Off/Level 1/ Level 2). *Management is
like the arcade version in those days. As a standard degree of
difficulty, it is OFF (HARD) – Level 2 (Easy)
Only Gradius IV
Sound-set sound to stereo or mono
Screen-Change to arcade or use full screen for screen size.
Page 10-Save/Load
It is necessary to use the "Playstation 2" exclusive memory card(8mb)
to Save/Load game data. If you choose Save/Load with each option of
"Gradius 3", "Gradius 4", You will advance to the Save/Load screen.
*Please, only use "Playstation 2" exclusive memory card(8mb) for this
game.
*This game uses Memory Card Slot 1.
*Memory card, "Pocketstation" can't be used.
Load
The data that you have saved for your game on the 8mb card can be read
and loaded.
*When you turn on the Main Power to ON, and there is a Playstation2 8mb
memory card plugged into memory card slot 1, the data will be read and
loaded automatically.
Auto Save
When this feature is ON, and there is a "Playstation2" exclusive memory
card (8mb) in memory card slot 1, data is automatically saved after a
Game Over.
Save
Saves data onto the "Playstation2" exclusive memory card (8mb).
Page 12-Story of Gradius III
"Gradius 3: succession to mythology"
The Dark Milky Way, which is an infinity of deep, dark eternal
darkness, is the place where the mysterious destructive god
"Bakuterian" started an activity to be born again in an unknown
territory.
The dark force of Bakuterian is the last attack left to be
accomplished is an ambition by itself.
For the dark force, it wrapped all universes with an energy
beyond our imagination and caused destruction and massacre. An image of
aggression swallowed the planet of Gradius and its surroundings in
succession and stretched an evil hand straight for this star. The
Gradius Federal government is assembling a whole Gradius army for this
threat, by putting up a large defense net, to face an all-out attack.
This we consider is an enthusiastic defense that might also tear apart
a strong dark force as not seen before. Then, again a super-time and
space fighter departure. They are daring all universal fates, to fly
over there, now it is not time to quit.
Page 13- Stages
Gradius 3
1. Desert stage –Boss : "Goraiasu"
2. Bubble stage- Boss: "Baburuai"
3. Volcano stage- Boss: "Bixtukukoamk III"
4. High Speed stage
5. Moai stage-Boss: "Dogasu/Vaifu"
6. Cell stage-Boss: "Gurego-ru"
7. Lava stage-Boss: "Waiba-n(First form)/Barucyadodoragon(Second form)"
8. Plant stage-Boss: "Buroxtutyingu·uvi-do"
9. Crystal stage-Boss: "Riza-dogoa"
10. Last stage
Page 14-Power Up
A power upgrade capsule appears when you destroy a specific enemy
and/or formation. Every time you take a capsule, a power meter that
lights up for the order will display a kind of power upgrade. Then
push the power upgrade button if the power upgrade that you hope to use
is lit.
(Image Here) Power upgrade capsule
?Out of four kinds of the power meter A ~ D, you can choose a shield out
of three kinds of A ~ C.
?Power Meter
?Decision (You choose one out of four kinds) for the power meter
?Decision of the shield (You choose it out of three kinds)
?Edit Mode
You individually can change a power meter with EDIT MODE.
*A power upgrade that you can select with EDIT MODE is limited.
Page 15- Power Up(Cont.)
Explanation of every power upgrade Gradius III
Note: this section is somewhat self-explanatory. So I won't be going
into the details.
Page 18-Story of Gradius IV
"Gradius IV: Revival"
The distant past was in the memory of the people. The name of a
destructive planet "Bakuterian" is forgotten further. However the
nightmare comes again. Before a surrender, the defense army must get in
front of the enemy to have war potential. Vacantly only one machine,
there was an appearance of a white body that flew past the star at that
time.
Page 19-Stages
1. Fluid Metal stage-Boss: "Yoragaton kimera"
2. Plant stage-Boss: "Dendorodeiumu"
3. Bubble stage-Boss: "Bubble core"
4. Magma stage-Boss: "Giradoru"
5. Moai stage-Boss: "A- & Mu-"
6. Cellular stage-Boss: "Beriaru"
7. High Speed stage-Boss: "Rolling Core"
8. Bosuonparedo
9. Fortress stage
Page 20-Power Up
A power upgrade capsule appears when you destroy a specific enemy
and/or formation. Every time you take a capsule, a power meter that
lights up for the order will display a kind of power upgrade. Then
push the power upgrade button if the power upgrade that you hope to use
is lit.
(Image Here) Power upgrade capsule
(Image Here) A capsule of a blue color can remove all enemies and
bullets on the screen.
?Out of 6 kinds from the power meter, you can choose a shield out of 2
kinds.
?Power Meter
? Decision (You choose one out of six kinds) for the power meter
? Decision of the shield (You choose it out of two kinds)
Page 21-Power Up
Explanation of every power upgrade Gradius IV
Note: this section is somewhat self-explanatory. So I won't be going
into the details.
Page 22-Internet Ranking
If you play High Score Try of Gradius III and Gradius IV, a certain
score makes a password appear. You can register at the Konami Official
homepage for this.
Password Acquisition Method
After doing " High Score Try" and getting GAME OVER, a password
appears.
* However, a password doesn't appear for 0 points.
* When registering, the password and your score are needed.
* There is an Internet ranking holding period. Please visit the " KCE
Tokyo official website " for a detailed explanation of receipt period
and receipt method of the password.
KCE Tokyo Official homepage address www.konami.co.jp/kcet/