

“Konami have made a considerable effort in porting all of these games to the PSP. Unfortunately, even at wait time zero Gradius III still has severe problems.” This is essentially a way to alter the amount of slowdown in the game. Another neat feature is you can alter the wait time in the options menu. Since there isn’t a limit on how many times you can reload you can avoid some of the frustrating by reloading every time you die. Players can save the game at any time by pausing the game.
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To make the game truly portable Konami added in a quicksave feature. You can also adjust the screen to use the PSP’s widescreen format or revert back to a standard square with borders. “Gradius Portable comes with a couple of extras like intact intro videos from the PS1 Gradius Collection and Gradius IV’s video.

While most shooter fans already know these games are good in their original form, lets take a look at what the critics think of this portable compilation.

This special disc also includes a gallery mode to listen to the thumping soundtracks from every game and the ability to view CG movies of the Vic Viper in action. Gradius Gaiden is the most annticipated shooter out of the bunch since it gathered such a cult following on the original Playstation. Spanning more than 20 years of shooting action, Gradius Collection includes… With the latest PSP compilation you will receive five beloved Gradius titles in one exciting game package. Even though I’m not particularly interested in the PSP as a whole, it does have a handful of redeeming retro games under its belt, and as I elluded to earlier, Konami’s headlining shmup series is one of the latest additions.
