Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
VS. Gradius 10 Million+ point run! The actual final score was like 10.5 million if you count the rollover but the hi score counter stops at 9999990.
Stage Listing:
0:00:00 - Loop 1
0:14:40 - Loop 2
0:29:20 - Loop 3
0:44:00 - Loop 4
0:57:24 - First mistake and recovery
0:59:58 - Loop 5
1:15:42 - Loop 6
1:16:27 - Another mistake, not so bad
1:31:00 - Loop 7
1:37:14 - Moai massacre lol
1:50:12 - Loop 8
2:02:58 - WTF?! Run in serious trouble
2:07:14 - Loop 9
2:21:55 - Loop 10
2:36:39 - Loop 11
2:38:50 - Rare stage 2 warp skip
2:48:55 - Loop 12
3:03:22 - Loop 13
3:18:06 - Loop 14
3:32:38 - Loop 15
3:51:17 - Loop 16
4:05:48 - Loop 17
4:10:55 - 10 Million!
4:16:34 - WTF part 2!?
4:23:30 - Loop 18 and 40 lives go bye bye
VS. Gradius is a port of the Famicom/NES Gradius to the Nintendo VS. Arcade System, apparently, this predates the actual release to the NES (but not the Famicom). So this was, in fact, the first time Americans could play any version of Gradius, arcade or otherwise.
I had some pretty scary deaths in the stage 7 fortress a few times that I thought might end the run. I didn't practice any recoveries whatsoever so I had to try and figure it and hotshot dodge stuff on the spot.
Pretty happy to have this done as its been a goal of mine ever since I played the NES version a long time ago.
VS. Gradius 10 Million+ point run! The actual final score was like 10.5 million if you count the rollover but the hi score counter stops at 9999990.
Stage Listing:
0:00:00 - Loop 1
0:14:40 - Loop 2
0:29:20 - Loop 3
0:44:00 - Loop 4
0:57:24 - First mistake and recovery
0:59:58 - Loop 5
1:15:42 - Loop 6
1:16:27 - Another mistake, not so bad
1:31:00 - Loop 7
1:37:14 - Moai massacre lol
1:50:12 - Loop 8
2:02:58 - WTF?! Run in serious trouble
2:07:14 - Loop 9
2:21:55 - Loop 10
2:36:39 - Loop 11
2:38:50 - Rare stage 2 warp skip
2:48:55 - Loop 12
3:03:22 - Loop 13
3:18:06 - Loop 14
3:32:38 - Loop 15
3:51:17 - Loop 16
4:05:48 - Loop 17
4:10:55 - 10 Million!
4:16:34 - WTF part 2!?
4:23:30 - Loop 18 and 40 lives go bye bye
VS. Gradius is a port of the Famicom/NES Gradius to the Nintendo VS. Arcade System, apparently, this predates the actual release to the NES (but not the Famicom). So this was, in fact, the first time Americans could play any version of Gradius, arcade or otherwise.
I had some pretty scary deaths in the stage 7 fortress a few times that I thought might end the run. I didn't practice any recoveries whatsoever so I had to try and figure it and hotshot dodge stuff on the spot.
Pretty happy to have this done as its been a goal of mine ever since I played the NES version a long time ago.
