Gradius 3 - No Slowdown Mode.

Game: Gradius III
Platform: SNES
Developer: Konami Co., Ltd.
Year: 1991

Info: The game runs smoothly (with a STEEP increase in difficulty) thanks to a SA-1 integrated chip patch developed by Victor Vilela. This patch will work on real SNES hardare and in most emulators, although the ZSNES one is still not fully supported.

Without this patch we would have NEVER been able to play the game without it's horrendous slowdowns due to the SNES hardware trying its best to keep up with the game. However Gradius 3 was developed thinking and using this slowdown as a difficulty "balance" feature. Without it, as you have or will see, the entire scenario turns into a shooting gallery from wich 9.9 out of 10 times you won't come out alive from it.

As a final note, Vilela's SA-1 patch will also work for Contra 3: The Alien Wars, so if you ever wanted to play that game at a stable 60 frames per second, you should give it a try.

This playtrough has been brought to you thanks to the previous 25 to 30 attempts to survive the bullet induced hell, but with everything, practice, persistence and some heavy insults towards the screen, can help ya improve your skills, so keep shootin' :3