Salamander: 1-ALL (JP Ver./Original/GRADIUS ORIGINS)

This one took longer than Gradius to clear! Compared to Gradius, Salamander doesn't appear to grant any extends and feels even more punishing to recover from after a single death. There aren't any item drops in the second half of stage 6, so it's game over if you take a hit. It feels even more mandatory to clear the game as a no-miss run than Gradius (with the exception of the end escape sequence). I'm not sure why the stage 4 boss didn't fire during this run either. It seems to be random? Sometimes the boss will fire from all 3 cores right at the start of the fight, while other times it'll only fire from 2. I've noticed that the boss tends to not fire as much if you play subsequent runs without hard resetting the game... This is technically a no-miss run too, but I'm not sure why the game didn't reset the miss counter from my previous 2 failed attempts. The replay also saved these 2 failed runs too, but I've cut them from this video. Total ~10 hours to get this first clear. Get the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/28... Chapters: 0:00 Stage 1 2:34 Stage 2 4:20 Stage 3 6:21 Stage 4 8:40 Stage 5 10:35 Stage 6 13:48 Escape