Gradius (NES)

Gradius
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Gradius
Platform(s)	Virtual Console, NES
Release date(s)	Famicom JP April 25, 1986 NA December 1986 EU November 30, 1988 Virtual Console JP December 2, 2006 NA January 8, 2007 EU February 2, 2007
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	Wii Remote, GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	FARJ01, FARP01, FARE01
See also...	TurboGrafx-16 Version Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google (video game) Wikipedia page

In Gradius control the trans-dimensional spaceship Vic Viper, and battle waves of enemies through various environments.

NES Global Problems

Problems that may occur with any NES title on Dolphin are listed below.

DirectX with NES Games

Most NES games suffer strange graphical issues when using the DirectX backend with some graphics drivers; notably NVIDIA. This is a driver bug.

NVIDIA Title Corruption

As of 5.0-4869, the D3D driver bugs can be worked around by setting Ubershaders to Exclusive/Synchronous (Ubershaders). It's unknown what exactly is going on with the driver that's causing Exclusive Ubershaders/Synchronous (Ubershaders) to work properly.

This seems to have been rectified at some point, though it's unclear what resolved it.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Gradius since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester