Gradius 2: Gopher's Ambition

This week JTTWIN16 beta is expanded to support Gradius 2. This game was originally failing because the scroll settings that affect the sprite location were not applied at the expected time. That caused the game not to detect any collisions so the ship would just have a peaceful travel to the boss scene, and then stay there as you cannot hit the boss. Gladly, it is working now.

History

Released by Konami in 1988. The newly developed super-time fighter Big Piper is now ready to launch in order to protect the mother planet Gradius from the special forces unit Gopher! The game was an official sequel to the arcade version of Gradius, four years after its release, with the board having evolved from the Bubble System to the Twin 16, with more power in every aspect. It was overwhelmingly popular in Japan and won first place in the magazine Gamest as the best arcade game of the year. The graphics and background music were highly acclaimed, and although it is a sequel, the emphasis on a purely powered-up version of the first game, without any unnecessary padding, is the reason why so many players were hooked on the game.

Other Updates

• JTALIENS: fixed low drum volume in Crime Fighters

• JTVIGIL: fixed sound distortion

• JTTWIN16: fixed too low sound in Dark Adventure

• The missing version field in Analogue Pocket fields that caused troubles for updaters in the last release is filled now. Updater should work correctly with the new files.

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