Gradius V

Gradius V

Gradius V NTSC-U Boxart Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20712 NPUD-20712 Release date: September 14, 2004 April 14, 2015 CRCs: CDA95971 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-52095 Release date: October 8, 2004 CRCs: 0F877618 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-62462 SLKA-15032 SLPM-62621 (Konami the Best) NPJD-00088 Release date: July 22, 2004 May 26, 2005 (Konami the Best) April 15, 2015 CRCs: B3F78DFA Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Treasure
Genre: Shoot'em up
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 87/100
Game description: The game is set predominantly in outer space where players control a fictional spacecraft called Vic Viper through a continuously scrolling background depicting the territories of Bacterian—an evil empire which serves as the player's enemy

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	Intel C2D e8400 OC 3.6Ghz nVidia GeForce 260GTX	r3113	GSDX r3068 0.1.16	SPU2-X r3117 1.4.0 LilyPad r2930 0.10.0	FPS:60, Game works great.	Sev7en77
NTSC-U	?	? ?	r4600	GSDX r4600	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad r4510	FPS: 60/60. Might get slowdowns in some boss battles with slower cards and high resolution so try reducing the internal resolution if that's the case.	Machina
NTSC-J	Windows	Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16Ghz Nvidia GTS 250 512MB	1.1.0 r5517	GSdx 5464 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 5478 LilyPad 0.11.0 5403	Still amazing..., Some occasional very minor texture error on the 'space tunnel' cutscene on level 2 when playing in very high res... ;-p	Parotaku
?	?	? ?	1.3.0-20140610102852	GSDX 20140610102852	SPU2-X 20140505093935 LilyPad 20140505093935	Game works great.	Tonygiang

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	?	? ?	1.0	ZZ OGL PG 0.4	SPU2-X 2.0 OnePAD 1.1.0	some slowdowns in boss fights	Sixsixfive

Trivia

• Japanese name: グラディウスV (SLPM-62462), グラディウスV(コナミ ザ ベスト) (SLPM-62621)

Known Issues

MTVU hack breaks the game

• Type: Note (not an issue)
• Description: Enabling MTVU hack makes the game unbootable
• Workaround: Do not use it.

Slow down at the start of boss fights

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: There are noticeable slow down when transitioning into a boss fight, most significantly the warp-in effects of the boss on Stage 1.
• Workaround: None.

Garbled images on Stage 2

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: On Stage 2, during the cutscene with Future Vic Viper, there are garbled images everywhere on the screen and they keep popping until the cutscene is done playing.
• Workaround: None.

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