Lost In Translation/Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e

About The Game
Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e is an arcade video game shoot-em-up.

Trivia
The subtitle of this game translates from Japanese as 'From Legend to Myth'.

This game is known outside Asia and Japan as "Gradius III".

Konami released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Gradius Arcade Soundtrack - KMCA-155) on 03/04/2002.

Play First Level Of "Salamander" Or "Gradius"
In Stage 10, when you are at the last boss of the game, get hit by the boss' attack that comes out of its mouth. You will then be taken either to Salamander stage 1 or Gradius stage 1.

Stage Skip

 * 1) Turn Odd Number Dip Switches except Dip 1-5 AFTER boot up. As follows :
 * 2) *Coin A = 1 Coin/6 Credits
 * 3) *Coin B = 1 Coin/6 Credits
 * 4) *Lives = 3
 * 5) *Cabinet = Upright
 * 6) *Bonus Life = 50000
 * 7) *Difficulty = Hard
 * 8) *Demo Sounds = Off
 * 9) *Flip Screen = On
 * 10) *Upright Controls = Single
 * 11) *Service Mode = On
 * 12) *Unknown = Off
 * 13) In game, hold Service Switch (Coin 3 = Key 7 in Mame) then press 1P Start Button.

Series

 * 1) Nemesis (1985)
 * 2) Salamander (1986)
 * 3) Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
 * 4) Vulcan Venture (1988)
 * 5) Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
 * 6) Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989)
 * 7) Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (1991, Nintendo Game Boy)
 * 8) Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
 * 9) Salamander 2 (1996)
 * 10) Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
 * 11) Solar Assault - Revisited (1997)
 * 12) Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
 * 13) Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1999)
 * 14) Gradius Generation (2002, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
 * 15) Gradius V (2003, Sony PlayStation 2)

Staff

 * Director:
 * Hiroyasu Machiguchi


 * Game Programmers:
 * T. Shimomura
 * Yuko Itoh
 * M. Ozawa


 * Graphic Designers:
 * T. Miyoshi
 * M. Igarashi
 * R. Itoh
 * K. Hattori
 * Y. Asano


 * Sound Editors:
 * J. Kaneda
 * S. Fukami
 * M. Higashino
 * K. Nakamura
 * Mutsuhiko Izumi


 * Engineers:
 * K. Ban
 * K. Itoh


 * Title Designers:
 * F. Shibuya
 * M. Yoshihashi



Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Super Famicom (1991)
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2000, "Gradius III & IV")
 * Sony PSP (2006, "Gradius Collection")


 * Computers :
 * Sharp X68000