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Gradius 2: Gopher's Ambition
🕑 Added 2025-01-17 10:26:07 +0000 UTCThis 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.
Legal Disclaimer
This content is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Konami or its parent company, subsidiaries, or affiliates. All trademarks, registered trademarks, and game-related content referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. The use of the names Gradius, Gradius 2, Crime Fighters, Dark Adventure is solely for informational and descriptive purposes and does not imply any official connection or endorsement.
Comments
Matthew Hungate
I can't get controls to respond in Gradius II and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. It lets me define the buttons and everything, but nothing happens when I try to use them.
Lee Grocott
It's been like that on mine for ages, too
Wayne
Can anyone help please ? Updated my analogue pocket and now outrun is missing the car and graphical glitches
ElloMrChris
Blimey, Gradius 2 is rock hard eh! Is there no way of continuing? I don't see it as something you can enable in the dip switches.
Polyh3dron
Wow, this is amazing. One of my favorite arcade games and I've played the heck out of the PCE CD version. One of those arcade classics that didn't really have an arcade perfect version out there and now it's playable on MiSTer. Jotego, you (and your employees) are the best.
David
any idéa ? Thanks
David
https://i.goopics.net/ksjpk2.jpg
David
https://i.goopics.net/sng11o.jpg
David
Hi, I have a issue with gradius 2 on my pocket
Mark Malek
Thanks! Early Konami shmups are some of my favorite
JOTEGO
Hi Tyler, I am not related to the several Pocket updater tools. Try contacting the author here: https://github.com/mattpannella/pupdate/issues
Mark Saunders
Great addition I remember this reviewed in the coin-op section of the computer magazine ! VV amazing in the screenshots . Thanks Team JT
Tyler Wagner
Doh. No. 🤣 I'll try.
jose rosales
did you try the core? mine stil works even with this error notification
Philip Campbell
Cheers all! Found it ;-)
Gabriel S
Super psyched for Gradius II, thanks!
ThockClock
I missed this too. Thank you! You can also find it as "Gradius 2" under the "alternatives " > "Gradius 2" (if you've got alternatives enabled)
JC
This is how the Platform files for all of Jotego’s cores have always been. There hasn’t been a change.
Jon Hurlbutt
Thank you!
Matt G
Is the first Gradius (or Nemesis) available on the Pocket or am I looking in the wrong places for it? Curious because when Jotego mentioned this core a week or two ago, I went looking for the first one to play and couldn't find it.
Paul M
Its under the name Vulcan Venture
Jon Hurlbutt
Im not seeing it either.
Diego
Thanks Tyler. I use pupdate but it added JTWIN16 with the technical name unfortunately. That's how I found out :)
Philip Campbell
Hi - Is there no MRA file for Gradius 2 in the Mister zip attached to this post? What am I missing :)
JOTEGO
jtbeta.zip is unrelated to ROM downloads. This Patreon does not promote unauthorized ROM downloading.
Megatez
Do you need a new jtbeta.zip for this? Update all didn't download the rom file.
Tyler Wagner
Also asked via reddit, and will copy any solutions there. https://www.reddit.com/r/AnaloguePocket/comments/1i3eh6z/pupdate_jtbeta_and_jtngpc_license_checksum/
Tyler Wagner
I'm not sure why or even if it changed, but I have an easy fix. If you use pupdate, it adjusts all cores to use the "natural" name like "Black Tiger".
David Moylan
Thank you Jotego and team for your tireless effort and work on these great cores 😊
Tyler Wagner
This is super exciting, thanks for sharing! Sorry to ask this here, can anyone help me? I use Pupdate, and I've got the latest jtbeta.zip in my root folder. Everything works fine for all cores except jtngpc, which constantly shows me: Missing or incorrect License file for the following cores: jotego.jtngpc The snippet of pupdate's run: ------------- Checking Core: jotego.jtngpc 73a563b is the most recent release, checking local core... Local core found: Updating core... Downloading file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jotego/jtbin/master/pocket/zips/jotego.jtngpc.zip... Extracting... Installing... Updating JT Platform Name... Complete License copied to '/home/username/Private/Games/Pocket/Assets/jtpatreon/common'. Looking for Assets... Already installed: ngpc.rom Already installed: ngp.rom License checksum validation failed. Location: '/home/username/Private/Games/Pocket/Assets/jtpatreon/common/beta.bin' Installation complete. So it regularly reinstalls the jtbeta license for this core, which fails checksum validation every time. Does anyone know why?
Darren Newman
Awesome. More shmups please.
Shaky Cam FX
This is exactly the issue I get with NeoGeo Black Tiger on the Analogue Pocket
Diego
Thank you Jose, great addition to an already awesome arcade library! I have a question about the Platform ison files that are distributed now. I noticed the name of the cores now includes the technical name instead of the "Natural" Core Name. Is that change intended? Also the manufacturer name is always JT FPGA. I am modifying the Platform JSON documents manually but I wanted to bring your attention to this topic in case it's not intentional. Thank you!
Ulf Skutnabba
Thank you for your cooperation with this game and platform! I know what I will be playing tonight!
Pixel Cherry Ninja
Thanks JT and team.
Retroplayer
Awesome thank you!
