GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-

GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-

Song Information

GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-'s pop'n music banner.

GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-'s jacket.

Artist: Mr.T
Composition: KONAMI Kukeiha Club
Arrangement: Mr.T
BPM: 160-220
Length: 1:58
beatmania IIDX Genre: GAME MUSIC
pop'n music Genre: GRADIUS (グラディウス)
pop'n music Character: VIC VIPER / LORD BRITISH [11]
VJ: HES
pop'n CG design: ミコシバ
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 10th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n music 11
• Toy's March 2
• ポップンリズミン コナミゲームパック1

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- is a remixed medley of various songs from the arcade version of GRADIUS.
  • The songs, in order of appearance: COIN→空中戦→第1ステージ→第2ステージ / 第3ステージ→第4ステージ→第5ステージ→第6ステージ→第7ステージ→BOSS→GAME OVER→RANKING BGM.
• A remastered, extended version of GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- appears as a bonus in the video of the remastered, extended version of Burning Heat! (Full Option Mix).

Trivia

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• In GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-'s video, which consists of a playthrough of GRADIUS, the player gets a GAME OVER despite clearly having lives remaining on the life counter.
• By scratching the turntable when there are no scratch notes, the player can hear sound effects from GRADIUS.
  • When you finish GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- in pop'n music, you can play various sound effects with all nine buttons for a few seconds before the WIN/LOSE animation begins.
• GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- is a hidden song in pop'n music 11. To unlock it:
  • On any non-FINAL STAGE, enter the following code on the song selection screen: 4466373728. The GRADIUS coin insert sound will be heard if this is done correctly.
  • Then clear one of the following songs from "classic" KONAMI games: ぼくってウパ？, HOLiDAY, GOONIES"R"GOOD ENOUGH, or penguin.
  • GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- will be available to play on your next STAGE.
  • GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- is also one of the hidden song unlocks in pop'n music 11's POP'N TOURIST (ポップンツーリスト) event. It could be unlocked from May 19th, 2004 through June 30th, 2004 by reaching STAGE 25.
    • As of June 30th, 2004, it is unlocked for everyone to play.
• When selected in pop'n music 11, the GRADIUS coin insert sound (the beginning of GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-) is played instead of the usual "Here we go!".
• The 2P character of GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-, LORD BRITISH, was misspelt as LOAD BRITISH in pop'n music 11. This was corrected in pop'n music 12 いろは.
• Despite both pop'n music 11 and beatmania IIDX 10th style being released nearly at the same time, the pre-Sunny Park BEMANI category of pop'n music counted GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- as a pop'n music song instead of a crossover from beatmania IIDX.
• According to Mr.T in the pop'n music song comments for GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-, the most difficult part of the song for him was choosing the opening coin-up sound. He notes it took him an entire day to get a sound that sounded just right.
• According to pop'n music 11 sound director wac's song comments for GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-, he wanted to include beatmania IIDX 10th style crossovers from dj TAKA and NAOKI in pop'n music 11, but noted that the near-simultaneous production cycles of beatmania IIDX 10th style and pop'n music 11 resulted in those potential crossovers being shelved. GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- ended up being the only 10th style crossover.
• In Toy's March 2, GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- is titled グラディウスメドレー ("GRADIUS medley").
• GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- received an EASY chart on December 12th, 2012 in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- can be unlocked from April 12th, 2016 on beatmania IIDX INFINITAS' Akashic Explore event.
• GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- appears in the mobile game Tokimeki Idol (ときめきアイドル).

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Character Information

Name: VIC VIPER
Birthplace: Planet Gradius
Birthdate: Unknown (May 29th)

In order to protect our planet Gradius, Super Dimension fighter, VIC VIPER, has now taken off into the darkness of the universe. We're not able to save GRADIUS without you. With courage and focus, now, event launch!

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	172	385	643	1074	-	385	643	1074	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style	-	4	6	N/A	-	3	6	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	1	4	↑7	N/A	-	3	6	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY	1	4	↑8	10	-	3	↑7	10	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→14 GOLD	-	4	8	10	-	3	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→Present	-	4	8	10	-	3	7	↑11	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style CS	-	4	6	6	-	3	6	6	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	8	10	-	3	7	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	8	10	-	-	-	-	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode		PSP Exclusive
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER	5B HYPER	7-Buttons	7B HYPER
Notecounts	313	369	663	995	509	641	309	368	650
pop'n music 11→20 fantasia	11	19	32	39	25	32	-	-	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	※6	25	↑40	45	25	32	-	-	-
pop'n music 11 CS	11	19	32	39	25	32	-	-	-
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	11	19	32	39	25	32	-	-	-
pop'n music portable	※9	19	32	※39	25	-	15	18	32

※ Denotes chart has been revised from the corresponding AC chart:

• pop'n music portable 5-Button NORMAL chart: total notes: 167.
• pop'n music portable EX chart: total notes: 993.
• EASY chart: total notes: 167.

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	228	391	557
ポップンリズミン	4	7	10

POP'N TOURIST (ポップンツーリスト)
ROUTE A	おれはジャイアンさまだ！
ROUTE B	ANAHONIKUY -雪の華PuzzLeMix- - 烏 - 夜間行殺法
ROUTE C	monde des songe (HYPER/EX) - YOUNG DREAM (HYPER) - ロマンス
ROUTE D	INNOVATION (HYPER/EX) - Line Times - School Life
STAGES 20-25	クラゲータ (STAGE 20) - テンプラ揚三 (STAGE 22) - A change of probability (STAGE 23) - GRADIUS -FULL SPEED- (STAGE 25)
STAGES 26-30	D-groove REQ (STAGE 26) - でんがなマンガナ (STAGE 28) - ワルドック船長のブルース (STAGE 30/GOAL)