difficult, a spectacle to watch, and invite rote memorization by repetition, thus bringing

困難，是一種觀賞性的場面，並請人通過重複的方式來死記硬背，從而帶來了

in quarter after quarter after quarter. So when I put my hands on the PlayChoice, I knew

在一個季度又一個季度。所以當我拿到PlayChoice的時候，我就知道

that it would need shmups. And while Captain Skyhawk isn’t bad, and 1942 is well-regarded...

它將需要shmups。雖然天鷹隊長並不差，1942也很受好評... ...

I wanted Gradius. The Konami classic, now available in my living room, instead of making

我想要《Gradius》。科樂美的經典之作，現在在我的客廳裡就可以買到，而不是做

me play through to the game center in Legend of the Mystical Ninja. I needed the Vic Viper,

我玩過《神祕忍者傳說》的遊戲中心。我需要維克毒蛇。

blasting crap apart, picking up those weird Red Lantern power-ups and... slaloming through

爆破垃圾，拿起那些奇怪的紅燈籠電源，並... 滑行通過

a field of spectral Moai heads. Because why the hell not.

一群幽靈般的摩艾人頭因為為什麼不呢？

That’s right, Gradius. Your goal is simple: Fly to the right, and blow things up, using

沒錯，葛拉迪烏斯你的目標很簡單飛到右邊，然後把東西炸掉，用... ...

an array of weapons including missiles, lasers, and split-shots that give you some coverage

一系列的武器，包括飛彈，脈衝光，和分裂射擊，給你一些覆蓋面

of the top wall. Also featured are the oddly-named options, red balls of energy that trail your

的頂牆。此外，還有一些名字很奇怪的選項，紅色的能量球會跟蹤你的腳步。

ship and double or triple your firing output. You enable these various weapons systems by

艦，並將你的射擊輸出提高一倍或三倍。你可以通過以下方式啟用這些不同的武器系統

collecting the aforementioned red things, each of which increases the cursor on the

收集上述紅色的東西，每一個紅色的東西都會增加遊標上的。

power gauge at the bottom of the screen. At any time, you can “cash out” your power-ups

在螢幕底部的功率表。在任何時候，你都可以 "兌現 "你的能量值。

by hitting the B button, yielding the selected upgrade and resetting your gauge. You’re

點擊B鍵，選擇升級並重置你的儀表。你是

probably gonna need a couple speed boosts, two options, and, ooh, the shield at the very

可能會需要一對夫婦的速度提升，兩個選項， 和，哦，盾在最。

end under the question mark. But all that’s going to take a load of bread to capitalize,

在問號下結束。但這一切都需要一車麵包來資本化。

so go out there and shoot all the hostiles! ALL OF THEM. And that’s not even counting

所以，去那裡，拍攝所有的敵人！所有的人。這還沒算上

the random volcanoes of destruction. Yes, even geographical features want to kill you.

毀滅的隨機火山。是的，連地理特徵都想殺死你。

It’s a shmup, what did you expect?

這是一個shmup，你能指望什麼？

Of course, you could just cheat. And while you might know it better as the Contra code,

當然，你可以直接作弊。雖然你可能更瞭解它的魂鬥羅密碼。

it in fact got its start right here in Gradius: Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A.

它其實就是從格拉迪烏斯這裡開始的。Up Up Down Down Down Left Right Left Right B A.

BAM. Fully loaded and ready to rock. And when you say ROCK in Gradius, you’re talking

BAM。滿載而歸，準備搖滾。當你在格拉迪烏斯說 "搖滾 "的時候，你說的是：

about Moai heads. Inexplicable Moai heads. No, I can’t really explain it either. But

關於摩艾人的頭顱。莫名其妙的摩艾人頭。不，我也無法解釋。但是...

now they’re in my PC-10, singing doo-wop. And I’m going to have to pilot a spacecraft

現在他們在我的PC -10裡唱著杜沃普歌而我將不得不駕駛一艘宇宙飛船

around them for the foreseeable future, because don’t think I’m not gonna be playing the

在可預見的未來，他們周圍，因為不要以為我不會玩的。

paint off of this one. Not if I’m going to get the knack for knocking down the Big

漆掉的這一個。如果我想得到擊倒大的訣竅，就不會。

Core bosses inside five seconds to hit the warp. I’d played this game plenty back in

核心boss裡面五秒打經。這個遊戲我玩過很多，早在

the day, but nothing compares to feeling it on a genuine joystick, with all the clicking

但沒有什麼能比得上在真正的操縱桿上的感覺，所有的咔噠聲

of switches it truly deserves. Sure, this is just a port of the NES version and not

的開關，它真正值得。當然，這只是NES版本的移植，而不是

the full-fledged arcade original, but that’s a cabinet and a project for another time.

完整的街機原版，但這是一個內閣和一個項目的另一個時間。