Solar Assault

Arcade Video game published 29 years ago:

Solar Assault - Revised (c) 1997 Konami Company, Limited.

- TECHNICAL -

Konami GTI Club Hardware

CPU: PowerPC 403GA @ 64 MHz
3D DSP: ADSP-21062 (SHARC) @ 36 MHz
Sound CPU: 68EC000 @ 16 MHz
Sound chips: Ricoh RF5C400 PCM 32Ch, 44.1 kHz Stereo, 3D Effect Spatializer.
Graphics (Custom 3D): 2 x KS10071

- TRIVIA -

Solar Assault Revised was released in December 1997 in the Japanese arcades.

Changes from Solar Assault Gradius are:
- Some stage backgrounds have been changed: "River Styx" now features a huge planet at the bottom of the screen and "Abyssal Forest" has a darker color palette and also a slightly different level design with new obstacles and enemies to avoid.
- A new Lava based stage has been added as level 2, bringing the total levels to 6.
- A new boss fight occurs on the last stage before fighting the last boss.
- The "Speed Demon" stage boss has a completely different attack pattern.
- An ending animation has been included instead of just credits. The animation is the same one you get in Gradius 1.

This game was known in US as just "Solar Assault".

- SERIES -

1. Gradius [Model GX400] (1985, ARC)
2. Gradius 2 [Model RC751] (1987, MSX)
3. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou [Model GX785] (1988, ARC)
4. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e [Model GX945] (1989, ARC)
5. Nemesis '90 Kai [Model GS-166] (1993, X68K)
6. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997, ARC)
7. Gradius Gaiden (1997, PSX)
8. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1998, ARC)
9. Gradius Generation [Model AGB-AGAJ-JPN] (2001, GBA)
10. Gradius V [Model SLPM-62462] (2004, PS2)
11. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
12. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
13. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
14. Gradius Rebirth [Model RVL-WGDJ-JPN] (2008, WII)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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