Tako (Octopus) in Gradius + Some Others (NES) Romhack

This is a simple sprite swap Romhack of Gradius 1 (USA) for NES that just replaces the VIC VIPER with Tako (Also simply known as Octopus) from Parodius. that’s pretty it. I just made this for fun lol. now updated to include more characters.

1.1 Changes:
Added Hikaru-chan
Added Akane-chan

1.0 Changes:
Vic viper is now Tako.
Tako has his own colors.
Ending graphics aren’t changed atm.

README has instructions on how to patch.

Hashes:

Filename: Gradius (USA).nes
CRC-32: 54f1af1f
SHA-1: 92645fe142861c3d3fda209bb906ad2b0e353988

Staff/Credits:

Gradius is owned/developed by Konami
Parodius is also owned/developed by Konami
Tako/Octopus is also also owned/developed by Konami.
Hikaru-chan/Akane-chan is also also also owned/developed by Konami.
Hikaru-chan/Akane-chan sprite done by: 15Tails

File download:

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