the default controls in Gradius/ Parodius

Schitzo

So, when you finally play something that's the actual arcade versions, you'll find the controls are as follows:

[Power Up] [Shot] [Missile]

... am I wrong for preferring Shot and Missile as the same button? It seems a bit cumbersome to separate the missiles and your main cannon into two separate buttons.

glennmagusharvey

The missile's only available in one of the upgrades, right?

Schitzo

Yeah, the second upgrade on the power up bar. I wouldn't know if there's some sort of tactical advantage to having a separate button for it? Isn't it the kind of thing you'd want to be throwing all over the place?

Glowsquid

There's an handful of situations where it can be more advantegous to use one exclusively (like when there's an enemy on the ground that spits bullets when destroyed), but they're few and far in-between.

for Gradius Collection, I mapped autofire missiles and shot on the same button and the "regular" missile amd shot to separate buttons.