History VideoGame / TheAdventuresOfRadGravity

* GuideDangIt: Oh. So. Much. Sometimes the game tells you what to do, other times it should be relatively simple if you do some exploration. However, with fake walls/floors, unusual boss battles, hidden rooms, obscure ways to advance, and [[MagicalMysteryDoors a maze of identical doors, the wrong one of which will send you back to the beginning of the room or level]], a guide is the only thing standing between you and insanity.

* LostForever: There are some power-ups on Effluvia.[[note]](Don't worry, though; the only real powerup is optional and is an upgrade to the melee weapon, which became useless after the first level. You're going to regret missing those Energy Units, though.)[[/note]]
* MisguidedMissile: Used to defeat [[spoiler: Kakos]].

* RaygunGothic: Rad's big fishbowl helmet and he arsenal of weapons.

Most people would recognize it for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfwOuXPIhRM the title screen music]].

* NintendoHard: A good deal is from the FakeDifficulty, but this game is full of plain, straight-up difficulty from the get-go. You start out with a short-range lightsaber that you only thrust, and one of the first enemies almost randomly deflects your hits with a swinging chain. [[HeartContainer Energy Units]] only give you one unit of energy instead of a full heal. [[GoddamnBats Enemies are sometimes in such places so that, if you jump or don't shoot them first or whatever, they will bump into you, knocking you back and into a pit.]] Corridors are sometimes too narrow to jump and have enemies that can shoot you even if you duck. And then there's [[ThatOneLevel the last level]], which, while the damage dealt per hit is relatively low if you have green armor, is ''relentless.'' [[{{Emulation}} Savestate early and often]]...[[SaveScumming you're gonna need it.]]

Most people would recognize it for the title screen music.

* DownInTheDumps: Apparently, Effluvia is a garbage-filled planet. The most notable feature, however, are the conveyer belts.

* CyberSpace: A part of Cyberia.

''The Adventures of Rad Gravity'' is a PlatformGame released in December of 1990 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem. It was developed by Creator/InterplayEntertainment and published by Creator/{{Activision}}. The player controls the eponymous space adventurer as he goes through numerous planets on his mission to reactivate the eight missing [[WetwareCPU Compuminds]] that were shut down and hid by the game's BigBad, Agathos. He is guided by the only one left, Kakos, who is his ship's computer during the game. Along the way, he picks up various power-ups and [[HeartContainer Energy Units]] that make life easier...[[PowerUpLetdown usually]].

* AllThereInTheManual: The game makes no clear explanation as to ''why'' Rad's doing what he's doing, or how Kakos got there. That's instead addressed in the manual's 16-page comic.

* AllThereInTheManual: The game makes no clear explanation as to ''why'' Rad's doing what he's doing, or how Kakos got there.

* LostForever: There are some power-ups on Effluvia. [[note]](Don't worry, though; the only real powerup is optional and is an upgrade to the melee weapon, which became useless after the first level. You're going to regret missing those Energy Units, though.)[[/note]]

* LostForever: There are some power-ups on Effluvia.

* CastFromHitPoints: One of the last items you can pick up makes a temporary controllable floating platform. It costs a full [[HeartContainer energy bar]] to use. (It might literally be one of those bars, actually....)

* GravityScrew: The gimmick of Turvia; most of the level is played upside down, [[InterfaceScrew with matching flipped up-down controls]].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Rad has been likened to BruceCampbell.

''The Adventures of Rad Gravity'' is a PlatformGame released in December of 1990 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem. It was developed by Interplay and published by {{Activision}}. The player controls the eponymous space adventurer as he goes through numerous planets on his mission to reactivate the eight missing [[WetwareCPU Compuminds]] that were shut down and hid by the game's BigBad, Agathos. He is guided by the only one left, Kakos, who is his ship's computer during the game. Along the way, he picks up various power-ups and [[HeartContainer Energy Units]] that make life easier...[[PowerUpLetdown usually]].

* BigBad: Though he's only mentioned, unseen until endgame, Agathos.

* MisguidedMissile: Used to defeat Kakos.

* GuideDangIt: Oh. So. Much. Sometimes the game tells you what to do, other times it should be relatively simple if you do some exploration. However, with fake walls/floors, unusual boss battles, hidden rooms, obscure ways to advance, and [[MagicalMysteryDoors a maze of identical doors, the wrong one of which will send you back to the beginning of the room]], a guide is the only thing standing between you and insanity.

* GameMusic: Little story: The Troper who started this page did so after playing it as a part of a school project, part of which had him taking a game and redoing the soundtrack. He decided to choose this game after learning of it, then playing it for a couple hours. While this game has actually fairly-decent music, there are a few major flaws about it:
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2S2_kLodIc title screen music]] is not only quite disagreeable (some find it close to the level of CrazyBus), but the only other piece of music in the game that it's even remotely cohesive with is the death jingle.
** The music gets pretty repetitive, particularly given how each stage takes a good deal of time to pass and during the credits.
** '''''There is only one track that plays for each and every single level in a game with unique environments.''''' The only exclusion is the last level, which has the boss music...[[SoundtrackDissonance that reverts to the level music at Agathos]] if you beam down to his room from your ship.[[hottip:*:The game decides to have mercy and gives you warp coordinates to the boss room when you enter it, seeing as you worked very hard to get there and probably had low health.]]

The game is fairly little-known compared to other NES games, but those who know of it either hate it or love it. On one hand, it had some good ideas and decent graphics. On the other, the game didn't quite execute them very well much of the time. However, it has a decent amount of charm in its goofy characters and varied environments. In the end, though, it was not as good as other games, especially as close to the end of the NES' lifespan as it was, and faded into relative obscurity.

* Cyberpunk: Cyberia, the first level. Complete with [[{{Cyborg}} cyborgs]].

'''''The Adventures of Rad Gravity''''' is a PlatformGame released in December of 1990 for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem. It was developed by Interplay and published by {{Activision}}. The player controls the eponymous space adventurer as he goes through numerous planets on his mission to reactivate the eight missing [[WetwareCPU Compuminds]] that were shut down and hid by the game's BigBad, Agathos. He is guided by the only one left, Kakos, who is his ship's computer during the game. Along the way, he picks up various power-ups and [[HeartContainer Energy Units]] that make life easier...[[PowerUpLetdown usually]].

* EpicDrowningSkills: Rad. One touch of water is an instant death.