Summary: <br> “Shoot The Core!”<br> <br> <br> The venerable side-scrolling space shoot ’em up series Gradius celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2020. Leon, Michiel, Ben Cartlidge and Dan Clark run the treacherous caverns of 1981’s Scramble through to the interstellar spectacle of Gradius V with a number of punishing pitstops along the way. As always we also hear from community members with their daring tales of conquering (or more commonly, not) the evil Bacterian army.<br> <br> <br> <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_420.mp3">http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/podcast/cane_and_rinse_issue_420.mp3</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Music featured in this issue:<br> 1. Challenger by Miki Higashino<br> 2. Battle Ship – Stage 2 and 8 by Hitoshi Sakimoto<br> Cane and Rinse 420 was edited by Jay Taylor<br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/caneandrinse" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Don’t forget, you can get an often extended version of this podcast four weeks early if you support our Patreon for just $2 a month!</a> Do you have an opinion about a game we’re covering that you’d like read on the podcast? Then venture over to our forum and check out the list of upcoming games we’re covering. Whilst there you can join in the conversations with our friendly community in discussing all things relating to videogames, along with lots of other stuff too. Sound good? Then come and say hello at <a href="http://caneandrinse.com/forum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Cane and Rinse forum</a>
