<s>
is	O
a	O
compilation	O
game	O
combining	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
versions	O
of	O
Gradius	B-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
Gradius	B-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
in	O
PAL	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Gradius	B-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
lag	O
has	O
been	O
added	O
because	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
processor	O
is	O
much	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
arcade	O
processor	O
and	O
for	O
Gradius	B-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
change	O
sound	O
(	O
stereo/mono	O
)	O
and	O
screen	O
size	O
(	O
PCB/full	O
-size	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
December	O
25	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Gradius	B-Application
III	I-Application
and	I-Application
IV	I-Application
had	O
shipped	O
84,703	O
units	O
in	O
Japan	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameFan	O
listed	O
Gradius	B-Application
III	I-Application
as	O
the	O
worst	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
due	O
to	O
suffering	O
from	O
"	O
mundane	O
"	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
a	O
mediocre	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
high	O
difficulty	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
concluded	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
import	O
by	O
mockingly	O
commenting	O
:	O
"	O
Please	O
,	O
let	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
be	O
part	O
of	O
your	O
rebirth	O
....	O
and	O
not	O
something	O
for	O
non-gamers	O
to	O
get	O
their	O
groove	O
on	O
with.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
labeled	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
just	O
a	O
classics	O
collection	O
being	O
pawned	O
off	O
as	O
a	O
PS2	B-Device
title	O
"	O
,	O
confused	O
as	O
to	O
why	O
such	O
a	O
compilation	O
was	O
even	O
on	O
a	O
modern	O
console	O
with	O
little	O
to	O
no	O
additions	O
made	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
collection	O
itself	O
was	O
a	O
nice	O
package	O
of	O
old	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
nice	O
to	O
know	O
that	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
hype	O
surrounding	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
launch	O
,	O
classic	O
gaming	O
has	O
n't	O
been	O
completely	O
forgotten.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jeuxvideo.com	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
primarily	O
to	O
Gradius	B-Application
fans	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
its	O
release	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
welcoming	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
with	O
new	O
and	O
old	O
,	O
a	O
kind	O
of	O
transition	O
in	O
kind	O
of	O
sweetness.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Gradius	B-Application
III	I-Application
and	I-Application
IV	I-Application
is	O
only	O
enjoyable	O
if	O
you	O
equate	O
fun	O
with	O
frustration	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
gamers	O
have	O
long	O
since	O
outgrown	O
that	O
philosophy	O
,	O
as	O
have	O
most	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yet	O
Gradius	B-Application
III	I-Application
and	I-Application
IV	I-Application
clings	O
to	O
its	O
roots	O
like	O
a	O
long	O
rotting	O
tooth.	O
"	O
</s>
