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Gradius
is a series of shooter ( shoot'em up) video games, introduced in 1985, developed and published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper. Games *'' Scramble'' (1981) An early horizontal-scrolling shooter from which gameplay elements of the Gradius series were inspired. Although there is no canonical relationship between ''Scramble'' and the Gradius series, ''Scramble'' is implied to be a spiritual predecessor to the series, evident by its appearance in flashbacks during Gradius introduction sequences ('' Gradius Advance''). ''Scramble'' has been ported to other platforms, including MSX and Commodore 64. In 2002, ''Scramble'' appeared on GBA as one of the titles featured in ''Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced'' as well as later Konami game compilations for PlayStation and Nintendo DS. *'' Gradius'' (1985) The first true Gradius game to introduce the concept of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gradius (video Game)
is a 1985 side-scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami for Arcade video game, arcades. It is the first installment in the Gradius, ''Gradius'' series. The player maneuvers a spacecraft known as the Vic Viper that must defend itself from the various alien enemies. The game uses a power-up system called the "power meter", based upon collecting capsules to purchase additional weapons. The arcade version of ''Gradius'' was initially released internationally outside Japan under the title of ''Nemesis'', but subsequent home releases have since used the original title. During development, it had the working title ''Scramble 2'', as it was originally intended to be a follow-up to Konami's earlier shooter ''Scramble (video game), Scramble'' (1981). Home versions were released for various platforms, such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, the MSX home computer, and the TurboGrafx-16, PC Engine. It was a major success in 1986, becoming the year's highest-grossing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |