

This spin-off of Gradius soon arrived after the last hit and introduced two player co-op as well as a simpler system for power ups and a combination of horizontal and vertical stages.

The hardlined shooter proved to be another hit for Konami and the franchise finally had its footing.įormats: Amstrad CPC 464, PC, Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Others The game was developed to repurpose Scramble materials and to try and make a shooter that would come out a better game than Xevious. Controlling Vic Vaper, a cross dimensional fighter ship who battles enemies to level up weaponry ahead of bosses whose cores must be taken down.
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Spread across six sections, players control a jet as it fights enemy forces across a range of terrain.įormats: Arcade, NES, MSX, PC and OthersFour years later, Konami launched the original main Gradius onto the world.

Instead it's this 1981 shooter that is said to have inspired the series and appears in flashbacks during later Gradius entries intro sequences. Formats: Arcade, Vectrex, Gameboy Advance, Playstation, Playstation 2, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and Tomy TutorBit of an odd start for the franchise as it turns out the original game is considered in some circles to not be the origin point for the series.
