A superb and demanding shoot'em up that shares - along with Irem's "R-Type" - the distinction of being a true innovator of its genre and, again like R-Type, completely revolutionized the humble shoot-em-up.
- TECHNICAL -
Konami Bubble System. Game ID : GX400
Main CPU : MC 68000 @ 10Mhz / G400 BIOS Sound CPU : Z80 Sound chip : 2 x AY-3-8910 psg
Players : 2 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Gradius was released in May 1985.
This game is known in Europe as "Nemesis".
First shoot-em-up with serious power-ups.
- SERIES -
1. Gradius [Model GX400] (1985) 2. Salamander [Model GX587] (1986) 3. Lifeforce [Model GX587] (1987) 4. Gradius 2 [Model RC751] (1987, MSX) 5. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou [Model GX785] (1988) 6. GOFER no Yabou Episode II [Model RC764] (1989, MSX) 7. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989) 8. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000) 9. Salamander 2 (1996) 10. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997) 11. Solar Assault - Revised (1997) 12. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation) 13. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1998) 14. Gradius Generation (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance) 15. Gradius V (2004, Sony PlayStation 2) 16. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones) 17. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones) 18. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones) 19. Gradius Rebirth (2008, Nintendo Wii)