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Gradius
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Name: Gradius Developer: Konami Year: 1985 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Settings: Gradius Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Gradius DescriptionThis is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up where the player destroys waves of oncoming enemies.Gradius was produced by Konami in 1985. Konami released 433 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Other machines made by Konami during the time period Gradius was produced include Finalizer - Super Transformation, Galactic Warriors, Green Beret, Jail Break, Kicker, Circus Charlie, Bubble System, Badlands, Antarctic Adventure, and Hyper Olympic '84. Gradius - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 5.00 (1 vote)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe cabinet art has a picture of the Vic Viper flying towards a large enemy structure while dodging laser fire.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game IntroductionThis was one of the first games that allowed the player to choose what weapon power-ups were added to the ship.Game PlayWaves of enemies are destroyed and levels are completed by destroying a guardian. If a whole wave of enemies is destroyed a power orb is released that, when collected, increases an indicator at the bottom of the screen enabling the player to select various power-ups such as bombs, speedup, lasers, and orbitals that mirror the players movements. Game difficulty increases depending on how many power-ups the player has, so sometimes it is advantageous to not power-up your ship too much.MiscellaneousThis game is known in Europe as Nemesis.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gradius CensusThere are 12,133 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,623 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 163,035 machines (6,848 unique titles).Uncommon - There are approximately 19 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 9 of these machines are owned by our active Gradius collectors. And of these, 2 are original dedicated machines, and 7 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Gradius machine for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with extra Gradius circuit boards for sale. Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Gradius. This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TriviaIn Japan, the game spawned a couple of spoofs called Parodius Da! and its sequel Gokujyo Parodius. The games' graphics were made to be "cute" and the enemies were changed to cats, penguins, etc.
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