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Gradius

Gradius

Credits
Released:	1986 (38 years ago)
Publisher:	KonamiInfo / Logos
Coder:	Simon PickInfoInterview
Graphics:	Bob StevensonInfo Simon PickInfoInterview
Title Screen:	Stu Jackson
Information
Main Control:	Joystick (Port 2)
Players:	1 to 4
Language:	English
Version Note:	US version
Categorization
Genre:	Shoot'em Up, H-Scrolling
Tags:	Action, Side view, 2D scrolling, Arcade, Shooter, Space flight, Sci-fi/futuristic
Tie-In License
Type:	Arcade coin-op
Owner:	Konami Ltd (Japan)
Reference:	Gradius on KLOV
Relationship
Misc relation:	Nemesis (European version)
Back Added by Kim Lemon, Oct 8, 2002. Last updated Jun 8, 2023. Viewed 15858 times.

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Graphics: 6 ‧ Music: 6 ‧ Playability: 7 ‧ Overall: 6

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Castef 2023-03-21

(8/10)

An excellent conversion of a true classic from the arcades. Some large sprites are really low-res and stretched, yet gameplay is clearly here and the game is exceptionally playable.
-1 point due to the missing in-game music.

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Emperor Roscoe 2010-02-09

(6/10)

@Bronstein: I see where you're coming from. It is a good conversion and a decent game. I guess not playing it until late on and then being blown away by stuff like Armalyte, IO & Denaris, I couldn't really appreciate it properly.

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bronstein 2009-06-30

(9/10)

@Emperor Roscoe: But that's exactly the point! This game started it all, and until the end of the Commie's era, every horizontal shoot 'em up had to stand against this one. Gradius/Nemesis defined it's own genre, and it was almost perfectly converted to the Commie. That makes it a classic.

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riviero2 2009-02-05

(9/10)

Immense gameplay and lot of fun to play, a glorious classic arcade, a very good conversion for commie an example of synthesis of what's the best in its genre. Mandatory

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Emperor Roscoe 2009-01-25

(6/10)

Was never impressed by C64 Gradius/Nemesis. By the time I'd purchased it as a budget re-release, there were already loads of better side-scrolling shooters out there.

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lux64 2005-11-26

(7/10)

Great conversion of one of the most important Arcade shooter in the video game industry.
But on the 64 this was beaten by far by masterpiece such as Armalyte, Katakis, Enforcer, Catalypse and many more.

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Mike_Fraley 2005-04-09

Another convert from Simon Pick that I played the shit out of!

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BillyG 2003-09-08

One of the first and proably the greatest great side-shooter in arcade history.

noone 2003-03-23

An all time classic which is (at least in europe) much better known as "Nemesis" ... The precessor of "Salamander" ...
propably the best side-scrolling shooters next to Uridium ...
a MUST try