The first level of Gradius is available as a mini-game in the Nintendo Super NES game "Legend of the Mystical Ninja". The things that remain the same are that each uses a square-grid for movement, and you can power up your ship by getting the capsules.
'573' refers to Go-Na-Mi kana letters, a play of word for 'Konami'.īandai released a board game (in Japan only) based on this video game (same name) in 1986 : The board is split into 8 sections, each with its own rules. Interesting note : Several Konami arcade games (" Gradius", "Parodius Da! - Shinwa kara Owarai e", " Salamander", etc.) have the default high score set at 57300. Konami Game Music Vol.1 (June 27, 1986). Original Sound of Gradius & Salamander (Nov.21, 1987) Original Sound of Gradius Arcade Version (May 05, 1987) This game is known outside Japan as " Nemesis". It was from an evolution of this concept that was born the 'Options system'. And among all of them, there was a ship that leaved a light trace behind him when he moves. They did at least 100 different versions. Gradius was released in May 1985 in Japan.įirst shoot-em-up with serious power-ups.ĭesigners did a lot of tries before they fixed the design of the ship. The end-of-game boss is a giant, disembodied brain. Once these have been destroyed the core itself is exposed and shooting this will destroy the enemy ship. The ship is called the 'Big Core' and to destroy it, players first have to destroy four barriers blocking a narrow channel on the front of the ship.
Gradius features five stages with a large alien ship waiting at the end of each. Game difficulty increases depending on how many power-ups the player has equipped, so it is sometimes advantageous to NOT power-up the player's ship too much. Occasionally, destroyed enemies will drop blue capsules, these act as single-use smart bombs that kill all on-screen enemies when collected. * '?' (two shields attach to the front of the player's ships) * Option (orbs that track the player's movements and increase firepower) Players can carry up to six capsules at any one time, collecting a 7th capsule causes the power meter to reset to the beginning. Players can activate the highlighted item at any point, after which the power meter resets. Each collected capsule advances the power meter by one step.
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These capsules can be collected and used to upgrade the Viper's weapons. To achieve this, players must destroy special individual enemies - usually red in colour - or enemy waves that then drop orange capsules. The game features a power-up system based on a selection meter at the bottom of the screen called a 'power meter', this allows players to 'buy' weapons and upgrades. These new galaxies are teaming with alien life set upon destroying the Viper. Gradius is a horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up in which the player pilots a spacecraft known as the Vic Viper as they search through unexplored galaxies looking for a lost armada.
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