Trivia
The NES version was the first game to use the famous Konami Code.
Gradius was bundled with the X68000 computer in Japan, which enforces its status as a "killer app".
Contributed by
Игги Друге (31892) on Dec 11, 2006.
The coin-op arcade version of this game was such a success, rumor has it that it caused a coin shortage in Japan.
Contributed by
Maw (827) on Dec 16, 2004.
In the arcade game, you could carry up to four Options. Due to technical limits of the NES, here you can only have two.