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Description

The people of Gradius are in trouble. The ameoboid Bacterions have launched an all out attack against the planet, and it's up to you to fly into battle and save them. Along the way you'll be able to power up your ship with hyper speed, force fields, lasers, missiles, double beam cannons and more to help you battle. Based on the arcade game, Gradius is a side scrolling shooter. Shooting certain enemies will leave a power up pod behind which can be collected to add more power to your ship. Each level features a wide variety of enemies trying to stop you, with a large boss at the end. Gameplay is for one player or two players alternating.

Alternate Titles

  • "宇宙巡航机" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "Nemesis" -- Game Boy / European Arcade & Computer Title
  • "グラディウス" -- Japanese Spelling

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a fun action game that got rave reviews at the time Gothicgene (83) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars

The Press Says

VideoGame Jul, 1991 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games Dec 10, 2003 8 out of 10 80
Power Play Jun, 1990 80 out of 100 80

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Trivia

In the arcade game, you could carry up to four Options. Due to technical limits of the NES, here you can only have two.


This entry was contributed by Quapil Bronze Star Contributing Member (4784), Corn Popper (66128), Frumple Bronze Star Contributing Member (941), Oyn (2741), Martin Smith (64127) and Servo (51212)
 

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