Vulcan Venture

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Description

Gradius II is a sequel to Gradius and Life Force, and is a horizontal space shooter composed of seven levels. Like in its predecessor, it is possible to collect power-ups from enemies and choose which type to use and when. This time, this system is enhanced with the option of choosing between four different power-up sequences, allowing the player to use different types of weapons against enemies. There is also the possibility to gain options, which are mysterious balls of fire that follows the player-controlled spaceship closely and mimic all its movements (including shots). While the player only could have two of them in the NES version of Gradius, it is now possible in all versions to have up to four.

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Alternate Titles

• "グラディウスII GOFERの野望" -- Japanese spelling
• "グラディウスII" -- Japanese NES spelling
• "Gradius II: GOFER no Yabō" -- Japanese title / Wii title
• "Gradius II" -- Japanese NES title
• "アーケードアーカイブス グラディウスⅡ GOFERの野望" -- Japanese PS4 / Switch spelling
• "Arcade Archives: Vulcan Venture" -- European PS4 / Switch title
• "Arcade Archives: Gradius II - Gofer no Yabō" -- Japanese PS4 / Switch title
• "Arcade Archives: Gradius II" -- US PS4 / Switch title

Part of the Following Groups

• Arcade Archives series
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Gradius series

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Critic Reviews

Video Game Den	NES	Feb 27, 2011		100
Mag'64	Wii	Mar 08, 2010	9 out of 10	90
Classic-games.net	NES	Aug 28, 2017	9 out of 10	90
Retro Archives	NES	Sep 26, 2020	17.5 out of 20	88
Quebec Gamers	NES	Oct 17, 2007	8.3 out of 10	83
Power Play	Arcade	May, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Edge	TurboGrafx CD	Oct, 1993	8 out of 10	80
IGN	TurboGrafx CD	Nov 04, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	May 02, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Retro Archives	TurboGrafx CD	Sep 26, 2020	16 out of 20	80

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Why not separate entry -- clarification	1	MAT (218663) Aug 21, 2018
Why a separate entry?	2	Sciere (695736) Apr 22, 2017

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