First of all, the game contains Gradius, Gradius 2: Gofer No Yabou, Gradius 3 (arcade), Gradius 4, and Gradius Gaiden which is a game that never was released outside of Japan. There's also a Gallery ...

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Publisher Konami has certainly made some missteps in preserving and re-releasing its older games. Silent Hill and Metal Gear “HD” collections of old have soured some players on Konami’s attempts to ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Arcade Archives: Gradius Arcade Archives: Gradius is a port of the shooting game Gradius. Players control the Super Dimension fighter Vic Viper and fight ...

Shoot ’em ups were one of the first video game sensations to sweep through arcades. The novelist Martin Amis became so obsessed with 1978’s Space Invaders he wrote an entire guide/appreciation of ...

Konami has made dozens upon dozens of shooting games in their decades of development and publishing, but unless you were there for it—or are devoted to Hamster’s Arcade Archives series—then you might ...

I've always been a sucker for shooters, especially Gradius. My only regret is not being able to experience them in their true arcade forms--the best I could ever do was play the Nintendo games.