This article is about the video game series. For the first game in the series, see Gradius (video game). For the Game Boy game also known as Gradius, see Nemesis (video game).
"Vic Viper" redirects here. For the unreleased coin-op game, see Vic Viper (video game).
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Video game series
Gradius
Genre(s)
Scrolling shooter
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Platform(s)
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, mobile phone, MSX, NEC PC-8801, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Switch, PC, PC Engine, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Sega Saturn, Super NES, Tomy Tutor, Vectrex, Wii (Virtual Console), Wii U, WiiWare, X1, X68000, ZX Spectrum
First release
Gradius February 2, 1985
Latest release
Gradius the Slot July 2011
Spin-offs
Salamander Parodius Otomedius
Gradius (グラディウス, Guradiusu, /ˈɡræd.i.əs/GRAD-ee-əss) is a series of shooter (shoot'em up) video games, introduced in 1985, developed and published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper.
gameplay elements of the Gradius series were inspired. Although there is no canonical relationship between Scramble and the Gradius series, Scramble is implied...
it was included alongside Gradius IV in a two-in-one compilation (Gradius III & IV) for the PlayStation 2 and in the Gradius Collection for the PlayStation...
similar system used in Gradius NEO, a mobile phone game released months before this game. In the year 8010, the planet Gradius is once again invaded by...
original Gradius and was succeeded by Gradius III. Ports of Gradius II were released for the Family Computer (under the shortened title of Gradius II), PC-Engine...
a year. Gradius Gaiden was acclaimed for its visuals, gameplay, soundtrack and creativity, and is seen as one of the best games in the Gradius series....
same month in the United States as Gradius Galaxies and in 2002 in Japan as Gradius Generation. It is the only Gradius title available for the Game Boy...
Gradius IV (known as Gradius IV: Fukkatsu in Japan) is the fourth arcade installment in a series of scrolling shooter video games developed by Konami Computer...
PlayStation Portable Compilation of Gradius, Gradius II, Gradius III, Gradius IV and Gradius Gaiden. Released as Gradius Portable in Japan. Includes music...
Gradius 2 may refer to: Gradius 2, a 1987 computer game. Gradius II, a 1988 arcade game. These are two games in the same series, but they are otherwise...
Gradius III and IV is a compilation game combining ports of the arcade versions of Gradius III (1989) and Gradius IV (1999). It was released in Japan...
Gradius ReBirth is a shoot 'em up video game for WiiWare developed by M2 and published by Konami. It's an installment in the Gradius series. It was released...
North America) Gradius II (Vulcan Venture outside Japan) VS. Top Gun (on Nintendo's "Vs." hardware) 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gradius III M.I.A. Bottom...
includes the first two games in the company's Gradius series of shoot'em ups — Gradius (1985) and Gradius II (1988) — alongside extras such as CG movies...
a number of websites. The Konami Code was first used in the release of Gradius (1986), a scrolling shooter for the NES and was popularized among North...
unique set of weapons, all being modified after the standard Gradius weapons. As in the Gradius games, players can unlock new weapons and abilities by collecting...
(Vol. 4) Gradius II: The Return of the Hero (originally released in Japan as Nemesis II, Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero in Europe, and Gradius: The Interstellar...
1991, with its launch titles being Super Mario World, F-Zero, Pilotwings, Gradius III, and SimCity. The last game to be officially published on a physical...
alias MIKI-CHAN or MIKI-CHANG. Her substantial early works include the Gradius soundtrack in collaboration with the Konami Kukeiha Club in 1985. Higashino...
December 14, 2007 Unreleased December 20, 2007 Shiny Entertainment Sega Gradius Collection June 6, 2006 September 15, 2006 February 9, 2006 October 6,...
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