This article is about the arcade game. For the MSX game known as Gradius 2 in Japan, see Nemesis 2 (1987 video game). For the Game Boy game also known as Gradius II, see Nemesis II (1991 video game).
1988 video game
Gradius II
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
WW: Hudson Soft
Director(s)
Arcade version Hiroyasu Machiguchi Famicom version Shigeharu Umezaki
Programmer(s)
Arcade version Toshiaki Takatori PC Engine version Koji Igarashi
Composer(s)
Arcade version Shinji Tasaka Motoaki Furukawa Kenichi Matsubara Seiichi Fukami Famicom version Hidenori Maezawa Yukie Morimoto
Series
Gradius
Platform(s)
Arcade
Family Computer, Microsoft Windows, PC Engine, X68000, mobile phone, Wii (Virtual Console), PlayStation, PlayStation Network (Arcade version, for PS3 and PSP)
Release
March 24, 1988
Arcade
JP: March 24, 1988
EU: 1988
Family Computer
JP: December 16, 1988
X68000
JP: February 7, 1992
PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
JP: December 18, 1992
Sega Saturn & PlayStation
JP: March 29, 1996
Microsoft Windows
JP: February 21, 1997
Mobile Phone i-mode
JP: February 19, 2004
Windows Phone
JP: January 19, 2010
PlayStation Portable
JP: February 9, 2006
NA: June 6, 2006
EU: September 15, 2006
AU: October 6, 2006
KOR: February 9, 2006
Konami the Best
JP: January 25, 2007
PlayStation Store
NA: December 10, 2009
EU: June 4, 2014
AU: June 4, 2014
Wii Virtual Console Famicom
JP: April 24, 2007
PC Engine
JP: November 13, 2007
PAL: May 2, 2008
NA: October 20, 2008
PlayStation Network
JP: October 20, 2010
PlayStation 4
JP: April 22, 2016
Nintendo Switch
WW: November 12, 2020
Genre(s)
Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)
Single-player
Arcade system
Konami Twin 16
Gradius II[a] (also known as Vulcan Venture in arcades outside Japan) is a side-scrolling shooter game developed and published by Konami. Originally released for the arcades in Japan in 1988, it is the sequel to 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 Super CD-ROM², and the X68000 in Japan. The original arcade version is also included in the Gradius Deluxe Pack compilation for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn and in Gradius Collection for the PlayStation Portable.
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