![]() ![]() Unlike Gradius, Salamander uses a more conventional weapons system, with enemies leaving a wide variety of distinct power-ups. The first player ship is Gradius 's own Vic Viper ship, while the second ship is the Lord British space destroyer (sometimes called the "RoadBritish") which is based on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Most prominently, the game switches between horizontal and vertical stages, one of the first games of its kind and was also one of the first shoot'em ups to include cooperative gameplay. The game is noteworthy for a number of reasons. ![]() In territories outside Japan, the arcade version of Gradius was released under the title of Nemesis. In addition, the NES version was re-released for Virtual Console and the PC Engine version on the PlayStation Network. (Saturn, PlayStation and computer versions are all packaged with Gradius II as Gradius Deluxe Pack). More recently, ports to the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and certain mobile phones were created. Originally released as an arcade game, its popularity resulted in ports to the: ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, NES/Famicom, MSX, Master System, Sharp X68000 and PC Engine. This innovation allowed for deeper tactics on the part of the player and for greater freedom of weapon choice rather than relying on the pre-determined power ups common in other games in the genre. In general, the more useful 'power ups' are towards the right hand side of the bar, so the player may decide to stock up on pickups until the better item is available. The player can then select the weapon highlighted if they want it. Collecting one of these will shift the section cursor along the weapon bar at the bottom of the screen. During the game, many enemy craft leave behind icons or 'pick ups' when destroyed. The first true Gradius game introduced the concept of the 'weapon bar'. ![]() In 2002, Scramble appeared on GBA as one of the titles featured in Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced. ( Gradius Advance) Scramble has been ported to other platforms including MSX and Commodore 64. Although there is no canonical relationship between Scramble and the Gradius series, Scramble is implied to be a spiritual predecessor to the series, evident by its appearance in flashbacks during Gradius introduction sequences. GamesĪn early horizontal-scrolling shooter from which gameplay elements of the Gradius series were inspired. In other games of the series, ships the player controls include the Lord British Space Destroyer, Metalion, Sabel Tiger, Thrasher, Vixen, Alpinia, Super Cobra, Jade Knight, and the Falchion β. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper. The Gradius ( グラディウス, Guradiusu, pronounced: Gra-dee-us) games, first introduced in 1985, make up a series of scrolling shooter video games published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. ![]()
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