May 29, 1985

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Gradius

Franchises

Gradius

Platforms

Arcade Sharp X68000

Companies

Konami

Genres

Arcade Shooter

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Gradius began development as a sequel to Konami's 1981 shoot 'em up Scramble under the name Scramble 2. According to director Hiroyasu Machiguchi, the decision to make it a horizontal shoot 'em up game was because they wanted to reuse as much of the materials for Scramble as possible during development.

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I wanted to add something about the mess that is the relationship between the Gradius and Nemesis series (name changes via localization), but was unable to find enough good sources to put together something satisfactory.

Gradius = Nemesis, Salamander = Life Force, Gradius II is NOT Gradius 2, Gradius II is Vulcan Venture, Gradius 2 = Nemesis 90 Kai, Nemesis 3 is a spinoff of Gradius II, etc. A seperate Nemesis was made for the Game Boy with a direct sequel called Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, and then the two games were renamed Gradius and Gradius II a few years later in a compilation.

Salnax Aug 15, 2025 2:35 PM