#GRADIUS GAIDEN STAGE 2 SERIES#
In game, the player controls a space ship known as the Vic Viper and must side scroll their way through a series of different levels. It was later released for home entertainment on platforms such as the NES and MSX home computer. The original Gradius was released 1985 as a pay for play arcade game. Scramble was the first game of its kind to feature this re-fuelling system. Along the way the player must avoid colliding with the terrain as well as a number of moving obstacles, all whilst maintaining their fuel supplies (by shooting fuel tanks) and destroying enemy ground installations. In this game the player takes control of a spaceship (referred to as a ‘Jet’) and must navigate through six brightly coloured levels, each with their own distinct terrain and obstacles, before reaching the enemy base and destroying it. It was the first ever side-scroller to adopt a ‘forced scrolling’ style of game play and to progress over multiple different levels. ‘Scramble’ was released by Konami in 1981 and is regarded as the game that inspired the Gradius series. Starting with the game that paved the way… Scramble
Since then the series has spanned over multiple platforms and is still remarked as one of the world’s most popular (and toughest) side-scrolling shooter games! We thought we’d celebrate the game’s 30th birthday by providing a brief history of the Gradius series, touching on some of the more well known titles. Fans of Konami’s classic titles will be pleased to know (if they didn’t already) that today is the 1985 Konami hit Gradius’ 30th Birthday! Gradius, also known as ‘Nemesis’ in parts of Northern America and Europe, is a popular side-scrolling shooter series that debuted as an old school arcade game on May the 29th 1985.
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