Gradius

Konami · Jan 9, 2014

Everyone

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Blast your way to victory in this classic side-scrolling shooter. Across the galaxy, there exists a distant planet known as Gradius. Gradius' peaceful existence has been brought to an end by an intense space invasion by a race known as the Bacterion. To save the planet, the hyperspace fighter Vic Viper has been deployed to fight the Bacterion invasion. Players pilot the Vic Viper through seven stages, shooting and dodging through deadly obstacles, while using various power-ups, including missiles, lasers, options and shields. The Vic Viper's target is the enemy fortress, Xaerous. The only way to end the war is to plunge deep through the enemy forces and destroy its very core.

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NintendoLife
Thomas Whitehead · Feb 13, 2017
6.0
The TurboGrafx-16 version of Gradius is a handsome iteration of a classic game. Combined with a smart Virtual Console menu and restore point functionality, playing through the campaign is a nostalgic pleasure and one that kept us coming back. That said, there are a couple of notable problems - some areas bring up drastic drops in framerate, and at some points hitboxes appear to be inconsistent.
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Mario86 · Apr 17, 2015
8.0
Dans l’ensemble, ce shoot n’en reste pas moins un titre difficilement dispensable sur NES. Plutôt bien réalisé, accessible en termes de jouabilité, propice au challenge et au scoring, il saura séduire les fans du genre, pourtant parmi les plus exigeants de l’univers vidéoludique, comme les débutants n’ayant pas encore eu l’occasion de tâter cet univers souvent trop fermé. Votre serviteur peut en témoigner, ayant découvert le shoot'em up via ce titre il y a bien longtemps, dans une galaxie… euh, non, rien.
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