Gradius (video Game)

Gradius (video game)

Gradius (グラディウス, Guradiusu?) is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up produced by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1985. It was the first game in the Gradius series of shoot 'em ups. In Gradius, the player must maneuver a spacecraft known as the Vic Viper that must defend itself from the various alien enemies. The game featured a power-up system in which a weapon selection meter called the "power meter", based upon collecting capsules to 'purchase' additional weapon

The arcade version of Gradius was released internationally outside Japan under the title of Nemesis, although later releases kept the original title. Home versions were released for various platforms, such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, the MSX home computer, and the Japanese PC Engine, among other formats. The original arcade game and some of the home versions has also been included various compilation releases and are available for download in services such as the Wii Virtual Console and the PlayStation Network.