Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
TurboGrafx-16
15th Nov 1991
Wii U eShop
2nd Feb 2017, £6.29
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Reviews
Review Gradius (Wii U eShop / TG-16)
Arcade-style pew-pew
Gradius will forever be considered a definitive game in the shoot 'em up genre, held up as a key example of what makes these kind of games truly special. It's a game familiar for its iconic NES version, of course, but the release of the TurboGrafx-16 iteration on the Wii U Virtual Console is a welcome one - after all, it was a...
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About The Game
You are the last hope of the gentle people of Gradius. You've just lifted off to confront the all-out attack of the amoeboid Bacterions.
Your hyper-space fighter is armed with the greatest arsenal in the galaxy. Air-to-surface and double beam laser cannons for incredible firepower. Powerful force fields for protection. Time and space warps for fleeing the dimension. You'll need it all just to survive. Because at the heart of the Bacterion Empire lies the Xaerous Superfortress - the nerve center of the all-knowing, all-seeing Bacterion Bio-Computer. It's a duel to the death, while the entire galaxy watches, waits, and hopes!
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Great news! A great conversion of a classic shooter, with a new level over the arcade. A bit of slow down makes it a little easier that the arcade.
A shame it was never released on the TurboGrafx and remained a Japanese exclusive on the system.
I love these games and I never had a turbo or pc engine so this will be new to me. will be downloading for sure.
Did this make it to Wii VC? just trying to find the review for it!
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