GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Alien swarms and galactic scourges everywhere live in fear of the Vic Viper, and for good reason. This noble, lone starfighter has a long and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Gradius V has been in development for a fairly long time. The game, originally announced back in early 2003, was supposed to be released at the end of ...

Mark Stafford has created the best Vic Viper I have seen in recent years. It would be amazing to see this model imported into a scrolling shooter video game. Though the Viper is a popular subject ...

The masters of the shooter were given one of the genre's granddaddy's for their latest project, and from what we can see both the series and developer's legacies will live on. We spent the weekend ...

In Gradius, you control the Vic Viper as he flies through various environments in order to take down alien enemy bosses. Several distinctive areas include a space level filled with Moai heads, and ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. This year's gathering of some of the world's biggest LEGO fans—they call themselves Adult Fans of LEGO—at Brickworld 2010 will combine their brick ...

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 ...

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I'm not one for lore, I'm afraid to admit, as can be amply illustrated by the fact I've only just discovered that Gradius - a series close to my heart, and one that's taken the most from my wallet ...

Though side-scrolling shooter series are in no short supply in the States, few franchises in the genre have earned as much notoriety and fan support over the years as Gradius. The Konami-developed ...

Alongside the likes of Space Invaders and R-Type, Konami's Gradius is considered to be one of the most influential shmups of all time. Released in arcades in 1985, it introduced the world to the ...

After last week’s two dismal releases, Urban Champion and Baseball, Nintendo is bringing three solid titles to the Wii. Konami’s Gradius is out for 500 points. This is the NES version and not the ...