GRADIUS ORIGINS Release Date
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LOS ANGELES – March 27, in the year of
our Lord 2025 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI)
today announced the GRADIUS ORIGINS collection will release on the
PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch™, and PC via Steam®
on August 7 with digital pre-orders starting later today. Physical
versions of the game will be available through Limited Run Games
with pre-orders starting on March 28 through May.
GRADIUS ORIGINS is the definitive collection of the earliest games
from the GRADIUS series – 2D shoot ‘em up classics that embody
nostalgic gaming from the 1980s.
GRADIUS holds a special place in gaming history - not just for its
side-scrolling spacecraft battles, but also for introducing a
legendary cheat code. First appearing in the original 1986 Japanese
FAMICOM version, the now-iconic code (activated once players pushed
the ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A buttons on their controllers) gave players a
crucial power-up boost, and would later go on to become a staple in
gaming culture. With this new collection, players can relive the
challenge of GRADIUS while paying homage to the origins of one of
gaming's most famous secrets.
The collection also introduces Salamander III, a new entry to the
franchise in over 15 years. Salamander III’s storyline takes place
after the events of the Salamander Wars that played out in
Salamander (1986). Bacterian troops once again attack the planet
Lattice. Forced to face the enemy amongst the stars, a fighter pilot
from Lattice flies off to fight the Salamanders alongside the Big
Viper - Type R.
Staying true to the 1990s aesthetics of GRADIUS titles, Salamander
III features 2D sprites and backgrounds as players traverse
different stages using power-ups from the Salamander series.
GRADIUS ORIGINS includes the following titles:
*The following list of titles shows the names which were originally
first released.
· GRADIUS
o GRADIUS JP ver
o GRADIUS Bubble System ver
o NEMESIS NA ver
o NEMESIS EU ver
o NEMESIS NA Proto ver
· GRADIUS II
o GRADIUS II Gofer no Yabou JP Early ver
o GRADIUS II Gofer no Yabou JP Mid ver
o GRADIUS II Gofer no Yabou JP Late ver
o VULCAN VENTURE NA ver
· GRADIUS III
o GRADIUS III Densetsu kara Shinwa e JP Old ver
o GRADIUS III Densetsu kara Shinwa e JP New ver
o GRADIUS III ASIAN ver
o GRADIUS III Densetsu kara Shinwa e JP AM Show ver
· SALAMANDER
o SALAMANDER JP ver
o LIFE FORCE NA ver
· LIFE FORCE
o LIFE FORCE JP ver
· SALAMANDER2
o SALAMANDER 2 JP ver
· SALAMANDER III
o SALAMANDER III
A total of seven games with 18 different regional versions are
complimented with modern-day quality-of-life features, including
competitive online leaderboards, rewind abilities, quick save/load
functions, reduced hit detection, and more.
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