Gradius II

This article is about the arcade game. For the MSX game known as Gradius 2 in Japan, see Nemesis 2 (1987 video game). For the Game Boy game also known as Gradius II, see Nemesis II (1991 video game).

Gradius II
North American arcade flyer
DeveloperKonami
PublishersKonami
Consoles
Hudson Soft
DirectorsHiroyasu Machiguchi
Famicom
Shigeharu Umezaki
ProgrammersToshiaki Takatori
PC Engine
Koji Igarashi
ComposersShinji Tasaka
Motoaki Furukawa
Kenichi Matsubara
Seiichi Fukami
Famicom
Hidenori Maezawa
Yukie Morimoto
SeriesGradius
PlatformsArcade, Famicom, PC Engine Super CD-ROM², X68000, Windows, mobile phone
Release
March 1988
  • Arcade
    • JP: March 1988
    • NA: April 1988
    • EU: 1988
    Famicom
    • JP: December 16, 1988
    X68000
    • JP: February 7, 1992
    PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
    • JP: December 18, 1992
    Windows
    • JP: February 21, 1997
    Mobile
    i-mode
    • JP: February 19, 2004
    Windows Phone
    • JP: January 19, 2010
GenreScrolling shooter
ModeSingle-player
Arcade systemKonami Twin 16

Gradius II, retitled Vulcan Venture in North American arcades, is a 1988 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami. It is the sequel to Gradius and was succeeded by Gradius III. Initially released in arcades, ports of Gradius II were released for the Family Computer (under the shortened title of Gradius II), PC Engine Super CD-ROM², and the X68000 in Japan. The original arcade version is also included in the Gradius Deluxe Pack compilation for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn and in Gradius Collection for the PlayStation Portable.


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