Gradius

The NES game, Gradius or "Gradius", is an arcade scrolling shooter developed in 1985 for the arcade machine, and later re-released on the NES and other platforms.

The plot of Gradius has no plot as such, its name - Gradius - is connected with the name of the planet inhabited by humans. The player will have to become a pilot of the Vic Viper spaceship, launch from Gradius and conquer different dimensions, fighting enemies along the way. Each level consists of three parts - a flight in outer space, then a flight over a planet and a boss battle. The player's spaceship is equipped with a variety of weapons, which can be upgraded as you go, collecting bonuses knocked out of the enemy.

The enemies are a variety of spaceships, robots, cannons, etc., on all planets of this variety is enough. Gradius is one of the first games in which the developers, because of its complexity, provided for the entry of the code, which gives at the beginning of the game all the weapons. In general, at the time of release Gradius gathered a lot of positive reviews from critics, many noticed the high complexity of this game. As a result of its popularity, Gradius received a sequel in the second part, called Gradius 2. Of the pluchos gameplay can be noted the presence of a two-player mode, though the game is meant to be played alternately.