Gradius 3 plays just like the other games, except for unknown reason, you can't get to the very front of the screen (right), which is a giant pain. The reason why my writing doesn't seem too happy ...

Publisher Konami has certainly made some missteps in preserving and re-releasing its older games. Silent Hill and Metal Gear “HD” collections of old have soured some players on Konami’s attempts to ...

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In case it helps anybody with context, the SNES has great video and audio hardware for its era, but a really regressive CPU — even calling it 16-bit is being charitable; it has an 8-bit data bus and ...

Whether you call it Salamander, Life Force, or Gradius, here's every mainline installment in the Gradius SHMUP series over the years. No Scramble here -- it was the inspiration, not a Vic Viper or ...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, rest in peace. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a producer credited with implementing the fabled “Konami Code” that gave players godlike cheats in Contra, Gradius, ...

This game kicked my butt. Then again, and again. When I finally beat it, I jumped off the couch with a victory yell (I know, I know - nerd alert). Not many games make me do that. I'm in my late 30's, ...