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Gradius had that kind of effect on people. During summer, whenever I'd find the 50 yen I needed to play a game, I'd hop on my bike and race down to the arcade to play Gradius," he remembered. You'd have tons of lasers flying all at once. "When you saw Gradius, and you'd hear the music, and the sounds, even though they were old-school synthesizer sounds, it was still just amazing-the world, the options. Like the rest of his generation, Kamiya grew up in the arcade, and Gradius had a profound impact on the man who would go on to design action classics like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry. In a 2006 interview with 1UP, PlatinumGames co-founder Hideki Kamiya talked about the effect Gradius, Konami's legendary shoot 'em up series, had on him growing up. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.

The reuse of this sprite from Life Force cosmetically alters the Vic Viper from a single thruster engine to a pair of engines.

Player 1 uses Vic Viper's coloration of a blue ship with red options, while Player 2 uses the Lord British coloration red with blue options. Similar to Life Force, each player is represented by slightly different colors.After completing the final stage and returning to the first stage, the difficulty increases, but it will not increase again on subsequent completions.Bosses can never be defeated by waiting long enough until they self-destruct.The hit box which surrounds the Vic Viper is a bit larger in this version, making it more vulnerable to attacks.The Option Hunter does not appear in this version.This feature imitates the time limited Rotating Barrier power-up which originated in Gradius 2 for the MSX. For a limited period of time, all four Options will rotate around the Vic Viper before returning to the traditional snake-follow pattern, at which time Option will reappear on the power meter and can be activated again. After you have activated four Options, you may choose the Option command again to activate the Option Rotation behavior.As a result, it is capable of sustaining five hits before depleting, as opposed to three in the arcade version. You can no longer choose between the Shields and the Force Field.Both the Laser and the Ripple can be selected twice, once to activate it, and a second time to improve its effectiveness. Both Laser abilities produce the Cyclone Laser effect, which is generated by rapidly drawing different chunks of the laser on every frame.Rather, a small circle indicated the position of the bomb, and the explosion it produces is much more effective at eliminating enemies than in the arcade game. The Spread Bomb ability does not actually produce missiles like the other Missile abilities do.

The vocalization of Gofer is also accomplished through combinations of these words. They are simplified and the same for all four power type arrangements, but they are present.