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Lastupdate: 2000/06/13
Lastupdate: 2000/06/19
Lastupdate: 2000/10/31
 Game Information
GRADIUS II
(C) KONAMI 1988
Release: 1988/03/24
Platform: Arcade
Storage: ROM
Play Select: 1-2 Players
Continue: No
Powerup Gauge: Speed Up | Missile | Double | Laser | Option | ?
Maximum level of Speed Up: 5
Maximum level of Missile: 1
Maximum level of Double: 1
Maximum level of Laser: 1
Maximum level of Option: 4
Maximum level of Barrier: 1
Total number of stage: 8
HI: 57300 H.M
Power Meter Select
TYPE.A: SPEEDUP | MISSILE | DOUBLE | LASER | OPTION
TYPE.B: SPEEDUP | SPREAD BOMB | TAILGUN | LASER | OPTION
TYPE.C: SPEEDUP | PHOTON TORPEDO | DOUBLE | RIPPLE | OPTION
TYPE.D: SPEEDUP | 2-WAY | TAILGUN | RIPPLE | OPTION
BARRIER: SHIELD | FORCE FIELD
Game Ranking
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| 1985 |
1985 OPENING |
1985 BOSS |
1985 ENDING |
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| 1986 |
1986 OPENING |
1986 BOSS |
1986 ENDING |
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1988 OPENING |
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Stage
Stage 1: Burning Heat (Easy)
Stage 2: Synthetic Life (Very Easy)
Stage 3: Crystal World (Hard)
Stage 4: A Way Out Of Difficulty (Very Hard)
Stage 5: The Old Stone Age (Medium)
Stage 6: Maximum Speed (Easiest)
Stage 7: Boss Rush (Medium Hard)
Stage 8: Into Hostile Ship (Hardest)
Boss (Information taken from IMO's Webpages)
Stage 1: Phenix
Stage 2: Big Eye
Stage 3: Crystal Core
Stage 4: Death Mk-II
Stage 5: Jumping Moai, Big Moai
Stage 6: Big Core Mk-II
Stage 7: Big Core, Tetran, Fire Dragon, Covered Core
Stage 8: Club, Gofer
Different Version (Information provided by IMO)
There are a total of 3 different versions of AC GRADIUS II ever released. This is because some people can do infinite play with the old version by getting more than 70,000 PTS by each life. In the old version, players can get a lot of PTS at the Jumping Moai (before the Big Moai boss) and at the Big Moai boss. The main changes in the different versions are the extend bonus setting. In Japanese rumor, the 1st and 2nd version bords are fewer than the 3rd (latest) version.
1st version: 1st 20,000 PTS Every 70,000 PTS (Have score at Jumping Moai)
2nd version: 1st 20,000 PTS Every 70,000 PTS (No score at Jumping Moai)
3rd version: 1st 20,000 PTS Every 150,000 PTS
By the way, the original AC GRADIUS II provide no continue. But someone remake the program (out of law) to setup the continue feature. And that kind of bord is very rare.
Oversea Version
There is an European version of AC GRADIUS II which is named VULCAN VENTURE. The major difference in this version is that it allows players to continue.
Note
This title showed the best in the whole Gradius series. I didn't played this version much, actually I only saw it a few times in game centres. By the time, I were very young and seldom/didn't go to game centres. Besides, I had no money and no time to play too.
If you have missed the AC version too. You can still have a chance to play this game now. Because KONAMI has released a title called Gradius Deluxe Pack for both the Saturn and Playstation system, which includes the original AC version of GRADIUS & GRADIUS II in one CD-ROM.
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