Descpription:
Gradius is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up
released by Konami in 1985 for video arcades. It was originally
released in Europe as Nemesis, and was later rereleased as part
of the Gradius Collection and Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits.
The player controls the trans-dimensional spaceship Vic Viper, and must
battle waves of enemies through various different environments.
The game became synonymous with the phrase, "Shoot the core!", as the standard
of boss battles in the Gradius series involved combat with a giant craft, in
the center of which would be situated one to several blue colored spheres.
These bosses would be designed in such a way that there would be a straight
passage from the exterior of the giant craft which leads directly to one
of these cores. The player must fire shots into this passage whilst avoiding
attack patterns from weapon emplacements on the body of the boss.
