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Release Date 9/15/2004
Publisher Konami
Platform PS2
Genre Shooter

Number of Players 2

Mild Fantasy Violence

Game Description

Fire up your Vic Viper for Gradius V, the latest, baddest, sleakest Gradius of them all! Continuing its legacy as the longest running shooter, Gradius features beautiful 3D graphics and mind-boggling environments. In your mission to destroy the Bacterian Core you will blaze and blast your way through seven massive stages of arcade glory. A new Option Controls feature, and 12 upgradeable powerups including the new Option Bomb and Option Stock round out the adventure. Old and still side-scrolling, Gradius is still better than ever!

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IGN Review (7.7 out of 10)

In the days of yore, mastering a game was a true challenge with one-hit deaths and furious amounts of opportunities to be hit with flying objects. Yes, I'm talking about the old-school shooters and of them Gradius was about as cool as it got. Getting through the game required some extreme pattern ...more

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Average Member Rating: 7.4 out of 10

An Excellent Example of a Classic Genre. (8 out of 10)

posted by andrewka (ROCKVILLE, MD) on Jan 17, 2008
Member since Nov 2007
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

the 2D Shooter is a dying breed and it is a little difficult to find one in this age of next-generation console systems, but on the ps2 i believe gradius 5 is a beautiful and under appreciated gem. the game does a great job of sticking to the roots of 2D shooters while mixing it up a bit with the v...more

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