KONAMI sent out the following
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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) today announced the GRADIUS ORIGINS collection is now available on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch™, and PC via Steam®. GRADIUS ORIGINS is the definitive collection of the earliest games from the GRADIUS series – 2D shoot ’em up classics that embody nostalgic gaming from the 1980s.
* The launch time/date varies depending on the platform.
The collection also introduces SALAMANDER III, a new entry to this shooting game franchise in over a decade.
Staying true to the 1980s – 1990s aesthetics of GRADIUS titles, SALAMANDER III features 2D sprites and backgrounds as players traverse different stages using power-ups from the SALAMANDER series.
A total of seven games with 18 different regional versions are complimented with modern-day quality-of-life improvements, including competitive Online Rankings, Rewind, Quicksave & Quickload, Easy Mode, Training Mode, Invincible Mode, and a Visual and Sound Gallery.
The full GRADIUS ORIGINS title line-up:
*The following list of titles shows the names which were originally first released.
- GRADIUS
- GRADIUS JP ver
- GRADIUS Bubble System ver
- NEMESIS NA ver
- NEMESIS EU ver
- NEMESIS NA Proto ver
- GRADIUS II
- GRADIUS II Gofer no Yabou JP Early ver
- GRADIUS II Gofer no Yabou JP Mid ver
- GRADIUS II Gofer no Yabou JP Late ver
- VULCAN VENTURE NA ver
- GRADIUS III
- GRADIUS III Densetsu kara Shinwa e JP Old ver
- GRADIUS III Densetsu kara Shinwa e JP New ver
- GRADIUS III ASIAN ver
- GRADIUS III Densetsu kara Shinwa e JP AM Show ver
- SALAMANDER
- SALAMANDER JP ver
- LIFE FORCE NA ver
- LIFE FORCE
- LIFE FORCE JP ver
- SALAMANDER2
- SALAMANDER 2 JP ver
- SALAMANDER III
- SALAMANDER III
For more information visit: https://www.konami.com/games/gradius/
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