Gradius II

This article is about the arcade game. For the MSX game known as Gradius 2 in Japan, see Nemesis 2 (1987 video game). For the Game Boy game also known as Gradius II, see Nemesis II (1991 video game).
Gradius II
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Director(s)Arcade version
Hiroyasu Machiguchi
Famicom version
Shigeharu Umezaki
Programmer(s)Arcade version
Toshiaki Takatori
PC Engine version
Koji Igarashi
Composer(s)Arcade version
Shinji Tasaka
Motoaki Furukawa
Kenichi Matsubara
Seiichi Fukami
Famicom version
Hidenori Maezawa
Yukie Morimoto
SeriesGradius
Platform(s)
Release
March 24, 1988
  • Arcade
    • JP: March 24, 1988
    • EU: 1988
    Family Computer
    • JP: December 16, 1988
    X68000
    • JP: February 7, 1992
    PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
    • JP: December 18, 1992
    Sega Saturn & PlayStation
    • JP: March 29, 1996
    Microsoft Windows
    • JP: February 21, 1997
    Mobile Phone
    i-mode
    • JP: February 19, 2004
    Windows Phone
    • JP: January 19, 2010
    PlayStation Portable
    • JP: February 9, 2006
    • NA: June 6, 2006
    • EU: September 15, 2006
    • AU: October 6, 2006
    • KOR: February 9, 2006
    Konami the Best
    • JP: January 25, 2007
    PlayStation Store
    • NA: December 10, 2009
    • EU: June 4, 2014
    • AU: June 4, 2014
    Wii
    Virtual Console
    Famicom
    • JP: April 24, 2007
    PC Engine
    • JP: November 13, 2007
    • PAL: May 2, 2008
    • NA: October 20, 2008
    PlayStation Network
    • JP: October 20, 2010
    PlayStation 4
    • JP: April 22, 2016
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: November 12, 2020
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemKonami Twin 16

Gradius II[a] (also known as Vulcan Venture in arcades outside Japan) is a side-scrolling shooter game developed and published by Konami. Originally released for the arcades in Japan in 1988, it is the sequel to original Gradius and was succeeded by Gradius III. Ports of Gradius II were released for the Family Computer (under the shortened title of Gradius II), PC-Engine Super CD-ROM², and the X68000 in Japan. The original arcade version is also included in the Gradius Deluxe Pack compilation for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn and in Gradius Collection for the PlayStation Portable.
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