While it wasn't the very first shoot 'em up (shmup) to grace the arcades, Konami's Gradius was undoubtedly one of the most important quantum leaps forward for the genre. So to celebrate the iconic ...

Shoot ’em ups were one of the first video game sensations to sweep through arcades. The novelist Martin Amis became so obsessed with 1978’s Space Invaders he wrote an entire guide/appreciation of ...

Shmup fans, rejoice! Konami flew into today's Nintendo Direct showcase to reveal Gradius Origins, an upcoming shoot 'em up collection that will be blasting onto Switch on 7th August. There's a bunch ...

It’s the new definitive way to play these games too. Konami has revealed their latest video game anthology franchise collection. Gradius Origins is releasing this year to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, ...

Salamander 3 is a brand new title developed by M2, while the rest are retro games from throughout the years. Not only are there seven games in the collection, but most of them have multiple regional ...

Hudson should be bringing us Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou. The TurboDuo import is reported to have a pre-Nintendo press release date of October 6, which is this Monday. However, Ys fell into this trap ...

It's one of gaming's greatest myths that graphics aren't as important as gameplay. Without the right kind of graphics, it's possible to depth-charge the potential of an otherwise enjoyable experience.

Who knew the middle of summer of 2025 was going to see a mini boom for a video game genre that was once central to the industry but has long since become a niche outlier? If you are a fan of scrolling ...

Many gamers of a certain age (this author included) remember the early ’90s disappointment of buying the SNES version of hit arcade shmup Gradius III. In magazine screenshots, the game’s huge, ...

The New Gamer has a fascinating video, with analysis, of the "averaged gameplay" of fifteen different gamers playing through level one of the classic shmup, Gradius. Why Gradius? Because it's "an auto ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...