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Vulcan Venture
Vulcan Venture |
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Also known as: Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (JP)
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It's Gradius II... is there anything else to be said?
DESTROY THEM ALL! (Warning: it's not possible.)
Contents
Regional Differences
Title Screen
Japan | Europe |
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Version Differences
Bonus Life Settings
There are three versions of Gradius II listed on MAME: "Older", "Old", and "New". The newest set, for whatever reason, changed the "non-Only" dip switch thresholds for extra lives; previously they were the same settings as in the Gradius version of the first game, the newest set increases the values significantly.
All the Vulcan Venture sets keep the setting values from Gradius II's non-New versions.
Old | 20,000 Every 70,000 |
30,000 Every 80,000 |
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New | 20,000 Every 150,000 |
30,000 Every 200,000 |
Powerup Names
Gradius II | Vulcan Venture |
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In Gradius II, the non-beam laser is called Ripple Laser, like in Salamander, but in Vulcan Venture, it's Pulse Laser, the name from Salamander's localization (and update) Life Force. Also, as it was with the Nemesis set of the first Gradius, the player-following orbs are called Option and Multiple, respectively.
Gradius II | Vulcan Venture |
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To coincide with the name differences, these powerups also have region-differing announcer voice clips when selecting them in the powerup bar. These are for the Ripple/Pulse laser...
Gradius II | Vulcan Venture |
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...and these for the Options/Multiples.
Continue
Taking another localization cue from the Nemesis version of the first game, Vulcan Venture has a Continue feature that's not present in Gradius II, this time, however, there's no continuing limit. But, since this game didn't receive the Nemesis treatment of spawning orange enemies when players die to give a chance at power-up recovery, dying at certain checkpoints still makes progression impossible and this feature sadly turns out to not be that useful nor necessary.
The Gradius series | |
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Arcade | Nemesis • Vulcan Venture • Gradius III |
NES | Gradius • Gradius II |
Sharp X1 | Gradius |
ZX Spectrum | Nemesis |
SNES | Gradius III |
Game Boy | Gradius: The Interstellar Assault |
Sharp X68000 | Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou |
Sega Saturn | Gradius Deluxe Pack |
PlayStation | Gradius Deluxe Pack |
Game Boy Advance | Gradius Galaxies |
WiiWare | Gradius ReBirth |
Salamander | |
Arcade | Life Force |
NES | Life Force |
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