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title: "Arcade Archives GRADIUS"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/releases/nintendo-switch/arcade-archives-gradius/"
description: "\"GRADIUS\" is a shooting game released by KONAMI in 1985.Players control the Super Dimension fighter 'Vic Viper' and fight 'Bacterian'"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-07-09 00:00:00"
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Arcade Archives GRADIUS | Nintendo Switch Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![Arcade Archives GRADIUS](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/arcade-archives-gradius.jpeg "Arcade Archives GRADIUS")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/arcade-archives-gradius.jpeg)“GRADIUS” is a shooting game released by KONAMI in 1985.

Players control the Super Dimension fighter ‘Vic Viper’ and fight ‘Bacterian’ with the aid of devastating power-ups.

This shooting game is the first of a masterpiece series from KONAMI that had a major impact on later shooters.

The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces.

Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.

Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

### Release info - Arcade Archives GRADIUS

Release date

 2020-07-09 00:00:00

Publisher

 HAMSTER

Demo available

DLC available

Max players

 2

Age rating

 3

NS Online support

Game code

 HACPAWQSA

Cloud Saves support

Voice Chat support

HD Rumble support

Languages

japanese, english, spanish, french, german, italian

 Genres

arcade, shooter

### Nintendo eShop - Arcade Archives GRADIUS

[EUR 6.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/NL/nl/titles/70010000026812/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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[GBP 6.29](https://ec.nintendo.com/GB/en/titles/70010000026812/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[USD 7.99](https://www.nintendo.com/US/store/products/arcade-archives-gradius-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

¥8.38

[CAD 9.87](https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/arcade-archives-gradius-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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[6,99 €](https://ec.nintendo.com/SK/sk/titles/70010000026812/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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[ARS 640.0](https://www.nintendo.com/es-ar/store/products/arcade-archives-gradius-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[BRL 42.9](https://www.nintendo.com/pt-br/store/products/arcade-archives-gradius-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[CLP 8200.0](https://www.nintendo.com/es-cl/store/products/arcade-archives-gradius-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[COP 39400.0](https://www.nintendo.com/es-co/store/products/arcade-archives-gradius-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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