The popularity of retrogaming is unquestionable. Between the remakes of old franchises and the repackaging of old arcade games into "best of" console compilations, it's obvious that today's game ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Alien swarms and galactic scourges everywhere live in fear of the Vic Viper, and for good reason. This noble, lone starfighter has a long and ...

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We’ve gotten various versions of Gradius on the Nintendo Switch. These include the NES port of the game via Nintendo Switch Online and VS. Gradius, an arcade port of the NES version. However, the ...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, rest in peace. Kazuhisa Hashimoto, a producer credited with implementing the fabled “Konami Code” that gave players godlike cheats in Contra, Gradius, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Konami offered a single level's worth of its next great titillating side-scrolling shoot 'em up, Otomedius Excellent, at this year's Tokyo Game Show.