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GRADIUS ORIGINS

92% positive of 242 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, PlayStation

Made by KONAMI, M2 Co.,LTD. Published by KONAMI.

About the game

Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.

Tagged by players

  • Arcade
  • 1980s
  • Shooter
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • 1990's
  • 2D Platformer
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Space
  • Action
  • Retro
  • Bullet Hell

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What players say

  • Recommended
    I bought this purely for Salamander III and wasn't disappointed. Though I do have to say the presentation for the other games was remarkably solid. Having different versions of the game selectable, with explanations on what makes them different, is very nice. As is the free controller rebinding, rapid fire, CRT filters, the whole gamut. I wish this collection had the remaining arcade games (Gradius IV, Solar…

    57 min played when written. 4 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    "I'm just going to set these to EASY, just cruise through the memories of childhood and relive the stages for my first experience." (Select EASY) Gradius: (Ahahahahahaah Hard Mode ships and bullets everywhere middle fingers)

    40 min played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    the description is kind of misleading. 7 games with all variations for a total of 18 games, when it's actually just 7 games and their localizations with multiple arcade chip updates that either fixed bugs/cheats/glitches/difficulty levels.

    10 min played when written. 7 found it helpful.

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