Game title
Gradius
Japan 1986-04-25 / shoot 'em up /Konami
- #120Japanese release order (of 1239 titles)
- #80Copies sold (of 87 titles)
- #45How much it is read now (of 942 titles)
- #811Launch price (of 1172 titles)
- 1986Release year
About this game title
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- Japanese title
- Gradius
- Japan release date
- 1986-04-25
- North America release date
- 1986-12-01
- Europe release date
- 1988-11-30
- Publisher
- Konami
- Developer
- Konami
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
- Formats
- FC / NES
Copies sold
1,000,000 copies
Players
1 - 2 players (alternating)
Officially playable today
Officially available
Products sold (1)
Even for the same game title, packs, bundles and budget re-releases count as separate products. Only those listed in the public record (Media Arts Database) are shown.
- GRADIUS
- Model no. RC810 / 4,900 yen / 1986-04-25
More details
Only the details we could confirm are shown.
- Series
- Gradius
- Music
- Miki Higashino
- design
- Hiroyasu Machiguchi
- Medium
- Digital download
- North America age rating
- E
- Next title
- Gradius 2
Where it stands today
How much this title is read and edited today. Wikipedia page views and edit history, counted on 2026-8-30.
Readers of the Japanese article
about 3,415 views per month
Readers of the overseas article
about 3,201 views per month
Edits in the past 1 year
19 times
Still officially playable
Officially available
Current records (3 of 4)
The fastest completions of this title, as of 2026-8-30, and still being updated (the newest record is from 2026-05-14). These records are the work of the runners and authors. Their names and sources are given.
Stories left about this title
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Titles released the same day (3)
Other titles released in Japan on 1986-04-25.
Explore from here
Links to pages related to this title.
Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)