If you were a fan of Gradius or Life Force (Salamander), this game is a must play if you have not tried it already. You can also customize the load out of the Vic Viper so it gives options to what you want for weapons instead of the typical normal choices you had with Gradius. Gradius II also offers a great challenge also as it throws numerous enemies at you in each stage, much greater than its predecessor and also a much better graphical layout overall. If you like side-scrolling space shooters, definitely pick this one up to play!

Here is a conversion patch which changes most of the original graphics to make it more like the original arcade version of Gradius II

NOTE: In the zip is a pre-patch which must be applied first before patching the new version. It is labeled in large letters.

Gradius II (J).nes - NOINTRO
CRC32: 258869D0
MD5: D1CAD15BE01B5561586F344318C12B7D
SHA-1: A8F322B26AC5429725539F5725C8526BDC72E955
SHA-256: B1C89367D9C4C7A97F399C7147A75C82BDF1689042F72FB361BBD715A0FB4617