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Vulcan Venture [GX785]

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38 Years old Arcade Video game Konami Industry Co., Ltd. [Japan]

Vulcan Venture [GX785] screenshot

Vulcan Venture © 1988 Konami.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou [Model GX785].

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TECHNICAL

Konami Twin 16 Hardware
Game ID : GX785

TRIVIA

Vulcan Venture was released in March 1988.

The main differences from the original Japanese are:
* Continue available.
* Different title screen.
* 'Option' is called 'Multiple'.
* 'Ripple Laser' is called 'Pulse Laser' in Vulcan Venture.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'ASO'.

SERIES
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1. Nemesis (1985, ARC)
2. Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
3. Vulcan Venture (1988, ARC)
4. Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
5. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989, ARC)
6. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, X68K)
7. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997, ARC)
8. Solar Assault - Revised (1997, ARC)
9. Gradius Gaiden (1997, PSX)
10. Gradius IV (1999, ARC)
11. Gradius Galaxies [Model AGB-AGAE-USA] (2001, GBA)
12. Gradius V (2004, PS2)
13. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
14. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
15. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
16. Gradius Rebirth (2008, WII)
PORTS
CONSOLES

Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] flag (jul.15, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Gradius II [Model CUSA-03723]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] flag flag (aug.23, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Vulcan Venture [Model CUSA-03940]"
SOURCES
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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's screenshots.