. . . . "Gradius / Nemesis"@en . . "Gradius (\u30B0\u30E9\u30C7\u30A3\u30A6\u30B9, Guradiusu) is a 1985 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1985. It was the first game in the Gradius series of shoot 'em ups. In Gradius, the player maneuvers a spacecraft known as the Vic Viper that must defend itself from the various alien enemies."@en .