Vulcan Venture (New) (MAME) - Arcade

Vulcan Venture (New) is a Shooter / Flying Horizontal game developed by Konami and published by Konami in 1988 for the Arcade.

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Vulcan Venture (New) Game Description

Vulcan Venture (c) 1988 Konami.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : GX785

Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), K007232 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1988. This game is known in Japan as "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou [Model GX785]". For more information about the game, please see the original Japanese entry.

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 -

1. Gradius [Model GX400] (1985)
2. Salamander [Model GX587] (1986)
3. Lifeforce [Model GX587] (1987)
4. Gradius 2 [Model RC751] (1987, MSX)
5. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou [Model GX785] (1988)
6. GOFER no Yabou Episode II [Model RC764] (1989, MSX)
7. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989)
8. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
9. Salamander 2 (1996)
10. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
11. Solar Assault - Revised (1997)
12. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
13. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1998)
14. Gradius Generation (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
15. Gradius V (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
16. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
17. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
18. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
19. Gradius Rebirth (2008, Nintendo Wii)

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Comments for Vulcan Venture (New)

MusicalMinerdude 04-23-16 - 03:52 PM
The graphics are a little glitchy here!

MusicalMinerdude 04-23-16 - 02:27 PM
Europe-only release. I have no idea why Konami changed the name for this version.

dexterkkk 11-05-13 - 08:05 AM
GRADIUS II.

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Vulcan Venture (New) (MAME) - Arcade