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グラディウス 取扱説明書 (RC810)

Konami. 1986. “グラディウス 取扱説明書 (RC810).” Gradius Famicom manual. Konami.

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Gradius Famicom manual
Original
https://archive.org/details/gradius-rc-810-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi
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https://archive.org/download/gradius-rc-810-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi/Gradius%20%5BRC810%5D%28FC%29%28JP%29%20-Manual%28600DPI%29_text.pdf
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2026-11-06
Licence
© Konami; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Konami; scan in the Internet Archive item "gradius-rc-810-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi".
Notes
Japanese Famicom instruction booklet, RC810, printed "Konami1986" on its cover. The item dates it 1986-04-25 (the uploader's release date, not one the booklet prints). The text layer is a poor OCR of the Japanese; quotes give the printed words, and each note says where the text layer differs. Locators are PDF pages.

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Konami published Gradius for the Famicom as catalog number RC810, with "Konami1986" on the booklet's cover; Konami's 2007 guidebook dates the Famicom release to 25 April 1986.cover (PDF p. 1)cover (PDF p. 1)Manual
The Famicom booklet gives the player's mission as boarding the Vic Viper (ビックバイパー) and destroying Zelos (ゼロス): only the player can bring peace back to Gradius. The player dodges enemy shells and destroys the enemies that appear one after another to advance through the stages.PDF p. 4PDF p. 4PDF p. 4PDF p. 4Manual
The Famicom booklet introduces seven numbered stages, among them a volcano stage (1), a Stonehenge stage (2), a Moai stage (3) and a cell stage (6); the seventh, the Zelos fortress stage, is the last.PDF p. 8PDF p. 8PDF p. 8PDF p. 9PDF p. 9PDF p. 9Manual
The US NES manual and Konami's European MSX booklet call the player's ship the Warp Rattler and the enemy superfortress Xaerous, where the Famicom booklet calls them ビックバイパー (Vic Viper) and ゼロス (Zelos). The MSX booklet also renames the planet Nemesis.PDF p. 4Manual