It was just about 20 years ago that the Vic Viper, the world’s best-known alien-armada-killing single-pilot spacecraft, flew her maiden voyage in the original Gradius. That game is hardly the first ...

While the Vic Viper might not be a household name on quite the same level as Mario or Master Chief, it still is emblematic of what makes video games great. This spacecraft and its distinctive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. I can’t think of many game franchises that have been around ...

Matthew Mendisana is a journalist and writer with a passion for storytelling and a love for games and movies. That love carried him through college, while not letting his Autistic Spectrum hold him ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

To understand how it ends, first you must go back to the beginning. Gradius was born from the 80s post-Space Invaders gold rush, created by a team within Konami's Osaka headquarters headed up by the ...

GameCentral speaks to producer Ryosaku Ueno about Gradius Origins, Salamander 3, and how to get younger gamers into 2D shooters. We don’t usually like doing email interviews, because you never get as ...