Gradius Anniversary Collection

Gradius Anniversary Collection is a compilation package that includes nineteen selected classic titles from the Gradius franchise. The bundle package was released on January 15, 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam and Nintendo Switch.

The product is part of Konami's "Anniversary Collection" series, celebrating the company's 50th anniversary, with the other compilations being Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection, Castlevania Anniversary Collection, Contra Anniversary Collection, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Anniversary Collection and Ganbare Goemon Anniversary Collection.

Features
All games in the collection have been announced to be enhanced with modern features.

The package also includes a bonus e-book packed with new information about the titles, including interviews with the development staff, behind-the-scenes insights and sketches/documents never before revealed to the public.

Game List
The compilation includes more than nineteen original titles (counting ports) from the Gradius series.
 * Gradius/Nemesis (Arcade, 1985)
 * Gradius (NES, 1986)
 * Salamander (Arcade, 1986)
 * Life Force (NES, 1988)
 * Gradius II/Vulcan Venture (Arcade, 1988)
 * Gradius II (Famicom, 1988)
 * Gradius III (Arcade, 1989)
 * Gradius III (SNES, 1990)
 * Nemesis (Game Boy, 1990)
 * Gradius: The Interstellar Assault (Game Boy, 1991)
 * Salamander 2 (Arcade, 1996)

Physical-Exclusive Games

 * Nemesis (MSX, 1986)
 * Nemesis 2 (MSX, 1987)
 * Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction (MSX, 1988)
 * Gradius Gaiden (PlayStation, 1997)
 * Solar Assault (Arcade, 1997)
 * Gradius IV (Arcade, 1999)
 * Gradius Advance (Game Boy Advance, 2001)
 * Gradius V (PS2, 2004)

Development
For this collection, Gradius, Salamander and Gradius II were removed on Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection (plus Haunted Castle as one of the new games for Castlevania Anniversary Collection's special physical release and TwinBee for it's own upcoming Anniversary Collection) and replaced by Frogger, Time Pilot, Track & Field and Yie Ar Kung-Fu (with more Classic Konami games aside from the iconic ones being included on a physical release) in a next patch released exactly the same day as Gradius Anniversary Collection's release.

The original Japanese versions of selected remaining titles, plus Japanese scans from the bonus e-book, were released in a post-launch update on January 20th, 2020.

This Collection, along with other Konami Collections would feature Amiibo support for the Digital and Physical releases in an update on March 2020.

Trivia

 * TBA