Gradius

Released for Visual Pinball X in 2017, this game is a tribute to Konami's 1985 horizontally scrolling arcade space shooter game. The table is styled on the late-80s alphanumeric display era of pinball, and features an important game mechanic inspired by Konami's 1985 game, whereby players must build-up and use power-ups to progress.

• POWER-UPS: Hit shots with lit capsules to light power-ups. Hit the turquoise center targets to light additional capsules. Use the right MagnaSave button to activate the currently lit power-up.

- LETTER power-up: Spot a letter in O-P-T-I-O-N.

- MISSILE power-up: Advance an enemy at a random shot.

- BUMPERS power-up: Score 100 points per bumper for 25 hits.

- SPINNER power-up: Score 100 points per spin for 25 spins.

- OPTION power-up: Light a lock for multiball.

- BARRIER power-up: Raise drop targets by the outlanes.

• MYSTERY: Complete the green lights at the bottom lanes to light a mystery award at the center saucer.

• MULTIBALL: Hit O-P-T-I-O-N targets or use the OPTION power-up to light lock at the ramps. Lock can be lit up to three times. Locking a ball when no more locks are lit will activate multiball.

• JACKPOT: During multiball, hit each of the ramps once to light jackpot at the side loop.

• ENEMIES: Complete all three blue lights at a shot to defeat enemies and start a hurry-up. Start a hurry-up while another hurry-up is running for bigger points.

• BIG CORE: Hit the drop target below the upper flipper to expose and defeat Big Core.

• BOSS BATTLE: Activate each power-up once, score a jackpot, destroy all enemies, and defeat Big Core to light a boss battle at the center saucer.