FAMICOM · 1983–2003

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Gradius II

Famicom · 1988 · NTSC-U · Shooter

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Range

€86.25–€86.25

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Recent

€86.25

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Market depth

What it's actually worth

The three-tier spread, verified comparable sales, and where this title sits inside its cohort. Live snapshot lives above in Pulse; this is the time-and-context layer.

Three-tier spread · log scale

The same game at three prices — Loose, CIB, and Sealed on one ruler. The scale is logarithmic: each gridline step is 10×, so the distance between bars shows the size of the jump between tiers.

€100

Sealed€551.08

Complete in Box€86.25

Loose€30.2

Premium structure

Sealed vs CIB6.4×

CIB vs Loose2.9×

Sealed vs Loose18.2×

Verified comparable sales · by tier

Sealed · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

Complete in Box · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

Loose · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

Cohort context · complete in box floor vs. cohort medians

vs. console cohort

Same console, same tier

+112%above cohort median

Cohort median €41 · 148 titles

vs. era cohort

Same console, year ±2

+176%above cohort median

Cohort median €31 · 182 titles

vs. publisher cohort

Same console + publisher

+53%above cohort median

Cohort median €56 · 30 titles

CIB · price history

€86▲ 0% since 7 Jun

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Why this title

Why collectors care

The cultural context, the production lineage, the place this artifact holds in its console's history.

radius II, retitled Vulcan Venture in North American arcades, is a 1988 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami. It is the sequel to Gradius and was succeeded by Gradius III. Initially released in arcades, ports of Gradius II were released for the Family Computer, PC Engine Super CD-ROM², and the X68000 in Japan. The original arcade version is also included in the Gradius Deluxe Pack compilation for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn and in Gradius Collection for the PlayStation Portable.

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Hardware specimen

First print documented: No
UPC: 4988602546521
Release date: 1988-12-16
Regional / language names: Gradius II: Gofer's Ambition · Gradius 2 · グラディウスII ゴーファーのやぼう · グラディウスII -GOFERの野望-

Authentication

Is what you're holding real

Documented variants, identifying marks, and the print-vs-reprint discriminator. Pick a variant to focus the walkthrough; the Companion can talk you through your own copy.

Documented variants · 1

Reference

Production reference

No production variants are documented for this title yet. The identifying marks below cover the title's first-print and reprint signals across all tiers.

Focused walkthrough

Production reference

No production variants documented for this title yet. Identification reads against the title's known print signals across all tiers.

Sealed indicators

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Complete in Box indicators

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Loose indicators

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Adjacent

Where else this lives

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