Please Note:

The items listed on the page are not for sale, so please don't ask.

This section is just to show off the collection, to show what's out there and to stop me buying the same thing twice!

Games and Merchandise - 11th June 2022

I never liked the way my arcade boards were being stored in antistatic bags and bubble wrap in cardboard boxes, so i made this cabinet using Ikea four Billy Book cases, two doors and lots of extra Billy shelves.

The boards are mounted onto some standard cutting boards I bought from my local Asda, well I did have to drive around quite a few different stores to get the quantity I wanted.

I was over £400 but defiantly makes the storage easier.

Buzz Lightyear

I know it's not Vic Viper but it is about as close we are going to get.

Games and Merchandise - 11th February 2021

Music From Konami Arcade Shooting - GFCA501-10_S - 20-01-2021

This is a 10 CD music collection.

Games and Merchandise - 18th September 2013

Original Game BGV Gradius, Thunder Cross GSV, Gradius II GOFER no Yabou GSV, Two copies of Otomedius X factory sealed.

Gradius Deluxe Pack PlayStation, Gradius V PS2 Pre order, Gradius V PS2 standard all factory sealed, mint condition Gradius III Super Famicom.

Gradius Portable PSP, Thunder Cross, Konami Game Music Special and R Type Cassettes, I only got R Type for as it was cheap and didn't add any thing to the shipping costs.

Seven MSX games, Nemesis 90 Kai, Parodius, Space Manbow, Gradius, GOFER no Yabou Episode II, Gradius 2 and Salamander.

Four PC Engine games, Gradius, Salamander, Detana!! TwinBee, Parodius da! and the Thunder Cross Music CD.

Life Force Salamander (Korean Version)

Here's an odd one I was not expecting, I bid on an overseas version and the images were a little small so I though it was the US version but turned out that it's the Korean Version made by Hyundai and Konami.

Otomedius Arcade

These are life size displays for the arcade game.

Top marquee and box label.

Otomedius G Shop Display

Shop display to advertise the Xbox 360 game.

Solar Assault Arcade Manual and Windy Manual

The hard to find Solar Assault Operators Manual.

Games and Merchandise - 1st November 2012

Konami Windy II JVS bottom board and loom, Xexex Flyer, Pair TwinBee Instructions, Otomedius Arcade Marquees (Anoa and Tron, yes another pair), TwinBee (DiskSystem), Otomedius arcade figures and Otomedius Keyrings x5 (Aoba Anoa, Erul Tron, Emon 5, Madoka and Diol Twee), three Parodius Super Famicom games (they were cheap).

Gradius III and IV for the PlayStation 2

The Best and Other Versions.

Laser Discs

Basic Saga Salamander Meisou No Paora 2nd Series LD (unopened).

Arcade Boards

Trigon Arcade PCB, Detana TwinBee Arcade PCB x2, Salamander 2 Arcade PCB, TwinBee Yahoo-!! Arcade PCB.

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Games and Merchandise - 22nd September 2012

Konami Windy II JVS bottom board and loom, Gradius Generations, Nintendo FamicomBox Gradius, Otomedius Arcade Marquees (Anoa and Tron), Thunder Cross Arcade PCB.

Nintendo FamicomBox - Gradius

This is a version of Gradius that was in the Nintendo FamicomBox, which is a large device that can hold 15 games for use in hotels in Japan on a pay for play basis.

Here's a good site with lots of details about this system - http://famicomworld.com/system/other/famicombox/.

Otomedius Arcade Marquees (Anoa and Tron)

These are so nice, very glossy and can be back lit.

Thunder Cross - Arcade PCB

This one came with Operator's Manual, Control Panel Instruction Sheet, Pair Instruction Cards and two Joystick Stickers.

One problem was as the board had no PCB legs it sits on two capacitors when place down, one of these had a leg ripped out, so I replace both of them, installed PCB legs and the boards works good, I love that music.

Games and Merchandise - 22nd July 2012

Lots of King Records Game Simulation Videos on VHS, TwinBee Paradise VHS.

Game flyers for Gokujou Parodius Arcade, TwinBee 3 Famicom, Gradius II Super Famicom, Parodius da! Arcade, Gradius II Famicom, Gradius and Salamander PC Engine, Salamander Collection and TwinBee Collection PSP stickers.

Thunder Cross PlayStation 2, another Gradius II GOFER no Yabou (great price so I could not resist), Arcade Gradius III Vic Viper and a Konami Gradius Moai Coin.

Arcade Gradius III Vic Viper

Another item to make my Gradius III arcade kit more complete.

Great looking long and sleek version of Vic Viper,

Konami Gradius Moai Coin

Small coin with Gradius Moai and the front and Konami logo on the back.

Original Sound Of Gradius & Salamander -Battle Music Collection- BY30-5180

I already have this disc, in fact it's the first Gradius related CD I bought but this one had two small posters with it, not sure if they are just bundled or came with it originally.

It would seam the posters have KHY-1010 and KHY-1012 posted in the bottom corners, after some research they come from Original Sound of Gradius (Famicom Version) 21-05-1986 - KHY-1010 - ¥1000 and Original Sound of Salamander (Arcade Version) 16-12-1986 - KHY-1012 - ¥1000.

Both cassette version, that's not to say that Konami bundled these posters with this CD but I would say it's unlikely, well mystery solved, they are nice little posters anyway.

Salamander 2 - Arcade

I already had some of the items but was missing the joystick stickers and supplement sheet.

Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Joystick Sticker, Supplement Sheet.

Thunder Cross II - Arcade PCB

I've wanted this for a long time, this one came with Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards and Banner Sticker.

Apart from the Operator Instructions have been hole punched and written on, the Serials on the Instruction Cards match the board.

Games and Merchandise - 26th April 2012

Otomedius X (Excellent!) Original Soundtrack and two badges, Otomedius Arcade control panel, Gradius IV ~Fukkatsu~ Original Operators Manual, Solar Assault, Gradius IV ~Fukkatsu~ arcade flyers, TwinBee Paradise DVD boxset, Gradius III AND IV Fukkatsu no Shinwa, Gradius V and Gradius Generation posters.

I also bought all the games that Konamistyle still sells for the PSP and PlayStation 2.

Gradius Portable (PSP), Salamander Portable (PSP), Parodius Portable (PSP), TwinBee Portable (PSP) and Gradius V (PS2).

Also this is the only original Gradius IV ~Fukkatsu~ Operators Manual I have ever seen.

Otomedius Arcade control panel

Clearly used and a little scratched but I got it for £20 so I'm not too bothered.

Otomedius X (Excellent!) Original Soundtrack

Konamistyle show a wrong track for track 16 of disc 3.

Posters

The other posters I got last year but never got around to photographing them.

Gradius III ~Densetsu kara Shinwa e~ (Arcade), Thunder Cross (Arcade), Gradius III and IV Fukkatsu no Shinwa (PlayStation 2), Gradius V (PlayStation 2), Gradius Generations (Game Boy Advance) and Detana!! TwinBee (PlayStation)

 

Paper size	Game	Quantity	mm x mm	in x in
B1 - JIS	Gradius III ~Densetsu kara Shinwa e~ Hard Puncher Thunder Cross	3	728 x 1030	28.66 × 40.55
B2 - JIS	Otomedius Gorgeous x2 Gradius V Gradius Generations x2 Gradius III and IV Fukkatsu no Shinwa	6	515 x 728	20.28 x 28.66
A2	Detana!! TwinBee Deluxe Pack	1	420 x 594	16.5 x 23.4
A1	Metro Force One (Almost A1 size - 594 x 841)	1	590 x 830	-

 

Otomedius G (Gorgeous!) (Xbox 360) and Hard Puncher (Arcade)

When I bought Gradius III and Thunder Cross, Hard Puncher poster was also included, not Gradius related but a nice detailed classic poster.

Poster Konami Gradius III ~Densetsu kara Shinwa e~

Here's a close up shot to show the detail of the Gradius III poster, now this is some great detailed hand painted work.

GameStone - Gradius III AND IV Fukkatsu no Shinwa

This a poster I had printed many years ago, it's quite lo-res and pretty poor.

Games and Merchandise - 19th September 2011

Gradius II Gofer no Yabou flyer, three Banner Weapon Stickers, Joystick Stickers and Springy Thing, also springy thing for TwinBee Yahho-! ~Fushigi no Kuni de Ooabare!!~, Joystick Stickers, the missing Xexex Banner Sticker (plus second arcade board not shown), Otomedius arcade install CD's.

Gradius Deluxe Pack - Windows 95 - ME203-J1

Here's something I've been looking for for years, one of the most rare Gradius games.

Gokujou Parodius! -Kako no Eikou o Motomete-

Including original Operator Manual and Instruction cards (banner sticker is a poor copy).

Salamander 2, Sexy Parodius

Large top marquees and Sexy Parodius joystick sticker

Games and Merchandise - 13th August 2011

Otomedius オトメディウス ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LC1852-54 First Edition

Konami Shooting Best LD - G68X0289 - 6800円 - Side One 60 Minutes, CLV NTSC Stereo - Pony Canyon Inc Japan - Konami 1988

My LD player is not currently set up at the moment to actually watch this.

Gradius III AND IV - Trial Version - PlayStation Festival 2000 - SLPM 60104

Demo versions of Gradius III stage 1 and Gradius IV stage 2, after you have completed the stage the game exits back to the title screen.

Flash Vol.4 Sega Saturn - Gradius Deluxe Pack Demo

Demo versions of Gradius Stage 1 and Gradius II GOFER no Yabou Stage 1, after you have completed the stage the game exits back to the title screen.

Gradius Deluxe Pack (Disc Only)

This game was released in a carboard box, because of this the game is quite rare, I only managed to find the CD only.

Xexex - Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Joystick Sticker

Mint condition.

Games and Merchandise - 4th July 2011

オトメディウス Ｂｉｇ ドール (Otomedius Big Doll) x2 (Aoba Anoa PN.111469500000 and Erul Tron PN.11146951000)

Salamander X68000

Salamander Anime Part 2 and 3

Salamander Anime VHS NTSCJ Vol.2 - Basic Saga Salamander Meisou No Paora 2nd Series - KV031 - 12800円
Salamander Anime VHS NTSCJ Vol.3 - Advanced Saga Salamander GOFER no Yabou 3rd Series - KV034 - 12800円

Otomedius Keyrings x5 (Aoba Anoa, Erul Tron, Emon 5, Madoka and Diol Twee)

Games and Merchandise - 7th May 2011

Gradius Board Game

Wai Wai World - Famicom and Otomedius G (Gorgeous!) Poster

KPE TwinBee

Nemesis '90 Kai - X68000

Games and Merchandise - 26th March 2011

KPE Pachi Gokuraku Parodius
KPE パチスロ 極楽パロディウス

http://www.kpenet.jp/parodius.html

KPE (Konami Parlor Entertainment)

King Records Gradius Music Box - 1994

キングレコード株式会社
King Records
コナミ　レーベル
Konami Label

This was a promotional item that wasn't available in the shops but only directly from King Records by sending in tickets from three King Records Gradius CDs.

It plays 15 seconds of the ending tune "Farewell" from Gradius II GOFER no Yabou.

Games and Merchandise - 22nd February 2011

The latest photo of my collection of Gradius related merchandise, funny how it seems so much more when it's all laid out on my Super King size bed (6 foot by 6 foot 6inchs).

Items not shown in the photo are the Six Vic Viper model kits, two MMS figures for Otomedius (Erul Tron & Aoba Anoa), the four PlayStation Portable Collections.

Detail Shots

Arcade - 22nd February 2011

Here's a photo of the Arcade related items, all of these are originals, I've chosen not to show any colour copies here.

I decided not to show the arcade boards as I couldn't be bothered to unpack them and to be honest they are just printed circuit boards (PCB's) anyway.

Detail Shots

Music - 22nd February 2011

Over one hundred music CD's.

Detail Shots

Other

Metal Vic Viper

All the games are Japanese originals unless otherwise stated

On the left are the items I'm missing from the collection, on the right are the items I currently own.

Arcade

Gradius (Standard ROM) Life Force (Japanese) TwinBee (Bubble Memory) TwinBee (Standard ROM) Solar Assault Gradius Solar Assault Revised Otomedius

Gradius Bubble System PCB + PSU Copied Operator's Manual, Bubble System Manual, Single Instruction Card, Copied Pair Instruction Cards Nemesis PCB UK Version (No sound output) Copied Operator's Manual Nemesis PCB UK Version (Doesn't boot) Salamander PCB Operators Manual, Pair Instruction Cards Salamander PCB UK Version (No sound output) UK Operators Manual Gradius IV Fukkatsu PCB Operator's Manual, Weapon Banner Sticker, Vic Viper Top Marquee, Marquee Salamander 2 PCB Operator's Manual, Weapon Banner Sticker x3, Pair Instruction Cards x2, Large Top Marquee x2 Salamander 2 Operator's Manual, Weapon Banner Sticker, Pair Instruction Cards, Joystick Sticker, Information Sheet Parodius da! PCB Operator's Manual, Weapon Banner Sticker, Pair Instruction Cards, Flyer Gokujou Parodius PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Copied Banner Gokujou Parodius Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards Sexy Parodius PCB Large Top Marquee, Joystick Sticker Sexy Parodius Large Top Marquee, Joystick Sticker Gradius II GOFER no Yabou PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, three of one and two Weapon Banner Stickers, Two Vulcan Venture Joystick Stickers, Three Gradius II GOFER no Yabou Joystick Stickers, Springy Thing, Arcade Flyer Gradius III ~ Densetsu kara Shinwa ~ PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Weapon Banner Sticker, Joystick Layout Sheet, Joystick Sticker TwinBee Joystick Sticker Detana!! TwinBee PCB Operator's Manual and Copied Instructions Detana!! TwinBee PCB Operator's Manual, Instructions, Two Joystick Stickers (Missing Button Stickers) TwinBee Yahho-! PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Weapon Banner Sticker, Joystick Sticker, Springy Thing, 10th Anniversary Banner and Instructions TwinBee Yahho-! Top PCB Only Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Weapon Banner Sticker, Joystick Sticker Parodius da! Pachiko (screen guts only) Two Instruction Cards, Plastic Bag, KPE Card x1 and x3 Otomedius Operators Manual and Owners Manual, Mid Marquee, Side Marquees, Large top Tron Marquee Windy Operator's Manual Windy II Operator's Manual JAMMA Board Conversion Kit (JVS - JS Conversion Kit) Ajax/Typhoon Operator's Manual Thunder Cross PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Weapon Banner Sticker, Two Joystick Stickers Thunder Cross II PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Weapon Banner Sticker Trigon PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards Xexex PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards, Weapon Banner Sticker, Joystick Sticker Xexex PCB Operator's Manual, Pair Instruction Cards

Famicom, PlayChoice10, Vs Pak

PlayChoice 10 Motherboard Vs Motherboard

Gradius PlayChoice 10 and Vs Pak VS Gradius Flyer Gradius (Famicom Box Version) Gradius Gradius (PAL) Gradius II Parodius da! Parodius (PALCOM) Salamander TwinBee TwinBee (DiskSystem) Instructions TwinBee (DiskSystem) Moero TwinBee (DiskSystem) Moero TwinBee (Cartridge) TwinBee 3 Poko Poko Daimaou Yume Penguin Monogatari Wai Wai World RC825 Wai Wai World 2 SOS!! Paseri-jou

Super Famicom

Parodius (PAL) Pop n' TwinBee (PAL) TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventures (PAL)   Pop n' TwinBee (Prototype-Sample) TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventures (Prototype-Sample RH022 - 0202 - 93.12.13) Gradius III (Prototype-Sample RS001 - 001 - 92.06.09)

Parodius da! x2 Gokujou Parodius x2 Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius x2 Gradius III x2 Pop n' TwinBee TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventures Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki Axelay

PC Engine

None	Gradius HuCARD x2 Salamander HuCARD x2 Gradius II GOFER no Yabou SUPER CD-ROM2 Parodius da! HuCARD x2 Detana!! TwinBee HuCARD x2

X68000

Nemesis 94 Gradius 2 Salamander (CZ-218ASC) 3.5"FD TwinBee (CZ-217ASC) 3.5"FD

Gradius (Disk only as it was a packin game with the computer system) Gradius II GOFER no Yabou x2 Salamander (CZ-218ASC) 5.25"FD Nemesis '90 Kai x2 TwinBee (CZ-217AS) 5.25"FD Detana!! TwinBee Parodius da!

PlayStation

Detana TwinBee Yahho-! Deluxe Pack (PlayStation The Best) Detana TwinBee Yahho-! Deluxe Pack (PS ONE BOOKS) Parodius Deluxe Pack (PAL) Parodius da! Deluxe Pack (PlayStation The Best) Parodius da! Deluxe Pack (PS ONE BOOKS) Gradius Gaiden (PS ONE BOOKS)

Parodius da! Deluxe Pack Gradius Deluxe Pack Gradius Deluxe Pack (Unopened) Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus Sexy Parodius Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius ~forever with me~ ParoWars Gradius Gaiden Gradius Gaiden (PlayStation The Best) TwinBee Taisen Puzzle TwinBee RPG Detana TwinBee Yahho-! Deluxe Pack Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol.1 Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol.2 Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol.3 Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol.3 (Asia Version)

PlayStation 2

Gradius III AND IV (NTSCU) Gradius V (NTSC-U)

Gradius III AND IV Gradius III AND IV (Konami The Best) Gradius III AND IV (Konami Dendou Collection) Gradius III AND IV (PAL) Gradius V Gradius V (Unopened) x2 Gradius V (Konami The Best) (Unopened) Gradius V (PAL) Gradius III AND IV - Trial Version - PlayStation Festival 2000 - SLPM 60104 Gradius V Demo Version Thunder Cross (Unopened)

PlayStation Portable

Gradius Portable (PAL) Gradius Portable (PSP Essentials) (PAL) Gradius Portable (NTSC-U)

Gradius Portable x2 Salamander Portable Parodius Portable TwinBee Portable Salamander Portable (Unopened) Parodius Portable (Unopened) TwinBee Portable (Unopened) Gradius Portable (Konami Best) (Unopened) Salamander Portable (Konami Best) (Unopened) Parodius Portable (Konami Best) (Unopened) TwinBee Portable (Konami Best) (Unopened)

Saturn

Parodius Deluxe Pack (PAL)

Parodius da! Deluxe Pack T-9501G Detana TwinBee Yahho-! Deluxe Pack T-9505G Gradius Deluxe Pack T9509G Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius ~forever with me~ T-9513G Sexy Parodius T-9517G Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus T-9520G (VS057-J1) Konami Antique MSX Collection Ultra Pack T-9530G (VS120-J1) Flash Vol.4 Sega Saturn - Gradius Deluxe Pack (First stage of Gradius and Gradius II GOFER no Yabou)

Windows

None	TwinBee PARADISE in Donburishima (ツインビーPARADISE in どんぶり島) Gradius Deluxe Pack x2 Gradius Deluxe Pack (Disc Only)

Game Boy

Konami GB Collection Vol.1 (UK Version) Konami GB Collection Vol.2 (UK Version) Konami GB Collection Vol.3 (UK Version) Konami GB Collection Vol.4 (UK Version) The PAL editions are Game Boy Color games unlike the Japanese releases. Pop'n TwinBee (UK Version) Pop'n TwinBee (Prototype-Sample RE111 - 0215 - 94.01.18) Parodius (UK Version)

Nemesis Nemesis II Nemesis (UK Version) Nemesis II (UK Version) Parodius da! TwinBee da! Konami GB Collection Vol.1 Konami GB Collection Vol.2 Konami GB Collection Vol.3 Konami GB Collection Vol.4

Game Boy Advance

None	Gradius Advance Gradius Galaxies Gradius Generations Gradius Generations (Bootleg Version) Wai Wai Racing Advance TwinBee Famicom Mini

Nintendo DS

None	Konami Arcade Collection - NTR-P-A5KJ-JPN Konami Arcade Classics - NTR P ACXP - NTR-ACXP-EUR Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits - NTR P ACXE - NTR-ACXE-USA

MSX

Salamander (Casio Version) Salamander (EU) White Box Salamander (EU) Blue Box

Gradius x2 Salamander x2 Salamander (Cardboard Version) Pirate Clone Gradius 2 x2 GOFER no Yabou ~Episode II~ x2 Parodius x2 TwinBee TwinBee (Casio 27) Space Manbow Nemesis II (EU)

Commodore 64

Konami Arcade Collection 10 Games by Imagine (Disk) Special Action by Ocean (Salamander) International Version

Nemesis (Cassette) Nemesis (Cassette) - Spanish Release Nemesis (Disk) - International Instructions Nemesis (Disk) Nemesis (Disk) Nemesis (The Hit Squad Cassette) Gradius (Disk) Salamander (Cassette) Salamander (Disk) Salamander (Disk) Salamander (Disk) Disk Only Salamander (The Hit Squad Cassette) Salamander (ERBE Spanish Cassette) Konami Arcade Collection 10 Games by Imagine (Cassette) Konami Arcade Collection 10 Games by Imagine (Disk) German

Spectrum

Nemesis (Disk) MAYBE? Salamander (Spanish Cassette) Cardboard

Nemesis (Cassette) Nemesis (The Hit Squad Cassette) Nemesis (Spanish Cassette) Cardboard Salamander (Cassette) Salamander (Cassette) Alternative Art Plastic Box Salamander (Cassette) Alternative Art Cover Only Salamander (Disk) Salamander (The Hit Squad Cassette) Salamander (ERBE Spanish Cassette) Salamander (ERBE Spanish Budget Cassette) Konami Arcade Collection 10 Games by Imagine (Cassette) Konami Arcade Collection 10 Games by Imagine (Disk)

Amstrad

None

Nemesis (Cassette) Nemesis (Cassette) Francias (Same as UK apart from top sticker) Nemesis (Disk) Nemesis (Disk) Spanish Nemesis (The Hit Squad Cassette) Salamander (Cassette) Salamander (Disk) Salamander (The Hit Squad Cassette) Konami Arcade Collection 10 Games by Imagine (Cassette) Konami Arcade Collection 10 Games by Imagine (Disk)

Sharp X1

None

Gradius

PC8801

Gradius

None

Xbox 360

None

Otomedius G (Gorgeous!) x2 Otomedius G (Gorgeous!) Platinum Collection Hyper Stick Pro Joystick (Konamistyle Limited Edition) Six Metal Badges Otomedius X (Excellent!) Otomedius X (Excellent!) (Unopened) x2 Large Anoa Sheet Dark Force and Anoa T-301 Cards Otomedius Art Book Otomedius Excellent (US Version) x2

Misc

TwinBee Famicom Cartridge Transformer

Gradius Famicom Cartridge Transformer

Music

On Order:- none

113 CD's in Total Beep, Konami Game Music Vinyl Record Original Sound of Gradius Cassette ¥1000 KHY1016 Otomedius オトメディウス ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Konami Digital Entertainment 24-03-2011 - LC1852-54 - ¥3600 Extras: Three CD's, First Edition Otomedius Original Soundtrack