The Gradius II Bible: Family Computer
グラディウス2バイブル : ファミリーコンピュータ
First-party Konami guide to the Famicom Gradius II.
ABOUT
A first-party guide to the Famicom version of Gradius II, published in 1989 by Konami Publishing, the company's own book arm, under the title The Gradius II Bible. At 104 pages it is the fullest period treatment of the conversion.
As an official production it had access to material third-party guides lacked, and the Bible title signals its ambition to be the complete reference for the game rather than a quick walkthrough.
Konami published guides to its own games only occasionally, which makes this volume a collectible marker of how seriously the company took Gradius on the Famicom.
GAMES IN THIS BOOK
DETAILS
WHERE TO GET IT
Searched by ISBN, so a shop that has this exact edition will show it and one that does not will come back empty. Most of these were printed in Japan and never distributed elsewhere.