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The Coreship appears in Gradius: The Interstellar Assault.

Description[]

100 times larger than the Vic Viper, the Coreship is a massive, mothership-sized version of a Big Core warship. It's first found when the player is captured shortly after the ruins section of Gradius: The Interstellar Assault. Rather that fighting the ship head-on, the player ends up being pulled into its interior. This becomes the second stage of the game.

Attack patterns[]

While the player never fights the Coreship head-on, it does tangle with the Coreship's reactor. The reactor never directly attacks the player, but is able to suck the player forward as varying speeds. There's also a pair of cannons mounted above and below itself (which can be destroyed) which fire three-way shots diagonally. Electrical panels line the ceiling and floor and create impassable walls of electricity when they discharge.

Gallery[]

Game Boy Gradius games
Ships Vic ViperCoreship
Nemesis Stages VolcanoCellMoaiBoneFortress
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault Stages RemainsBattleship InteriorAsteroid BeltPlanet SurfaceFortress
Nemesis Bosses VolcanoSuper Big CoreZub RushCrawlerZigzagStrikerAmbRecklessMother Computer Z
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault Bosses Infected StatueCore ReactorCrater CoreFortress GateGuardian CoreEscape Ship
Core Warships
Big Cores Big Core MK IBig Core CustomBig Core MK-I Rev.2Big Core MK IIBig Core MK II KaiBig Core MK IIIBig Core MK IV
Big Core variants BeaconBig Core DuoBlaster Cannon CoreBoost CoreBubble CoreCircle CoreCoreshipCrater CoreCrystal CoreDellinger CoreDesert CoreHeaven's GateJuggler CoreLaser CoreLizard CoreNeo Big CorePerla MeraldaPlanet CoreRexion CoreRolling CoreShining CoreSuper Big CoreTerra CoreVanishing CoreGenocide CoreOdin Core
Core-style bosses Abaddon WarshipCovered CoreCovered Core MK IIDead EndKrakenMayhem WarshipMetal SlaveMisfit WarshipQueensrÿcheRiot WarshipPlate Core
Pseudo-Cores DeathDeath MK II (DeathDouble) • Death MK IIIBeta CoreNobilTriple CoreCrash Bam
Tetran variants Tetran (Zylom) • Covered TetranCrystal Core D-X02Laser TetranTenny Rop
Parody Cores Candy CoreDecoration CoreDecoration Core MK IIViva Core
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