Gaw (ガウ) is a recurring boss in the Gradius series.
Description[]
Gaw is a sprite edit of Death made for the game Life Force. The boss would later appear in groups at the start of future games bio levels as common enemy.
Attack patterns[]
Gaw's attacks are the same as Death's, but he shoots out eyes instead of cores. When you destroy the "mouth piece", he starts to fire rapid volleys of red lasers. Later games have Gaw firing red lasers akin to Big Core. Gradius V, however, had Gaw retain his old attack patterns of shooting mini-eyes, and when the mouthpiece destroyed, firing volleys of red lasers.
Gallery[]
Concept art
Gaw in Gradius II.
Gaw in Life Force.
An early design for Gaw as shown on the flyer for Life Force. Also note that Gaw still shoots out cores, much like Death.
Gaw in Gradius Gaiden.
Gaw in Gradius V.
See also[]
| Gradius II: GOFER no Yabō | ||
| Ships | Vic Viper | |
| Stages (arcade) | Artificial Sun • Alien • Crystal • Volcano • Revenge of Moai • High Speed Maze • Boss Rush • Gofer Ship Interior | |
| Port-exclusive stages | Gradius II NES Stage 2 (NES) • Volcano - Crystal (NES) • Enemy Base (NES) • Gofer's Lair (NES) • Temple (PC-E) | |
| Bosses | Phoenix • Big Eye • Giga (NES) • Crystal Core • Death MK II • Jumping Moai • Big Moai • Desert Core (PC Engine) • Big Core MK II • Zub Rush • Big Core • Golem • Tetran • Gaw • Intruder • Zelos Force (NES) • Covered Core • Demos • Crab • Gofer | |
| Gradius Gaiden | ||
| Ships | Vic Viper • Lord British • Jade Knight • Falchion β | |
| Stages | Beyond the White Storm • Requiem for Revengers • Into the Crystal Cage • Ruins of Silence • Organic Fortress • Green Inferno • On the Event Horizon • Formidable Guardians • Fate... | |
| Bosses | Blizzard Crawler • Grave • Nobil • Shining Core • Moai Dimension • Mad Skin • Stinger Kid • Hunter Fang • Giga's Rose • Kraken • Laser Tetran • DeathDouble • Parasite Core • Triple Core • Deltatry • Juggler Core • Neo Big Core • Heaven's Gate • Boost Core • Gunner Wall • Heavy Ducker • Sol • O.V.U.M. | |
| Organic bosses | ||
| Space entities | Nucleus • Intruder • Phoenix (Geezer Butler) • Goliath • Bubble Eye • Wyvern • Vulture Dragon • Blizzard Crawler • Yorogaton Chimera • Gillador • Volleone • Doom • Lynyrd Skynyrd • Triumph Kicks • Gaw • Giga • Killer Dwarf | |
| Body horror | Abadon • Golem • Zylom • Big Eye • Gregol • Mad Skin • Brachion Eye • Biter • Berial • Huge Heart • Crawler (X) • Infected Statue | |
| Plantlife | Choking Weed • Stinger Kid • Hunter Fang • Giga's Rose • Dendrodium • Hans Naughty | |