Salamander, retitled Life Force in North America and known as Life Force: Salamander in Europe , is a scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. Released in 1986 as a spin-off of Gradius, Salamander introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages.

You've saved the innocent people of Gradius from the vile Bacterions. But now an even deadlier plague has slimed into the neighborhood. It's Zelos, an all-engulfing, planet-eating alien who's hungering to take a bite out of you! Only this time you don't have to rescue the millions of Gradians alone. You can call on a starfighter friend from the planet Latis, who'll fight beside you in his RoadBritish space destroyer. You'll both be gunning for max power-ups, with ripple lasers, plutonic missiles and impregnable force fields. But you better be on target. For this isn't your ordinary space scum. And to crush him you've gotta soar through his guts, blast past his death traps and ultimately blow out his heart. Good luck, Commander. The galaxy's counting on you!

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Alternative Titles

Salamander

Platform

Arcade

Developer(s)

Konami

Publishers(s)

Konami

Genres(s)

Shooter

NA Release Date

October 20, 1986

JP Release Date

July 4, 1986

EU Release Date

March 20, 1986

MVGL User Score

7.3 by 3 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

-

Composer(s)

Miki Higashino, Hidenori Maezawa, Shinya Sakamoto, Satoe Terashima, Atsushi Fujio

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3 User(s)

This game also exists on:
Nintendo NES Mobile Nintendo Wii Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U

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