

īoth ships are tasked with completing each of the game's six scrolling The first player controls the blue Vic Viper and the second controls the red Super Cobra. Players control a starship through six scrolling stages in an attempt toĭestroy the hostile alien race "Doom" before they wipe out the planet Salamander 2 is a horizontal-scrolling shooter video game. Its music has sinceīeen re-released in various Konami soundtrack albums. Lack of innovation were the subject of criticism. Graphical style, and soundtrack, though its high level of difficulty and

These re-releases were better-received for their gameplay, It has been republished through Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus (1997) and Salamander Portable The game received generally negative feedback from fans of the original Salamander for its poor design and inferiority to its predecessor. Though it was a moderate success in arcades, Salamander 2 was met with mixed reviews. Gameplay involves shooting downĮnemies, collecting power-up items, and avoiding collision with The Super Cobra - as they must destroy the alien race Doom before they Up to two players control two starships - the Vic Viper and It is the direct sequel to Salamander (1986) and the third game in the Salamander series, which itself is a spin-off of the Gradiusįranchise. Salamander 2 is a 1996 horizontal-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published in Japan by Konami. Salamander was followed with a sequel in 1996 titled Salamander 2. These later became normal for future Gradius games.

Gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. Introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative Released in 1986 as a spin-off of Gradius, Salamander Salamander ( 沙羅曼蛇 (サラマンダ), Saramanda), retitled Life Force ( ライフフォース, Raifu Fōsu) in North America and in the Japanese arcade re-release, is a scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami.
