Salamander
Salamander is a scrolling shooter arcade game released by Konami as a spin-off to Gradius. It introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically…
Salamander is an arcade developed by Konami, released 4 July 1986 on Arcade and Sharp X68000.
What Salamander is
Salamander is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1986. It is available on Arcade and Sharp X68000.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The water planet of Latis, a sparkling jewel in the depths of space. There, a prophecy of fire has been passed down across countless generations. A thousand light years away, a huge dragon will be born in a sea of flame. When it awakens, it will engulf heaven and earth in darkness, shattering the light for all time. The star cluster of Bacterian has continued its conquest of space with its vast forces. Now it has invaded the planet Latis with its Salamander Force. The armies of Latis are helpless against the intense onslaught of the Salamander Force. The prince of Latis threw himself into battle, piloting the super-dimensional fighter Lord British, named after himself. Coming back sorely…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Gradius series
Salamander is the fourth of 54 entries we hold in the Gradius series. The next entry was Nemesis in 1986. Its critic score of 72 is 4 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Gradius V at 85.
How it was received
Salamander holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1986 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Salamander yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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