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Werdna

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About Salamander
13. Jan 2008 at 21:25

I recently played Salamander on the Turbografx-16 and was shocked by how utterly different it was from Lifeforce. I think I read somewhere that the Famicom release of the game retained the Salamander name. I wanted to know if that game also differed significantly from Lifeforce, if it is closer to the arcade version, or if it is more like its own game entirely.

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NESaholic God Member Offline Obscurist maximus Posts: 2450 The Netherlands	Re: About Salamander Reply #1 - 15. Jan 2008 at 12:47 It's called Gradius II iirc. Totally different then Life Force. I played it a while back so correct me if i'm wrong here guys.
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Werdna Forum Newbie Offline Posts: 18	Re: About Salamander Reply #2 - 16. Jan 2008 at 14:59 NESaholic wrote on 15. Jan 2008 at 12:47: It's called Gradius II iirc. Totally different then Life Force. I played it a while back so correct me if i'm wrong here guys. If it's Gradius II, then it is completely different. Lifeforce at least shares similar levels and music to Salamander, Gradius II is nothing like Salamander.
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FamicomJL God Member Offline Fami, Fami, Famicom? Posts: 689 Long Island, New York	Re: About Salamander Reply #3 - 17. Jan 2008 at 02:12 To settle the debate once and for all. Salamander=Life Force Gradius II=Unreleased here in the United States.
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Werdna Forum Newbie Offline Posts: 18	Re: About Salamander Reply #4 - 18. Jan 2008 at 15:18 Yes, yes; but what I'm wonder is if Salamander (Famicom) is different from Lifeforce (NES).
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Re: About Salamander
Reply #5 - 20. Jan 2008 at 09:18

Werdna wrote on 18. Jan 2008 at 15:18:

Yes, yes; but what I'm wonder is if Salamander (Famicom) is different from Lifeforce (NES).

From what I've played, it really isn't much different, but then again, I haven't played as much of Salamander as I'd like to admit I have. But from what I've plated, there really wasn't much of a difference.

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NESaholic God Member Offline Obscurist maximus Posts: 2450 The Netherlands	Re: About Salamander Reply #6 - 23. Jan 2008 at 10:20 FamicomJL wrote on 17. Jan 2008 at 02:12: To settle the debate once and for all. Salamander=Life Force Gradius II=Unreleased here in the United States. Thanks for clearing that up, honestly was in heavy doubt.
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Re: About Salamander
Reply #7 - 02. Feb 2008 at 19:32

Salamander on the Famicom and Lifeforce on the nes are pretty much the same other than the power up bar's graphics being different.

Lifeforce is the US arcade version of the Salamander JP arcade version. I think that just some of the background graphics were changed.

The famicom/nes versions were a reworking of the arcade salamender/lifeforce, where the tg16 release is much closer to the arcade. Stuff was cut/added to the famicom/nes versions.

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Thrillo Ex Member	Re: About Salamander Reply #8 - 21. Sep 2008 at 06:34 The Famicom version of Salamander/Life Force also has different endings depending on how well you did. One of them shows that your pilot is a woman...
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Re: About Salamander
Reply #9 - 08. Jul 2012 at 02:32

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The Famicom version of Salamander/Life Force also has different endings depending on how well you did. One of them shows that your pilot is a woman...

Perhaps Samus has a 2nd job?

To update on this, the only significant gameplay difference is that in the Famicom version you get 3 options instead of 2 in Lifeforce. Rare occasion where the Japanese version is easier (slightly--calling Salamander easy is like saying that a guy that is paralyzed from the nipples down is less paralyzed than a guy paralyzed from the neck down.)

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