![]() The gameplay is mostly unchanged from the rest of the series, though there are some power-ups that temporarily give the ship some enhancements. Like the MSX version of Salamander, this game also has a storyline, which is told by cut-scenes. Instead of controlling Vic Viper, the available ship is called "Metalion" (code name N322). ![]() Gradius 2 (1987) The MSX Gradius 2 is unrelated to the second arcade Gradius game (which used the Roman numeral "II"). There also exists an arcade game named Life Force that is identical to Salamander released in Japanese arcades the same year, except that a Gradius-style power meter is used instead of conventional power-up items, and the stages were recolored slightly and given some voiceovers to make the mission about travelling inside someone's body, rather than through space stages took on names such as "Kidney Zone" and "Stomach." An American release was also made, but it retained the original power-up system of Salamander, though it was renamed, rather confusingly, as Life Force. The NES version of Salamander, called Life Force in North America (and marketed in that region as the "sequel" to the first Gradius), and the MSX version used the power meter from the Gradius series. Unlike Gradius, Salamander uses a more conventional weapons system, with enemies leaving a wide variety of distinct power-ups. The first player ship is Gradius's own Vic Viper ship, while the second ship is the Lord British space destroyer (sometimes called the "RoadBritish"). Also, Salamander was one of the first shoot'em ups to include cooperative gameplay. Most prominently, the game switches between horizontal and vertical stages, one of the first games of its kind. ![]() The game is noteworthy for a number of reasons. ![]() Games Scramble (1981) not actually part of the series, but the spiritual successor and clips from it appear in Gradius Gradius (1985) Salamander/ Life Force (1986) Set in the same universe as Gradius. Gradius ( グラディウス, Gradius ?) is a series of shooter games developed and published by Konami. ![]()
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