Several Salamander and Life Force entries gathered in a Japanese and Asian compilation; a treat for Konami horizontal shoot fans. Period pixel art and ad hoc co-op keep a delicious arcade scent.
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Shooter1 player7+
Description
Compilation of Konami's Salamander and Life Force episodes, classics of the co-operative horizontal scroll shooter. Published by Konami, released in Japan and Asia in September 2007. Multiple complete entries from the Salamander and Life Force sagas, period pixel art visuals, ad hoc co-operation. Available in Japanese and Asian editions.
Salamander Portable review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Punishing"
A portable anthology of Salamander and other Konami shooters, it gathers a handful of fearsome arcade classics where organic scenery and tight waves forgive nothing. Preserving your weapons, memorizing the bosses and keeping your cool outweigh reflexes alone. Compact but uncompromising, it delights retro-shmup enthusiasts after a demanding heritage to tame.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
Japan and Asia pressing of Konami's Salamander Portable, a compilation of several horizontal shooters from the Salamander and Gradius lineage, renowned for their demand and level design. This Asian edition keeps the Japanese dressing of an anthology dear to shmup fans. Desirability rests on that regional scarcity and the prestige of the Salamander franchise among genre connoisseurs, sought by completists of the Japanese and Asian PSP catalog.
