沙羅曼蛇 サラマンダ ライフフォース
[i][b]Salamander[/b][/i], retitled [i][b]Life Force[/b][/i] in North America and in the Japanese [[arcade]] re-release, is a [[science fiction]] 2D scrolling shooter arcade [[video game]] by [[Konami]]. 

Released in 1986 as a spin-off to [[Gradius]], Salamander introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay (using two [[starfighter]]s, the original [[Vic Viper]] and a new one called [[Lord British]]) and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. Some of these later became the norm for future Gradius games.

The game was ported to the [[Famicom]] and the [[NES]] a year later. It also has been released on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, the NEC [[Pc Engine]], the [[Sony]] [[PlayStation 1]], the [[Sega Saturn]], on mobile phones, the [[PlayStation Portable]] and the [[PlayStation 4]] in the last years. 

Salamander was followed with an official sequel in 1996 entitled [[Salamander 2]].
salamander (game)