Salamander is a shooting game developed by Konami for Nintendo. The game was released in 1986 in Japan and in 1987 in Europe. The game has two modes of one player and two players, the single-player mode will be easier than the two-player mode. In single-player mode, you will choose one of two aircraft to control is Vic Viper and Lord British. Occasionally, the ship Lord British will also have another name as Road British due to the difference of Japanese translation into English. Like most Nintendo shooters, the Salamander is divided into 6 main stages. At the end of each stage, a final boss will appear and you will have to destroy the name to come to the next stage. Each main stage is broken down into levels with increasing difficulty.
At the beginning of the game, your attack ability will be quite weak although the bullets fired are continuous. You will have to hit the enemy many times to be able to destroy them. However, you can upgrade your weapons by picking up items shaped like bullets that drop after defeating an enemy. When you collect these items of the same type, you will double the number of rays. If you let the spaceship be destroyed, the effects of weapons will be lost. In addition, enemies also drop items that have different effects after being destroyed. For example, items with a cross will help you increase your life once. The circular item will protect the ship from enemy attacks for a short time.
In the process of moving, there will be strange objects falling randomly. Players will have to avoid these objects if they do not want to lose their lives. However, you can destroy it by attacking. If these objects are destroyed, they will be able to drop items like when destroying enemies. You will have to start from the beginning of your life is already zero. You can save your progress during the game. This allows you to resume playing the last level you saved instead of having to start over from the first level. At the last level of the game, you will have to fight the mother spaceship. This ship has many parts to attack your ship. Destroy each part to win the game more easily.
