Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus

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Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Game total: 3
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)
Genre: Compilation, Shooting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1997-06-19 ¥5,8005,800 T-9520G
Non-Sega versions PlayStation

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Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus (沙羅曼蛇 ＤＥＬＵＸＥ ＰＡＣＫ ＰＬＵＳ) is a compilation of the three Salamander games; Salamander, Life Force and Salamander 2, all developed and published by Konami as spin-offs in the Gradius franchise. The compilation never left Japan.

The games are identical to their arcade counterparts, bar a few touch-ups.

Gameplay

Salamander

Salamander is the 1986 sequel to the 1985 game, Gradius (before Konami produced a more direct sequel, Gradius II in 1988, with Salamander being relegated to spin-off). It is a one or two player cooperative spaceship shooter, in which player one controls the Vic Viper from Gradius, and player two controls (the debuting) Lord British.

While gameplay is broadly similar to Gradius, Salamander has a different and more traditional power-up system, in which players simply pick up upgrades left behind by destroyed enemies, rather than collecting glowing orbs to increment through a pre-determined list. It also differs from Gradius by swapping between horizontal and vertical scrolling stages.

If the player dies, they will respawn instantly and be able to recollect any dropped powerups.

Life Force

Life Force is an altered version of Salamander released in the following year. While the 1986 Salamanader was released under this name in North America, this 1987 Japanese version adds to the changes and re-introduces the Gradius-style power-up system. Much of the visuals and audio was been replaced, although level layouts are broadly identical.

Salamander 2

At the time the latest entry in the Gradius franchise, 1996's Salamander 2 is a true sequel to Salamander, sharing similar gameplay but with more elaborate graphics and stages.

Magazine articles

Main article: Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Edge (UK) NTSC-J 60 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 65 GameFan (US) NTSC-J 83 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 69 neXt Level (DE) NTSC-J 70 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 68 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 77 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 89

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Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc File:Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus Sat JP Manual.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	518,413,728	1997-03-25	CD-ROM (JP)	T-9520G V1.010

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files

Folder / File	Type	Size	description
\OMAKE\24BIT	Folder	51,931,704	It contains 11 wallpaper images of truecolor. 3 sizes each.
\OMAKE\8BIT	Folder	17,345,592	It contains 11 wallpaper images of 256 colors. 3 sizes each.
ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	150	About this game.
BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	85	About original game
CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	47	Copyright
KAIHATSU.DOC	TXT	30,553	Messages from the developers.

References

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