| Manufacturer: | Konami |
| Genre: | Shoot 'em up |
| Board: | Konami GX400 |
| Year: | 1986 |
Life Force (also known as Salamander) is a Gradius spin-off, which introduced a number of changes that would later be incorporated into the main series. These included a mix of both horizonal and vertical scrolling, two-player co-op and a revision power-up system, where by enemies dropped specific weapons, rather than the playing selecting weapons from a menu. Not that my 12 year-old self was aware of any of this when I first saw it. I was too busy gawping at the crazy visuals, from organic landscapes that grew around your star fighter, to blood covered teeth or solar flares bursting from the floor and ceiling to tentacle-covered brains trying to attack you. I later discovered that these kind of effects and environmental hazards were common to the Gradius series, but seeing it for the first time will stay with me forever.
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