At 01:14 18-06-99 PDT, you wrote:
>
>If you're talking about the creators of Salamander, you're
>talking about game-developers of Konami in 1986/87. I think
>there is no way to get in contact with them, unless you're
>very lucky.
I think so too... I was just trying my luck. :)
>
>I can say a few things I know about it... I posess the game since
>about 1990. I finished the game a couple of times now.
Alone? That's not bad. We've finished it in dualplay several times.
Well, not tried much alone, once I got 4 levels and died for the
first time in the fifth, and then quitted there. That was after we'd
finished it in dualplay a few times, so I knew everything quite well...
>
>First of all the last extra weapons. I have never been able to use
>these and I know nobody who ever was. I own both the original
We have aquired them, but seen no apparent effect.
>European and Japanese version and I read about it in the Japanese
>manual once. I think these are weapons that can be used only when
>playing the game in dual play mode (two players at the same time)
>and when the two players are linked to one, huge ship (there are
That might explain, because we're not usually flied much with the
linked ship.
>items to be found for this purpose). I have never actually seen these
>weapons, but judging from the Japanese manual, 'Twin shot' and
>'Triple shot' aren't very spectacular (I think these are nothing more
>than 'normal', but now using two respectively three bullets). About
>'Arming ball' I forgot, but I can research it if you like.
Well, the full names are already new information, thanks. If its not
too much trouble, we'd love to hear the results of such researces.
>
>There are said to be three different Salamander-videos. In fact,
>these tell one story, but it's also possible to understand the
>story of one part without having seen the other parts. In Japan,
We have one video, found from a fair of some sort. It seemed to
fit better to Nemesis I, it even had the Nemesis I last level
scrolling during the credits...
>monsters and the like, however, do reappear.
Moai heads... :)
>
>re-released for the PSX. In Salamander 2, however, there is
>totally no game story present, but the game itself is great.
Is there a Salamander 2 for the MSX?
>
>I think I can tell you some more things about the game, so if there's
>anything you'd like to ask, go ahead... I don't know what you DO
>know and what you do NOT know, so telling everything I know
>right now won't be a good idea either...
Thanks, I think we'll gather around and think up all the possible
questions we'd like an answer to and then bomb you with a load in
a while (few days, or something).
>Anyway, Salamander is one of the best shoot 'em ups I know...
True.
Antti Suni
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