🎮 Play Salamander Version D Online (Arcade)

Salamander Version D is the 1986 Arcade shoot ’em up by Konami, famously known as the spin-off to Gradius (and released in some regions as Life Force). This intense sci-fi shooter mixes horizontal and vertical scrolling stages as you pilot the Vic Viper and Lord British starfighters through the biological guts of an alien entity. Unlike Gradius, Salamander drops the power-up selection bar for an immediate item-pickup system, making for faster-paced, pure arcade action with simultaneous two-player co-op.

How to Play

Your objective is to survive six stages of alien environments, defeat the boss at the end of each, and destroy the core of the Zelos force. You can insert coins to play using Shift, and start the game with Enter.

• Movement: Arrow Keys
• Fire: Z
• Missile: X

Tips

• Ripple Laser is king: The expanding ring lasers are excellent for crowd control and taking out the biological walls that regenerate in the later stages.
• Missile power-ups stack: Don’t ignore missiles; collecting multiple upgrades allows you to drop two ways at once, which is crucial for hitting ground targets and bosses from safe angles.
• Watch your options: Your drone multipliers (Options) are your main source of damage. In Salamander, if your ship is destroyed, your Options briefly float around—grab them quickly upon respawning before they disappear off-screen!