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Lifeforce [Model GX587]

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40 Years old Arcade Video game Konami Industry Co., Ltd. [Japan]

Lifeforce [Model GX587] screenshot

Lifeforce © 1986 Konami Industry Company, Limited.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. See the original for more information; Salamander.

it is just like the Japanese original, only with slightly different color palettes.

TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

Game ID : GX587

Machine Picture
Machine Picture
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TRIVIA

Lifeforce was released in October 1986.

Jason Wilson holds the official record for Lifeforce with 526,800 points.

TIPS AND TRICKS
* Weapons:
1) Ripple Laser: Expanding loops of destruction.
2) Toothpaste Laser: Nice stripy death-ray, makes a cool noise.
3) Missile: Ground-following, fires up & down.
4) Multiple: Strange blob things that follow you around, they have whatever weapons your ship has.
SERIES
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1. Nemesis (1985, ARC)
2. Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
3. Vulcan Venture (1988, ARC)
4. Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
5. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989, ARC)
6. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, X68K)
7. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997, ARC)
8. Solar Assault - Revised (1997, ARC)
9. Gradius Gaiden (1997, PSX)
10. Gradius IV (1999, ARC)
11. Gradius Galaxies [Model AGB-AGAE-USA] (2001, GBA)
12. Gradius V (2004, PS2)
13. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
14. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
15. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
16. Gradius Rebirth (2008, WII)
PORTS
CONSOLES

flag Nintendo NES (aug.1988) Life Force [Model NES-LF-USA]
flag Nintendo NES (nov.22, 1989) Life Force Salamander [Model NES-LF-EEC]
flag Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] (mar.29, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Life Force [Model CUSA-03716]"
flag flag Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] (apr.26, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Salamander [Model CUSA-]"

COMPUTERS

flag MSX (dec.26, 1987) Salamander [Model RC758]
flag flag Commodore C64 (1988)
flag Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988)
flag Amstrad CPC (1988)
SOURCES
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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's picture.
Game's screenshots.