Salamander 2

**Salamander 2**
Developer:	Konami
Music:	Yuichi Takamine; Naoki Maeda
Program:	Qchan; Yamamoso Type2; Takeaki Hasegawa
Art:	Satonyan; Masato Hijima; Sonshi SDR; Kaori Nishimura; Yas; Motohisa Ando
Release date:	Arcade: January 24, 1996; Sega Saturn/PS1: June 19, 1997 / July 6, 1997; PSP: January 24, 2007
Previous game:	TwinBee Yahho!
Next game:	Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius

Salamander 2 (沙羅曼蛇2) is a horizontal-scrolling shoot-em-up developed and published by Konami in 1996. It is the sequel to Salamander.

The game received ports on PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PlayStation Portable.

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Gameplay Overview

Controls

Salamander 2 is a 2-button shooter. There are 6 stages, after completing all of them the game enters loop 2.

A button: Fires the player's main weapon and missiles.
B button: Launches the player's options.

Weapons

Instead of capsules, enemies drop icons that activate automatically. Icons of the same weapon type can be picked up for a 2nd temporary level of power lasting around 11 seconds (an extra 7 seconds can be stacked if a icon is picked up while active).

Module	Effect
Speed Up	Increases movement speed. Can be stacked up to 5 times.
Missile	Fired downwards and travels across terrain. Twin Missile adds a upward missile but can't travel across terrain.
Ripple	Energy ring that becomes wider as it travels. Buster Ripple increases speed and width.
Laser	Piercing laser that increases with length when holding down the button. Hyper Ray increases length and width.
Twin Laser	Set of 2 lasers that becomes smaller as it travels. Spear Laser increases speed and width.
Option	Orb that mimics weapons and movement, homes onto enemies when launched. Can be equipped up to 4 times.
Option Seed	Small orb that circles around the ship and fires automatically, forms a barrier when launched. Turns into a full option if a second seed is picked up.
Force Field	Grants protection from all sides, can withstand up to 7 hits.