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Lifeforce (US)

Game Information
manufacturer Konami
year 1986
clone of salamand
other clones lifefrce lifefrcej salamandj salamandt
genre Shoot-'Em-Up
downloads 0
Screenshots
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Download Details
split set lifefrce.zip 93.48k
parent set salamand.zip 264.99k
standalone set lifefrce.7z 239.38k
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 39 years ago:

Lifeforce (c) 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 -

Game ID : GX587

- 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 -

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

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] MSX (dec.26, 1987) "Salamander [Model RC758]"
[US] [EU] Commodore C64 (1988)
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1988)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Driver Details
source konami/nemesis.cpp
status good
emulation good
savestate supported
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 256px
height 224px
refresh 60.61mhz
Input Details
player 1
type joy
buttons 2
directions 8
player 2
type joy
buttons 2
directions 8
Chipset Details
name Motorola MC68000
clock 8.79mhz
name Zilog Z80
clock 3.41mhz
name Speaker
clock N/A
name Speaker
clock N/A
name Sanyo VLM5030
clock 3.41mhz
name K007232 PCM Controller
clock 3.41mhz
name YM2151 OPM
clock 3.41mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
587-l02.18b 64.00k 4a44da18
587-l05.18c 64.00k 2f8c1cbd
6107.17b 128.00k e5caf6e6
6108.17c 128.00k c2f567ea
587-k09.11j 32.00k 2255fe8c
587-k08.8g 16.00k 7f0e9b41
6106.10a 128.00k 09fe0632