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Lifeforce (US)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Lifeforce (US)
Name lifefrce
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1986
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .035b12
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent salamand : Salamander (version D) (1986)

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 224 60.606061

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 587-c01.10a 131072 09fe0632 587-c01.10a 4c3b29c623d70bbe8a938a0beb4638912c46fb6a k007232 0 good no
arcade 587-c03.17b 131072 e5caf6e6 587-c03.17b f5df4fbc43cfa6e2866558c99dd95ba8dc89dc7a maincpu 40000 good no
arcade 587-c06.17c 131072 c2f567ea 587-c06.17c 0c38fea53f3d4a9ae0deada5669deca4be8c9fd3 maincpu 40001 good no
arcade 587-k02.18b 65536 4a44da18 8e76bc2b9c48bfc65664fb6ee4d1d33622ee1eb8 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 587-k05.18c 65536 2f8c1cbd aa309d509be69f315e50047abff42d9b30334e1d maincpu 1 good no
arcade 587-k08.8g 16384 7f0e9b41 c9fc2723fac55691dfbb4cf9b3c472a42efa97c9 vlm 0 good no
arcade 587-k09.11j 32768 2255fe8c 6ee35575a15f593642b29020857ec466094ef495 audiocpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
K007232 PCM Controller k007232 audio 3579545
M68000 maincpu cpu 9216000
Speaker rspeaker audio
VLM5030 vlm audio 3579545
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579545
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3579545

Serie

Serie : Gradius
  1. Nemesis (1984)
  2. Gradius (Japan, ROM version) (1985)
  3. Nemesis (ROM version) (1985)
  4. Nemesis (World?, ROM version) (1985)
  5. Nemesis (Euro) ~ Gradius (Jpn) (1986)
  6. Gradius (1986)
  7. Lifeforce (US) (1986)
  8. Nemesis (1986)
  9. Gradius (PlayChoice-10, older) (1986)
  10. Gradius (PlayChoice-10) (1986)
  11. Salamander (version D) (1986)
  12. Salamander (version J) (1986)
  13. Vs. Gradius (US, set GR E) (1986)
  14. Gradius (1987)
  15. Gradius (1987)
  16. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (1987)
  17. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (Alt) (1987)
  18. Lifeforce (Japan) (1987)
  19. Nemesis (UK) (1987)
  20. Nemesis (Kor) (1987)
  21. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  22. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  23. Vulcan - The Tunisian Campaign (UK) (1987)
  24. Gradius (Euro) (1988)
  25. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.) (1988)
  26. Gradius II (Jpn) (1988)
  27. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Old Ver.) (1988)
  28. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Older Ver.) (1988)
  29. Life Force (USA) (1988)
  30. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (1988)
  31. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (UK retail version) (CPM) [Original] (Weak Sectors) (1988)
  32. Salamander (1988)
  33. Vulcan Venture (New) (1988)
  34. Vulcan Venture (Old) (1988)
  35. Vulcan Venture (Oldest) (1988)
  36. Gradius III (World, program code R) (1989)
  37. Gradius III (Asia) (1989)
  38. Gradius III (Japan, program code S) (1989)
  39. Gradius III (Japan, program code S, split) (1989)
  40. Life Force Salamander (Euro) (1989)
  41. Gradius III (Jpn) (1990)
  42. Gradius (1991)
  43. Gradius III (USA) (1991)
  44. Nemesis (Euro) (1991)
  45. Salamander (1991)
  46. Salamander (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1991)
  47. Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (USA) (1992)
  48. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (SCD)(Jpn) (1992)
  49. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (1992)
  50. Salamander (1992)
  51. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993)
  52. Salamander 2 (ver JAA) (1996)
  53. Salamander 2 (ver AAB) (1996)
  54. Solar Assault (ver UAA) (1997)
  55. Gradius 4: Fukkatsu (1998)
  56. Nemesis 88 (19??)
  57. Salamander II (19??)
  58. Gradius Advance (Euro) (2001)
  59. Gradius III Legends (Spa) (2001)
  60. Gradius III Legends (Spa, Demo) (2001)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

Lifeforce (c) 1986 Konami Industry Company, Limited.

- TECHNICAL -

Konami Nemesis Hardware
Game ID : GX587

Main CPU : MC 68000 @ 10Mhz / G400 Bios
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80
Sound chip : 2x AY-3-8910 psg

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Lifeforce was released in October 1986. It is known as "Salamander" in Japan. For more information about the game, please see the original Japanese entry.

This US release is just like the Japanese original, only with slightly different color palettes.

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)
2. Salamander (1986)
3. Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
4. Vulcan Venture (1988)
5. Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
6. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989)
7. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
8. Salamander 2 (1996)
9. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
10. Solar Assault - Revised (1997)
11. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
12. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1999)
13. Gradius Generation (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
14. Gradius V (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
15. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
16. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
17. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
18. Gradius Rebirth (2008, Nintendo 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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