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Salamander 2 (ver JAA)

  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. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
Download salmndr2.zip (15.13 MB)
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Game infos

Description Salamander 2 (ver JAA)
Name salmndr2
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1996
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .068
Romset size 15.13 MB
Romset file 13 files
Romset zip 5 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

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

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt no
Input players 4
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 288 224 59.185606 62060606 1024 24 312 1024 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 300a01.34k 131072 d5fa95f5 300a01.34k c483aa98ff8ef40cdac359c19ad23fea5ecc1906 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 521-a04.9c 65536 efddca7a ac6b45044b6abeb2455ec21a61322185bf1c7219 soundcpu 0 good no
arcade 521-a05.7c 65536 51a3af2c 94d220ae619d53747bd3e762000ed59cf1b4d305 soundcpu 1 good no
arcade 521-a06.30g 2097152 cba5db2c 505efdf8571ae28d8788dcafbfffcfb67e3189ce gfx2 4 good no
arcade 521-a07.28g 2097152 50ef9b7a 104eac2bce43e99d4adc208145afe7be9156628e gfx2 2 good no
arcade 521-a08.25g 2097152 f24f76bd 823f614d436901241743c923206cb61d8bbb5c58 gfx2 0 good no
arcade 521-a09.17h 2097152 fb9e2f5e acb41616625d6976ad50e184787ab74e29f86039 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 521-a11.15h 1048576 25e0a6e5 592e9f183f077e9272a4f0ead441b5bfd8029816 gfx1 300000 good no
arcade 521-a12.9g 2097152 66614d3b e1e5ebe546bced6ab74b0af500acf0f3308902a4 shared 0 good no
arcade 521-a13.13c 2097152 3ed7441b 57e3e8035c056cf46a383d228c76a7da7def134f gfx1 4 good no
arcade 521-a13.7g 1048576 c3322475 1774524ff031e0c4a7f3432810e968d37f9c6331 shared 200000 good no
arcade 521jaa02.31b 524288 f6c3a95b c4ef3631eca898e5787fb2d356355da7e5d475eb maincpu 200002 good no
arcade 521jaa03.27b 524288 c3be5e0a 13bbce62c4d04a657de4594cc4d258e2468a59a4 maincpu 200000 good no
arcade salmndr2.nv 128 60cdea03 6aa597d391b5d7db67e599ec54d98600983966fc eeprom 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
K054539 ADPCM k054539_2 audio 18432000
M68000 soundcpu cpu 8000000
M68EC020 maincpu cpu 24000000
Speaker rspeaker audio
TMS57002 dasp audio 12000000

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

MAMEinfo

0.68 [Acho A. Tang, Olivier Galibert]

0.67 [Testdriver]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.133u1: Renamed (salmnd2a) to (salmndr2a).

- 0.129u1: Corrado Tomaselli added clone Salamander 2 (ver AAB).

- 11th January 2009: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Salamander 2 (ver AAB).

- 3rd September 2006: Mr. Do - Added instruction cards for Salamander II.

- 0.98u1: Changed description to 'Salamander 2 (ver JAA)'.

- 0.97u5: Changed description to 'Salamander 2 (Japan ver JAA)'.

- 0.73: Changed description to 'Salamander 2 (ver JAA)'.

- 0.68: Acho A. Tang added 'Salamander 2 (JAA)' (Konami 1996). Some protection issues remain (ships in attract mode).

- 4th May 2003: Acho A. Tang submitted a major improvement to the Konami GX driver, improving the graphics emulation and emulating the ESC protection in Salamander 2, Dragoon Might and Tokimeki Memorial Puzzle-dama, making them all playable.

- 6th April 2003: David Haywood fixed the background graphics decode in Salamander 2, but it's not otherwise improved.

- 0.67: Added (Testdriver) Salamander 2.

- 5th April 2003: Olivier Galibert partially fixed the sprites in Salamander 2 but they are still completely incorrect in-game.


LEVELS: 6 (must be finished twice)


Other Emulators:

* Raine


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Last Hope

History


Arcade Video game published 23 years ago:

Salamander 2 (c) 1996 Konami.

A one or two player shoot-em-up released ten years after the game it sequels, Salamander 2 remains faithful to the superb 1986 original; retaining both the organic look and feel of the graphics, as well as the horizontal and vertically scrolling levels. While the game doesn't break any new ground gameplay-wise, and is little more than a retread of (and tribute to) the original game, what it does it does very well; and the graphics in particular are nothing short of stunning.

- TECHNICAL -

Konami GX Hardware

Main CPU : Motorola 68EC020
Sound CPU : Motorola 68000
Sound Chips : (2x) K054539

Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Salamander 2 was released in January 1996.

Note : The kanji on the title screen actually reads 'Sa Ra Man Da', meaning 'Sand Gauze Wide Snake'. This is an example of 'ateji', where Japanese artists use the phonetic value of a character to allow the title to be written with kanji (often choosing those that fit the game; the 4th kanji here means snake).

Soundtrack releases:
[JP] May 04, 1996; Salamander 2 Orignal Game Soundtrack [KICA-7695]
[JP] May 21, 1998; Salamander - Kukeiha Club Pro-Fusion [KICA-7702]
[JP] Apr.09, 2003; Salamander Arcade Soundtrack [KOLA-030]

- SERIES -

1. Gradius [Model GX400] (1985)
2. Salamander [Model GX587] (1986)
3. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou [Model GX785] (1988)
4. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e [Model GX945] (1989)
5. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
6. Salamander 2 (1996)
7. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
8. Solar Assault - Revised (1997)
9. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
10. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1998)
11. Gradius Generation (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
12. Gradius V (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
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, Nintendo Wii)

- STAFF -

Producer : Tango
Director : Qchan
Graphic designers : Satoyan, Masato Hijima, Sonshi Sdr, Kaori Nishimura, Yas, Motohisa Ando
Sound designers : You Takamine, Naoki Maeda
Hard designer : V Kobe Yzz
Develop assistant : Takaaki "Q" Kumemura
Product designer : K. Iwashita
Programmers : Qchan, Yamamoso Type2, Takeaki Hasegawa

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sony PlayStation (jul.3, 1997; "Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus [Model SLPM-86037]")
Sega Saturn (june.19, 1997; "Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus [Model T-9520G (VS057-J1]")
[JP] Sony PSP (jan.25, 2007; "Salamander Portable [Model ULJM-05219]")
[JP] Sony PSP (mar.13, 2008; "Salamander Portable [Konami The Best] [Model ULJM-05322]")

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

lerebours_____________________378.500
zarouk________________________209.000
foxmulder_____________________174.500
furohon_______________________168.900
olivier_______________________165.700
nicky634______________________150.000
gatts47_______________________142.400
muesliman_____________________110.500