Lost In Translation/Salamander 2

About The Game
Salamander 2 is an horizontally and vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up featuring simultaneous 2-player action.

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 game-play-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.

Trivia
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).

King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Salamander 2 Orignal Game Soundtrack - KICA-7695) on 05/04/1996.

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) Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (1991, Nintendo Game Boy)
 * 8) Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
 * 9) Salamander 2 (1996)
 * 10) Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
 * 11) Solar Assault - Revisited (1997)
 * 12) Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
 * 13) Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1999)
 * 14) Gradius Generation (2002, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
 * 15) Gradius V (2003, Sony PlayStation 2)

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 :
 * Sony PlayStation (1997)
 * Sega Saturn (1997, "Salamander Deluxe pack Plus")
 * Sony PSP (2007, "Salamander Portable")