Salamander & Salamander 2 (& Life Force)

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:49 pm

For some reason my all time favourites don't have a score thread here. Therefore I must make one, then

Salamander (PS, Sat, PCB, Mame) - 3 lives, normal difficulty, 1 player


#  PLAYER           SCORE     STAGE     VERSION

1.  copy-paster    2,523,000   4-4       ShmupMAME 4.2  
2.  Mulletgeezer   2,190,100   3-5       PCB 
3.  Saucykobold    1,949,300   3-5       MAME
4.  Jaimers        1,751,000   3-3       ShmupMame 4.2
5.  The Allett     1,578,900   3-1       SAT
6.  DEL            1,501,500   3-3       PCB
7.  Mero           1,424,800   2-6       PS
8.  Edge           1'044'900   2-3       MAME
9.  MJR            1,023,300   2-3       PS
10. Aquas            863,500   2-1       MAME
11. Kollision        843,000   2-1       Saturn
12. Smraedis         839,900   2-1       MAME
13. KoopaTGR         807,600   2-1       MAME
14. Prickly Angler   783,400   2-1       PS4
15. mathman          720,100   1-6       PS
16. Bloodreign       612,400   1-6       PS
17. robivy64         564,600   1-4       PCB
18. Ed Oscuro        470,500   1-4       MAME 
19. mar              425,300   1-4       Switch
20. roadrunner        88,800   1-2       MAME

PSP

1.  Aquas            528,900   1-5 (?)

Salamander 2 (PS, Sat, PCB, Mame) - 3 lives, normal difficulty, 1 player

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#  PLAYER           SCORE     STAGE     VERSION

1.  ShadowWraith     1,848,400   ALL       Mame
2.  saucykobold      1,742,600   ALL       Mame
3.  copy-paster      1,518,200   ALL       MAME
4.  pegboy           1,412,200   ALL       PS
5.  Jaimers          1,396,000   2-5       Mame
6.  EBR              1,369,500   2-5       Mame
7.  BareknuckleRoo   1,160,000   2-5       Mame
8.  Kollision        1,141,100   2-5       Saturn
9.  Mero               989,800   2-2       PS
10. Tinotormed         952,600   2-3       Mame
11. HAN                895,500   2-3       MAME
12. PlasmaBlooD        851,900   2-1       PS
13. KoopaTGR           826,900   2-2       MAME
14. clp                779,600   2-5       Mame
15. MJR                734,700   2-1(?)    PS
16. God                706,300   2-1       PS
17. EmperorIng         616,500   2-3       Saturn 
18. Rsvgun             588,700   1-7       Mame
19. mar                398,300   1-6       Saturn
20. RFP                377,700   1-6       Mame
21. Bloodreign         281,700   1-5       PS
22. mathman            197,400   1-3       PS
    
    
    

PSP

1.  Aquas            546,500   2-1       PSP

Life force (PS, Sat, PCB, Mame) - 3 lives, normal difficulty, 1 player.
EDIT: Please include the version [US] or [JAP], and whether you used P1 or P2.

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US Version
1. Han         1,587,300   3-1   PCB     P1
2. Ace9921     1,152,200   2-4   MAME    P1


JAP version

1. The Allett    887,200     2-4   Sat     ??
2. Kollision     808,400     2-3   Sat     P1
3. Copy-paster   772,200     2-3   PS      P1
4. Mero          659,200     2-1   PS      P1
5. Prickly Angler656,000     2-1   PS4     P1
6. EmperorIng    610,800     2-1   Sat     P1
7. ACSeraph      586,000     2-1   Sat     P1
8. MJR           460,200     1-5   PS      P1

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:58 pm

i have a score for salamander:

2,100,000ish 3-5 arcade

Sadly it was set around 1987 so i don't have an exact record of the score. The third loop of this game is a nightmare, i've seen one individual get to the 4th loop but i don't think i could ever achieve that. Is this score permissable or do we need something more exact? Playing on MAME and PSX in recent years i've achieved about 1,600,000 somewhere around 3-1 but the third loop requires some dedicated practice to do well.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:12 am

mulletgeezer wrote:i have a score for salamander:

2,100,000ish 3-5 arcade

Sadly it was set around 1987 so i don't have an exact record of the score. The third loop of this game is a nightmare, i've seen one individual get to the 4th loop but i don't think i could ever achieve that. Is this score permissable or do we need something more exact? Playing on MAME and PSX in recent years i've achieved about 1,600,000 somewhere around 3-1 but the third loop requires some dedicated practice to do well.

Well, if you really want to be nice you can play it again on psx and post the exact score, or dig your best from memorycard or mame highscore file, as you probably would be on top anyway.

But this will do

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:57 pm

ok, finally managed to buy the PCB so after a few practice games i have a new official score:

2,190,100 3-5

I was rather lucky to get so far on the third loop, but as usual stage 5 slaughtered me goodly.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:50 am

Nice

how much was the PCB? I don't see it for sale very often.

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:30 pm

yes, it doesn't appear very often. This one was sold on ebay and is the first i've seen there. I was determined to make this board mine and so i was about to place a large bid at the end of the auction and was horrifed when my computer freaked out before i could bid and so i missed it! The board went for a stupidly cheap £50, but it was won by someone i know so i offered £100 (about $175 US) to take it straight off him, which is what the board usually sells for i think. If you're wanting to buy it i think Sven666 might have one.

God · Post by **God** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:11 am

Salamander 2
289,700 1-6 Mame

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:57 am

Salamander
DEL - 1,501,500 - 3-3 - Arcade

Lifeforce
Also Loop 3-3 - psx

Again I'm the mirror image of Mulletgeezer. My Salamander score is from 1987. Our scores on a number of the older shooters are similar eg. Twin Cobra.
My Lifeforce score was on the old Shmups boards. I have no other record of it.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:29 am

DEL wrote: My Lifeforce score was on the old Shmups boards. I have no other record of it.

I think you can dig it out from internet archive ; all you need to is type www.shmups.com and click "take me back"; but you got to dig the score out yourself! But it is there for sure

Yay, now I got an excuse to play little bit of salamander again \O/

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:51 pm

Salamander 2

PlasmaBlooD 649,500 2-1 PS

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:04 pm

I played Salamander 2

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:05 pm

PlasmaBlooD wrote:I played Salamander 2

Whoopsy-daisy!

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:44 pm

Salamander 2:

PlasmaBlooD 712,400 2-2 PS

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:53 pm

Getting close now!

Practising 2nd loop may not be bad idea; it can be a real pain in the arse.

I'll dust off my copy once you get past me..

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:32 pm

I died to easily in 2-2.I had a good Weapon and i fly stupid in a Planet.I played 2 nd loop 2-1 1X for practice to know what the boss doing.

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:03 am

Salamander II

PlasmaBlooD 725,200 2-2 PS

Endboss was my End.I recorded this Run.In 1-1 i can only kill the middleboss with Twin laser.I saw the super-play but i can t kill this Boss with normal laser.

Radiantsvgun · Post by **Radiantsvgun** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:42 am

Salamander and Salamander 2 are some of my fav. shooters. I'm a bit out of practice in Salamander 2, but here is my score for Salamander 2.

302,100

Asteroid Stage raped me a bit.

EDIT: I'm doing this on MAME with a keyboard.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:36 pm

Radiantsvgun wrote:Salamander and Salamander 2 are some of my fav. shooters. I'm a bit out of practice in Salamander 2, but here is my score for Salamander 2.

302,100

Asteroid Stage raped me a bit.

EDIT: I'm doing this on MAME with a keyboard.

I wouldn't mind if you'd provide me with level info -but I suppose this was 1-5 since you talked about asteroids.

I had another go on this game today, but could only get to 1-6. Maybe if I practise a bit. I noticed that powerups can stock you quite a bit of extra points so its worth gobbling them up even if you dont need them.

Radiantsvgun · Post by **Radiantsvgun** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:31 pm

MJR wrote:
Radiantsvgun wrote:Salamander and Salamander 2 are some of my fav. shooters. I'm a bit out of practice in Salamander 2, but here is my score for Salamander 2.

302,100

Asteroid Stage raped me a bit.

EDIT: I'm doing this on MAME with a keyboard.
I wouldn't mind if you'd provide me with level info -but I suppose this was 1-5 since you talked about asteroids.

I had another go on this game today, but could only get to 1-6. Maybe if I practise a bit. I noticed that powerups can stock you quite a bit of extra points so its worth gobbling them up even if you dont need them.

Okay, I'll remember the level number from here on out. Yeah, collecting every powerup can really boost your score, but all the speed ups make it difficult to control if you don't have a controller or a stick.

Radiantsvgun · Post by **Radiantsvgun** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:06 am

Salamander 2

Loop 1, stage Final (7)

Score- 588700

I was lucky enough to kill the golem at the beginning thanks to the Superplay video. However, stages 5 and 6 took most of my lives, and the intro to stage 7 left me with none. I think I lasted about 2 minutes on the boss. This run was more luck than skill.

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:42 am

PlasmaBlooD 745,300 2-1 PS

im a idiot.Endboss died and i died with a really stupid death too.Not the game is my biggest enemy. I m the biggest enemy for myself.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:15 pm

Well done. I'm practising now too, but I keep daying stupid deaths as well.

My best score actually was over 768'000, but if my memory serves me correct, I did it with more lives so I disqualified it out myself. The top score I got there now is what I got with 3 lives.

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:26 pm

PlasmaBlooD 792,100 2-2 PS

i died at the Boss with shield

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PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:09 pm

Salamander

PlasmaBlooD 851,900 2-1 PS

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:11 pm

Hi, I was away for a while.

PlasmaBlood, the winner is you - I must confess that I don't have enough patience to try and one life this. The player-killing stage 5 and 6 are especially frustrating

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:52 am

Salamander 612,400 PSX 1-6

I was to the point I was so fearful of losing a ship, I was dodging my own missiles. Ah well, 4th place is better than no place at all.

As well this may have been a luck run as Salamander normally kicks my ass.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:06 am

Back for more, this time Salamander 2, stage 5 boss was too much for me on my last life.

Salamander 2 PSX- 281,700 1-5

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:12 am

Salamander Version D MAME Plus! with shot autofire (setting 6), and missile mapped to the shot button.

Ed Oscuro - 470,500 - 1-4 - MAME

I see the game's appeal, but the execution...

Aquas · Post by **Aquas** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:00 am

Salamander (PSP) w/ autofire

Aquas - 528,900 - 1-5 (I think?) - PSP

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Salamander 2 (PSP) autofire

Aquas - 333,300 - 1-6 - PSP

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Good games, these.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:04 pm

The big issue here now is whether the PSP version is different enough to be warranted into its own scoreboard?

As far I understand they are just like PS1 versions.. but I havent played them enough to be sure.

Opinions, anyone?

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Salamander & Salamander 2 (& Life Force)

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