Salamander

Salamander is a scrolling shooter arcade game released by Konami as a spin-off to Gradius. It introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. Some of these would later become the norm for future Gradius games.

The water planet of Latis, a sparkling jewel in the depths of space.

There, a prophecy of fire has been passed down across countless generations.