DESCRIPTION:Battle City is a multi-directional shooter video game for the NES/Famicom produced and published in 1985 by Namco. The game was released for the Game Boy and is included in the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault. It is a port of the arcade game Tank Battalion with additional features (including two player simultaneous play, and an edit feature, both explained later). There was also a rendition for Nintendo's Vs. System arcade cabinets.
The player, controlling a tank, must destroy enemy tanks in each level, which enter the playfield from the top of the screen. The enemy tanks attempt to destroy the player's base (represented on the map as a bird, eagle or Phoenix), as well as the human tank itself. A level is completed when the player destroys all 20 enemy tanks, but the game ends if the player's base is destroyed or the player loses all available lives.
CONTRADESCRIPTION:The Contra series (é‚斗羅 in Japanese) is a line of run and gun video games created by Konami in 1987. While originally arcade games, the series gained its popularity base from its console releases, especially the titles created for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
SALAMANDERDESCRIPTION:Salamander (沙羅曼蛇, Saramanda?) is a scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. Released in 1986 as a spin-off to Gradius, Salamander introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay, weaponry and vertically scrolling stages. Some of these would later become the norm for future Gradius games.
Salamander was followed with an official sequel in 1996 entitled Salamander 2.
GRADIUSDESCRIPTION:Gradius (グラディウス, Guradiusu?) is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up released by Konami in 1985 for video arcades. It was the first game to be released in the Gradius series and the second in terms of chronology (Scramble being the first).
