Unlike Gradius, Salamander uses a more conventional weapons system, with enemies leaving a wide variety of distinct power-ups. The first player ship is Gradius 's own Vic Viper ship, while the second ship is the Lord British space destroyer (sometimes called the 'RoadBritish') which is based on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. In territories outside Japan, the arcade and MSX versions of Gradius were released under the title of Nemesis.
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In addition, the NES version was re-released for Virtual Console, NES Classic Edition and the PC Engine version on the PlayStation Network. (Saturn, PlayStation and computer versions are all packaged with Gradius II as Gradius Deluxe Pack). More recently, ports to the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and certain mobile phones were created. Originally released as an arcade game, its popularity resulted in ports to the: ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, NES/Famicom, MSX, Master System, Sharp X68000 and PC Engine. This innovation allowed for deeper tactics on the part of the player and for greater freedom of weapon choice rather than relying on the pre-determined power ups common in other games in the genre. In general, the more useful 'power ups' are towards the right hand side of the bar, so the player may decide to stock up on pickups until the better item is available. The player can then select the weapon highlighted if they want it. Collecting one of these will shift the selection cursor along the weapon bar at the bottom of the screen. During the game, many enemy craft leave behind icons or 'pick ups' when destroyed. The first true Gradius game to introduce the concept of the 'weapon bar'.
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