Life Force (NES) Full Run with No Deaths (No Miss)

Life Force (Aka Salamander in Japan), (c) 1988
System & Settings: Nintendo Entertainment System

Stage listings take from manual:
0:00 - Start
0:04 - Cell Stage 1
3:52 - Volcanic Stage
7:47 - The Prominence Stage
11:06 - Cell Stage 2
14:59 - Temple Stage
20:28 - Mechanical City Stage
25:21 - Ending + Credits

This video shows a complete, no-death playthrough of Life Force for the Nintendo NES. Videos now in HD!

The most challenging part of this entire game comes at the very end, when you need to dodge the moving columns in the final escape sequence.

As with all my videos, this was played on a real NES, with a real cartridge. No emulators, cheats, hacks, or other BS!

[largadeugnt]

Played this game when I was 13 yo. Now I'm 44 and still get so passionate. How nostalgic!

[action]

Friday Nights will never be the same, renting this game, with double dragon 2, Tyson punch out, Mario 2 from the video store. The 80’s was great!!

[Waruitk]

The soundtrack of this game. . . is irreplaceable. THE BEST!!

[ASHMAN]

I feel crying sometimes especially when I see these videos to know I came from that era I just don't what it is but this is just sweet

[captaincusto]

Man I loved this 42 years old now. 32 years has passed since then....

[davebrown]

I'm 43 now and I spent hours on this game. Absolutely loved it and the movie. Very nostalgic

[katoom-juvo]

My brother and I spend many hours playing games like Life Force and Double Dragon just to name a few back in the '80's. These games were so fun and and like others here mentioned, the soundtracks were such a big part of it and really just drew you in. Thanks for posting. Brings back great memories.

[Mr.Robert]

Watching this brings back good memories for me.
I was not into games really but I got all the Nintendo consoles for my son when he was young. When he got older I got him Xbox live. My family is no longer together. God I wish I had a time machine to go back to fix the mistakes I made.
To me nothing like family. Very good times for me.
I could not remember the name of this to save my life.
I did a webserch of 100 Nintendo games and the front of the box looked like it.
Now the video ! Great this was one of the games. Thank you to the person that posted it on YouTube. Much more than a game to me. Good times of my life !!!

[jonbaggett]

I remember discovering the Konami code for extra lives worked on this game! I immediately called my neighborhood friend and we quickly went on to finally beat it. Ah, good gaming memories! Double option laser for me!

[TheManubarcafan]

am 34 now..played it in around 95..
alwaays was one of the best games...
you took me back

[gordonliddy]

**still cant believe this dude PLAYED THIS GAME W/ NO

[nickz]

This game bring back my childhood memories..thanks for the video idol..keep safe

[abramgallants]

I remember my old child game.. and this game is make me feel blessed that i live in this era.. so crying moment..

[DanielSong]

This game was marketed as the sequel to Gradius for the NES. It delivered!

[ZenithAstrology]

Best game ever, one of the best soundtracks of my spooky childhood too. Waiting for Anthems release this month.

[bakioztepe]

Playing this game meant business. Glad I had a NES when I was a kid.

[dunkalars]

Now this is like lookin at my self doing a ZEN moment. Love this game. Gradius was hell. LifeForce is focus. this was Gradius 2. love the bosses. (The reaching brain). and egypt. thank you for showing.

[kirgeez-gaming]

OMG I used to play this all the time as a kid this game and the NES Gradius was my pre Thunder Force days. Great Playthrough.

[tims]

This just make me appreciate the arcade even more

[Xeriphas]

So good. I'm looking at NES shooters and so many just seem half-finished, but this one has everything right -- movement, inventory balance, color contrast, soundtrack. Also we each discovered the same principle for no deaths: dive straight at the eyeball and boil it before the whole screen fills up. :D

Pity about the encoding compression. For the audience, you have my solemn oath that the missiles come out both sides and the shield is superimposed. Even better, get a CRT and try it. ;>