![]() ![]() Like Gradius, on the high score entry you can pick your gender, but there are also several “other” options, including an alien, a baby, a Moai, or a pair of boobs. Songs include the “Can Can”, “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker Suite, as well as tracks from Gradius games. Much of the soundtrack, again, consists of classical music, and the richer arcade synth makes them sound much better than the MSX version. Some of the bosses include an eagle dressed as Uncle Sam a spiked pufferfish that grows to nearly the size of the entire screen, similar to the rock monster boss from Super Castlevania IV and a sumo pig, based off famous wrestler Asashio Tarou IV, who whips off its fundoshi (sumo undergarment) to attack. ![]() There’s also a battleship stage, similar to the one found in R-Type, where the screen slowly scrolls around as you dismember a giant vessel commanded by a variety of strange Moai heads. Two level themes are recycled from the MSX game, though the layouts are completely different: a dessert level, and a graveyard level entitled “Night of the Living Dead”, filled with zombie penguins. Subsequent levels include a circus, where the Moai heads are replaced with clowns, and the spider robot from Gradius II is replaced with a gigantic Vegas dancer (named Chichibinta Rika) a Japanese themed stage features cheery blossom trees that walk around on their own volition an area full of pink clouds and bubbles an ice cavern and a pachinko-themed stage decorated with neon lights. The level boss is a flying penguin in a pirate outfit, one of the few returning enemies from the MSX game. It’s here where the famous cat-faced battleship is introduced, which mews adorably as you shoot it, then explodes after taking enough damage, with a simultaneously baffled/annoyed look on its face. The first takes place in a pirate themed ocean cove. In the arcade game, there are a total of ten stages. The 16-bit arcade hardware allows for much brighter, more attractive visuals than the MSX game. ![]()
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