A little better than the FC version, but not by much.

I've tried to like this game, I've tried to like the FC version, but GOFER no Yabou just isn't for me. The game looks amazing, it controls amazing at full power, and I love the addition of multiple power-up choices at the start of each run, but these are very surface level qualities when the game itself feels cheaper than the first Gradius.

The ship feels sluggish and the basic shot unreliable at low power, and with the comeback of the checkpoint system from Gradius I, GOFER no Yabou certainly feels unbeatable after losing even a single life.

Overall I'm disappointed in this game, it feels in most ways, not relating to its presentation, like a step back in quality from Salamander.