Very creative and ahead of its time, honestly. It's a bit shocking how well the mechanics are utilized here for an early NES game, predating Mega Man 2 and Metal Storm for example. I played this in a vc and pretty much everyone thought this game was a much later NES title at the least.

Speaking of Metal Storm, it bears a lot of similarities with this game and now I'm in the mood to revisit it soon I think. I'm sure fans of that game will definitely like this one, and vice versa. Reminds me also of Mr. Gimmick in that with some fine tuning (and some more varied colors) you could probably fool someone into thinking this is a retro indie game or something like it.