Feels like playing through an OVA, much like Battle Mania Daiginjou except nowhere near as good lmao. Seems to share a universe and timeline with Earnest Evans, as he's a character here in some cutscenes and this game supposedly follows that one. It takes place in 1928 and the Empire State Building is not only existing but complete, although it wasn't even started until two years later, which I found kind of amusing. I did not find the ending amusing. Decently more grim than I was expecting, although I guess it could be worse.

Gameplay is a lot better than Earnest Evans, although this game seems to be a couple months older. Anett is thankfully made of just one sprite unlike Earnest, and controls just fine. Bosses are weirdly mixed once again, early ones are pretty rough but all the later ones are easy. Qualms here mainly come from enemies and such instead, especially the bats. Fuck those bats, dude. That entire last level can go to hell.

There's a bit of a cliffhanger in the credits, leading me to believe these games are two parts of a trilogy. Might seek that last one out and see how it goes, although I don't think it's in the Genesis library.