Sticks out for an unlicensed Genesis game, if just for how much effort was put into it. Even though it has that bootleggish graphical flair, it's not a bad-looking game at all. Music's pretty good too - for some reason, most MD bootlegs use the sound driver from High Seas Havoc. It sound sgood here for the most part.

Gameplay is the main crutch, as is the usual case with bootlegs: Your movelist is dry, with only a simple combo, a dash and a jump attack. The only real strategy is trying to herd enemies into a group and then slowly B-pummel them, neither combo-finishing nor letting their stun frames wear off long enough. I swear there's also a heavy swing attack, 'cause sometimes you'll hit an enemy and they'll fly off screen and instantly die. But no matter how much I tried, I couldn't figure out what triggers it. And like Golden Axe, there's elemental magic to use as a screen-clearing bomb - which also look visually really good, btw. Enemy variety is kind of cool but also kind of annoying, and by the halfway point there's no easy way to strategize against heavier waves of enemies. It becomes a blunt force experience.

I dropped out halfway through the fifth stage, the game had been running for a full hour and still had about a half-hour more to go. Even with the other little grievances, the game is just too long for a beat-em-up. Overall it's not a categorically recommendable game, but an interesting curiosity either way. Don't buy it tho; it's not worth 10 dollars as-is and I can't encourage giving your money to Piko Interactive.