burned through two play throughs. I ran out of continues even after using the 30 lives code so had to go again with some knowledge of enemy spawn locations and stage gimmicks. Majority of the game is played with the side scroller perspective with some using the overhead “Ikari Warriors” style. Gone are the third person perspective levels entirely!

I found some levels repetitive when comparing it to the original, it’s almost more of the same just much more difficult and unpredictable - sudden drops, and infinitely respawning enemies. However the controls are super smooth and with two players I didn’t notice any slowdown at all. It’s a compelling and fun NES game at the end of the day drawing from action movies such as Rambo, Alien and Predator.