Somehow, they managed to make this sequel more redundant and more frustrating than the arcade original- and this was supposedly designed with home consoles in mind. It's literally the same game with a few different backdrops, two different enemy types and quite frankly it starts recycling enemies even sooner than the first.

I finished the game with an A ranking as Thunderhead, and I don't care to play it again. Even if GA1 is far from the masterpiece the pre-Sonic genesis crowd claim, it's still far more enjoyable.