shoutouts to user C_F for recommending the PC engine version, which is vastly superior from the first version i played.
at first i played the genesis version because i though ''it can't be that bad'' turns out it can and it will be that bad, this is a unfair games, at times you will get hit, you will get bonked out of your mind and there is nothing you can do about, you only have one life and if you die thats it, trial and error at its worst, the saving grace was the art, the weirdness of it all and the music.
but then i heard of the pc engine version and gave it a shot, and i was surprised by it, its still a game that overall really dislikes you and want you and your whole family to choke on a cactus, but now it has remorse and gives you a live system, more fair hitbox (for the most part), but it will still bonk you to your place, it will still let you softlock yourself and it will still hate you.
at least this version have some very nice FMV to come and a even better soundtrack, i was pleasantly surprised.
and the best part, now Aarbron moans like a girl every time you get hit
(btw what are these monsters in the box art ? they aren't even in the game)