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For a long time no soundtrack was released, and all the music was included for the first time on the CD box KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION, released on 2011-9-22 exclusively through Konami Style.
It was only released in Japan.
The game received its first re-release in 2026 as a hidden unlockable in the Ganbare Goemon!
The game mook Hard Makki ni Hatsubai Sareta Meisaku Game Shu said: "The game system is attractive enough, but the backgrounds, which achieve fast multi layered scrolling, are splendid as well.
Famitsus four reviewers regarded the game to be "amazing" but criticized the flickering when too many objects are present on-screen and controls.
Retro Gamers John Szczepaniak praised the game's use of parallax scrolling, lush visuals, soundtrack, weapons system and fast-pacing.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 4, 7, 6, and 5, for a total of 22 out of 40, and among the comments of the reviewers were "the multi layered scrolling is impressive, but the characters flicker and the handling of the player ship is by no means good" and "at any rate the presentation is flashy.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 20.3 out of 30, as shown below.
The game was never released outside of Japan.
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