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Behind the notorious and well deserved reputation for nasty difficulty is a well crafted and technically astounding game with more gameplay variety than any NES title has a right to. The first stage presents itself as a beat'em up, but don't be fooled; each of the twelve stages centers on a unique gameplay gimmick or two, many of them twists on traditional NES platforming, several vehicle sections, and only occasional beat'em up sections after the first stage. There are so many ways to screw up and die, but death never feels arbitrary or as though poor programming or bad controls are to blame. You can be forgiven for using unlimited continue cheats; it won't make the levels any easier, but it will save you from having to repeat previously beaten ones when you run out of lives.
The NES version features sharper dialog than of any of the other platforms it was originally ported to, and is the basis of the "Rare Replay" edition, which also fixes a game-ending bug in two player mode.
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