Went into this expecting the absolute worst and what I got was surprisingly "okay". Extremely frustrating at some parts for reasons that should certainly be surface level, but still a simply fun experience as I broke into hysteric mania trying to drag myself across the finish line with save state abuse and several dozen attempts at the Metal Gear fight.
I'm also still stuck on the harrowing "coward duck" fight.
There was also an incredibly key moment to the entire journey in which I realized that the SNES version in which I was progression walling on was a completely different game from the MSX2 version, at which point I had to switch and completely start over. This was around where my sanity began to break down and I think this really enhanced the experience for me.
Not particularly an experience I can recommend to anyone not willing to spam save the game because it really doesn't care about wasting your time, as is commonplace with these early gen arcade-adjacent titles.
I'm also still stuck on the harrowing "coward duck" fight.
There was also an incredibly key moment to the entire journey in which I realized that the SNES version in which I was progression walling on was a completely different game from the MSX2 version, at which point I had to switch and completely start over. This was around where my sanity began to break down and I think this really enhanced the experience for me.
Not particularly an experience I can recommend to anyone not willing to spam save the game because it really doesn't care about wasting your time, as is commonplace with these early gen arcade-adjacent titles.