Played this on Taito Legends this evening, with the intention of completing it. It took me about an hour to work my way through all the levels up until level 4-4 – the Viking ship. Unlike all of the other levels, if you die and need to continue, you don’t respawn near where you pegged it. Instead, you begin again at the start of the level. Rubbish.
And, since it is a pretty difficult level, filled with spikes in enclosed spaces and millions of assorted baddies in the open spaces (and some of the enclosed ones too), I didn’t manage to make it to the end after several attempts. Plus, it was getting late anyway. For another day!
Damn these Olde Wurlde games wot don’t have save functions…