Gofer no Yabou: Episode II (Gofer's Ambition Episode II) was published in Europe as Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction and as Salamander II in Korea.
The game is part of the long running Gradius series, and is a spin-off of the arcade game Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (but is not related to Gradius III). It is the second game of the series to be released exclusively for the MSX after Gradius 2. In terms of the story; the game is a sequel to Gradius II and Salamander.
A summarised plot (waiting for a real text translation..):
Gradius Calendar 6718, Lars 18th (James Burton) dies. Age 77 years old. In the following year, in order to convey his numerous achievements to afterlife, James Hill was built.
Gradius Year 6790, David Burton is born. As a direct descendant of James Burton, he is also the owner of powerful Wreek abilities.
19 years later, 6809. Subspace fighter "Vixen" was completed. The entrance to Sub-Space, the home to the Bacterian which was coveted for a long time, was opened. The pilot is David Burton himself.
The A.I.C. (Artificial Intelligence Computer) installed on Vixen, "Gaudie", detects an abnormality on its radar. The Bacterian army was headed to the past with a space-time transcoder. The objective of the Bacterian was to kill James Burton during his childhood to change all history afterward. David chases after them using Vixen's subspace navigation and black-hole power.
Can you stop the ambitions of the Bacterian?
And then, return again to the present...?
You need to find some hidden items in order to reach level 9 (during this longplay you can see some part of the gameplay are repeated, this happens when you miss one or more item).
Here item list:
Time Map Piece 1 - Found in Stage 5. Needed to continue to Stage 9.
Time Map Piece 2 - Found in Stage 7. Needed to continue to Stage 9.
Time Map Piece 3 - Found in Stage 8. Needed to continue to Stage 9.
Item Radar - Allows you to see where hidden items are located. Found in Stage 9. (This is also unlockable via code.)
Extra Shield System - Needed to get the good ending. Found in Stage 10.
Many many many thanks to @ReBITMAGAZINE for playing this huge game without savestates, only A LOT of perseverance!
He's also a MSX expert (as well as many other home computer systems) so check his channel for some pure knowledge!
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