NES

The Guardian Legend

Title

Japan Title screen

Starting

Exploded...

Boss battle

Cut scene

Finally landed...

Huh? Stones that form a letter?

Fighting regular enemies

A dead end with some good stuff hidden

Boss battle

Another boss battle: this one doesn't look very friendly...

Area one, probably underwater

Sort of shrimp boss

I've been awarded a key

After you beat a corridor's boss the entrance explodes preventing you from entering again

A save room (actually showing a VERY long and detailed password)

Using one of the special weapons to deal with a sub-boss

Infinitely multiplying spiders, better avoid fighting these

Area two boss, and another sea creature

There are rooms that provide insights on how to unlock certain corridors

The formidable, deadly boss of Area three, requiring ultimate shmup skills

Ooh, goodies!

Area four and the enemies are ugly

The boss of Area four. It may be formidable until you figure out what works best against it

Shopping

Dragon boss

Inventory and map screen

There are optional corridors that often yield goodies, like this chip upgrade (extremely useful)

Outer space

Avoiding volcanoes in Area six

More seafood!

Soon things get out of control and we find ourselves in an area that looks like a living organism

Intense action

Hey, don't look at me like that!

An ugly boss

Area nine and the enemies are very hard to kill

This boss is a wimp

Area ten action

The ultimate battle

In "TGL" mode you are automatically awarded with upgrades between the shoot-'em-up levels.