This is also known as Vulcan Venture, and is the third Gradius game that was also released for arcades, preceeded by Gradius/Nemesis and Salamander/Life Force.
I didn't even know this existed for the Famicom, but it works great on my Everdrive N8. I looked at some videos comparing it to Lifeforce, but it seems like a very different game.
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