"Bomb Thrust Machine Gun Vessel"), also known by its longer title as Bakutotsu Kijūtei: Baraduke II, is a scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan, and for the Virtual Console in 2009.
It was also the second game from the company to allow scores not ending in "0" (the first was Hopping Mappy released in 1986), along with the first one to display Katakana in bold text onscreen to distinguish it from Hiragana.
[4] The publication noted of the game's smooth sprite animation and detailed visuals during a tradeshow demonstration, believing it would be successful in its own right.
[6] He noted of the game's drastic change in its graphical style, being more cartoonish compared to the original Baraduke's less-muted and darker tone, as well as being more detailed and rounder in shapes.
[6] Tetsuya Inamoto of Game Watch ranked it as being one of Namco Bandai's more peculiar choices for the Virtual Console.