It was developed and published by Hudson Soft originally in 1987 for the Family Computer in Japan.

[1] Capcom published the game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States in 1988.

In the Japanese version, Alice is prominently featured on the box art and instruction manual, but Alice is vaguely referred to as "a friend" in the American version's advertisements and instruction manual, despite her still appearing in the ending cutscene.

[2] The Japanese and American versions contain a variety of differences from each other, including: enemies, items, weapons, boss characters, and level names.

[2] Allgame's Skyler Miller described the visuals as serviceable, but the music as overly repetitive.