Scoring

Instead of the typical lives in traditional shooters, the player is given a pool of life points (initially 3). The player loses 1 point if they are hit by a bullet, or 1/2 point if they collide with an enemy or are hit by a non-bullet attack. The game ends when the player has no more life points. Life points can be restored by items, and the maximum life point is increased when reaching certain scores (default 20 and 45 million points).

When an enemy is destroyed, it fires a yellow "counter bullet" that is smaller than the regular bullet fired from an enemy. If the player's familiar is hit by a "counter bullet", the player's item counter is increased, which leads to an increased score. Stage bosses do not fire counter bullets.

Familiar

Each player has an accompanying familiar, which can fire its own shots and chooses targets in an auto-lock shot. It can also block enemy bullets. Its movement is opposite to the player's.

Items

Jewelry gives points. "Life Up" items recover life points. Magic provides 1 bomb.

Item Counter System

When the player obtains an item, or when the familiar touches a counter bullet, the item counter is incremented (maximum 1000).

When the item counter is full, pressing the A and B buttons simultaneously causes both player and familiar to fire more powerful shots than normal, while the item counter begins to decreases. The player does not lose life points for colliding with enemies in this state. The enemies drop more items when destroyed by the powerful shots. The power-up effect finishes when the item counter reaches 0 or if the player is hit by a bullet.