Image via Pixel Piece Official Wiki To apply Sword Curses, you'll need to head to theLogue Town Blacksmith. His stand has a sign that saysCursesright on it, so it's hard to miss. However, Logue Town does happen to be one of the last islands in the game, so it may take some time...
This is standard multicolour (160x200 wide pixels, 3 colours per 8x8 block and one background colour) + (minimal) sprites in upper and side borders. Reference for the ship is taken from the 'gradius' cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradius_(video_game)Top...