The Neo Geo isn’t necessarily known for its shooters, but Last Resort is a beautiful, and interesting example with an absolutely ball-grating difficulty that keeps me coming back despite the frustration. The game features an interesting gimmick where a turret orbits your ship which can be launched at enemies, used to shoot in any direction, and can even block enemy projectiles! Using this feature can be a little difficult to get used to, but its applications are just so numerous and the game constantly gives you challenging situations to use it in interesting ways, so you’re given a lot of freedom in the moment for how to survive the incredibly enemy and bullet-dense stages! You can even use the launching feature to strategically defeat bosses quickly, something you’ll want to abuse since almost nothing in this game is handed to you otherwise. The artwork in-game is also absolutely beautiful too, it has a gritty, industrial 90’s anime cyberpunk style that is realized with so much impress detail, and some backgrounds are even traced from Akira! The difficulty will be too much for some, but I think the challenge is very rewarding because this is such an interesting and fun game to learn; not to mention seeing more of Last Resort’s unique and incredibly detailed world from stage to stage is its own reward.