Very recently for a game jam I ended up thinking about this game and using it sort of as a base gameplay template, with that being said I came back to this game after years ago playing it briefly and being intrigued by the concept of it (obviously so much that I too inspiration lmao).

With that being said I think this is a “bad game” in a fun do-not-play-this-physically-at-an-arcade way in the sense that the sheer anxiety and panic this game thrusts you into doesn’t really train you, you’re basically feeding the machine a direct coin and unless you have prior knowledge of this game you’re probably gonna die soon. You’re essentially getting materials to take out a guy who one shots you, this in of itself isn’t entirely properly set up but the anxiety of so many smaller enemies showing up while you rush to have SOMETHING is pretty stressful (but fun because the deadline is to meet a giant evil space face that says “beware” out loud)

Summary: I bet a bunch of kids had nightmares because of this game lmao nice