Damn this game is so cool like I'm so amazed at how much fun I had playing it. This is a really cool shmup by Konami and I've had it sitting in my rom folder for Arcade games for a while so I thought I got a few hours before sleep, might as well play it.

Right off the bat I gotta say I love the powerups in this game, I never hated getting any of them though my favorite has to be that shadow laser where it looks like a normal laser at first but going up or down hits anything in that area you were in when it started and when it ended.

There's also this cool R-Type like thing where you send it out to attack enemies and it can block lots of projectiles. It's kind of tentacle looking, reminds me of another shmup I can't think of the name at the moment. Might be X-Multiply? IDK the name. It also has a charged shot if you don't have it out at the moment leading to moments where you'll have to decide what's the best idea for attack.

The stages are pretty cool and are for the most part fair at least compared to some other shmups I've played. I really like the stage that's full of colorful spheres. The only real issue I had was like right before the final boss is this really tight area and it felt really poorly designed to me, it's clearly meant to be a final roadblock to get you to not reach the final boss.

Otherwise outside of that one problem, this is a really great game in my opinion. Kind of sad it rarely gets ported it seems. One of the more underappreciated Konami games that's worth giving a look. One warning I should give is apparently the US version is worse so try to play the Japanese version if possible.