It's so awesome that something like this exists. This isn't yet another homebrew Game Boy game, hell I don't even know if Game Gear had a single homebrew game to its name until this came along. The fact that it's the same team of the previous two games just makes it that much more endearing. This trilogy creates a strong advocacy for 8-bit handheld shmups. It might be a pretty simple game but the challenge is the best in the Game Gear trilogy yet and it's novel enough to just stare in wonderment to play a Game Gear released in the current decade. Slowdown is definitely an issue though if you're playing the Aleste Collection it runs perfectly. As amazing as this game is it's obviously a bit too crazy for the Game Gear to handle sometimes but the slowdown rarely hurts the experience being a genre that can appreciate it depending on the player. Definitely one of the best one-button shmups I've played and a technical marvel for a long dead console.

I hear M2 are working on a new Game Gear title so I'm stoked to see what's next. This console will likely never get a resurgence but these random Japanese developers squeezing 100% of a long-dead console's potential out of it just makes me smile.