This is pretty much a nice and less challenging variation of your typical Contra game, and it plays pretty well. This is a good game here, but I'd take any of the early Contra games over it any day. Even on the Genesis, Contra Hard Corps easily tops it. Still, it's a fun one to play if you're a little burned out on the Contra series after playing them so much. This is easy to recommend for 2D shoot 'em up fans.