Tats is brutal. I had some free time so I played some of the arcade(MAME), Genny and the PCE ports. It does seem to be a faithful port but at least the arcade gives me unlimited continues
not that it helps that much with it being a check point shooter. I'll still hammer at it for the rest of the month, maybe learn some patterns. I'm also gonna abuse the hidden options to tone down the difficulty
I was discussing the challenging STG with a friend, and he relayed to me that they respect the game but they agree that it's just too damn hard...so he sold his PCB of it. He also had the PCB of Truxton 2 but sold it for the same reason...part 2 is even more challenging.