Aldynes is excellent

[SuperDeadite]

Overall I like the game quite a bit, but the first stage is just terrible.  After one credit I switch the game off because I just can't stand having to go back to that borefest again.

[Arkhan]

but the music is bitchin.

worth it just for the music.

[SamIAm]

My honest guess is that they added a couple of spaces in between the action in stage one in order to make the music line up a little more dramatically to when the first boss appears and when he starts firing missiles.

It is some sweet music, though.

Also, I wish I could have been in the room when they planned the first boss.

"Our gloomy futuristic alien invasion shooter on premium hardware with an 8mb ROM is going to feature a massive multi-jointed animated robotic boss in the first stage that has a head sticking out of its butt."

[Joe Redifer]

I was raised on consoles so the 1CC concept never held any appeal for me. I play to see the ending. If I make it that far I get closure and move on to another game.

I'd prolly die of a burst vein if I every try to actually 1CC an arcade game like GnG or R-Type.

Be prepared, you may get ostracized for this.  I can't remember who, but someone around here said that continuing is cheating, using a bomb is cheating.  Hell, powering up your weapon is probably considered cheating.  You're supposedly not experiencing the full game or some shit like that.

[Necromancer]

Be prepared, you may get ostracized for this.  I can't remember who, but someone around here said that continuing is cheating, using a bomb is cheating.  Hell, powering up your weapon is probably considered cheating.  You're supposedly not experiencing the full game or some shit like that.

I'll only ostracize you if you're so stupid that you whine about a game being too easy when you're credit spamming or similarly taking the easy way out.