Game arrived today so I gave it a spin for a bit. I used to be able to dominate this game and after shaking off some rust I felt right at home. A few points:
1.) Game is not as bad as everyone says. The SMS version is such a piece of shit, everything else plays amazingly in comparison.
2.) The mid-level load is a bit obnoxious. The worst is when you are on the side of the screen and there is a load... then before you know the load is done some dickhead jumps out at you from off-screen and gets a cheap hit.
3.) Sounds really good. I even think the voice clips were cleaned up in this version, but I may just be remembering incorrectly.
4.) The "Story" option from the main menu is entertaining... I didn't know what was being said, but I watched the whole long ass thing.
5.) I'm a bear.
Thanks again for the great raffle!!!!