Slightly above average, almost fun!
I love pixelated games, especially of the 8 and 16 bit eras.
However the art in this game is less than inspiring, and is, really rather boring.
The music is good.
The game's set up suffers from major logic flaws. Why are you only able to shoot left OR right at any given time? Why not both? Or at least have a button which alternates shots fired from left to right without having to tap A and D over and over.
Since we're able to aim left or right, why can't we aim up and down as well? This would make sense since the enemies are too big compared to the size of the game window.
After a few levels I just found this game to be boring and uninspiring. also the upgrade system is FAR from unique, seeing as how its almost identical to Gradius III, minus the customization options.