Why this game isn't worth the price of a Big Mac:
-Controls are clunky: your firing controls and range of movement are laggy and unresponsive. For anyone who has played the games this is based on, you know those games had crisp controls which was part of the fun.
-Uncreative as hell: there is a significant story component to the game, unfortunately it's uncreative and awful, again completely unlike the games it claims to emulate.
-Pre-16 bit era game dynamic: you have to play against a timer and fight extremely one dimensional bosses and adversaries. Has more in common with nintendo's contra then it has with Cybernator or Gun Hazard.
-This will not pique your nostalgia.

On the plus side: It does have really neat graphics, and goes in directions those other games could not. For that the work is to be commended, unfortunately, the designers seemed to have lacked the vision the programmers of those old 16 bit games had. If youre looking for a nostalgic tour-du-force with all the elements that made the 16 bit era great, you won't find it here. This game isn't much better than a Flash game, so don't waste your time, get yourself a hamburger instead.

Why this game isn't worth the price of a Big Mac: -Controls are clunky: your firing controls and range of movement are laggy and unresponsive. For anyone who has played the games this is based on, you know those games had crisp controls which was part of the fun. -Uncreative as hell: there is a significant story component to the game, unfortunately it's uncreative and awful, again completely unlike the games it claims to emulate. -Pre-16 bit era game dynamic: you have to play against a timer and fight extremely one dimensional bosses and adversaries. Has more in common with nintendo's contra then it has with Cybernator or Gun Hazard. -This will not pique your nostalgia. On the plus side: It does have really neat graphics, and goes in directions those other games could not. For that the work is to be commended, unfortunately, the designers seemed to have lacked the vision the programmers of those old 16 bit games had. If youre looking for a nostalgic tour-du-force with all the elements that made the 16 bit era great, you won't find it here. This game isn't much better than a Flash game, so don't waste your time, get yourself a hamburger instead.