I 1cced Thunder Force V (by the skin of my teeth too)!
A real mixed bag. it has a fantastic sense of style and thunder force’s white knuckle feel but the scoring system being built entirely around Free Frange has a lot of negative repercussions toward the rest of the game. the rest of your arsenal feels superfluous, bosses get slaughtered before they can really do anything and the levels are flat, lacking much in verticality and obstacles.