This was a run put together over the better part of a year. Finally made it to the second loop without dying, don't think I'm going to obsess too much over beating both loops, as the bullet speeds get pretty brutal. Still almost made it to the end regardless (7 stages per loop). The after credits point bonus on the second loop is about 12 million points...
May try to break 5 million next time with some more boss milking.
One of my favorite shooters from the era, rank system is very complex for its age, great music and graphics, and the final boss fight (Galvatron, ) is EPIC.
Here is my score after either 2 or 3 days of playing the pcb (I had played it before on emu). Totally agree that this game is awesome. I might need to get Shienryu on ST-V.
Arrgh, could have done a lot better, but botched my last few lives pretty bad lol
Chempop - 4,862,770 - 11 - USA
On the second loop I typically DO get the purple powerup, and if you are fully powered when you get it a whole bunch of items come spewing out. It's pretty nifty when it happens!
Getting pretty close to the end now... It actually seems doable! I was about half a second away from another extend, oh well. Still, VERY happy with this run