Tried the Tyrian apworld tonight. It's got some rough spots for certain but I was able to get it configured to be playable and it's quite neat.
When you can't just get a bunch of credits in Episode 1's wealth of bonus stages and explode the game with Tier 11 Sonic Wave, and you have to actually be good, it can get rough. I'm not good :P
@trysdyn tier 11 sonic wave? It was all about the napalm, baby
...this sounds like it could be interesting though, I managed all the way to the end of episode 2 in Lord of the Game difficulty so I'm curious o: then again, my reflexes aren't nearly as good as they used to be