This game is very fun and now its free. The controls of the game are quite simple and not to complex you can play with either keyboard, mouse, or gamepad/joystick. Default controls are not to complex. Music is awesome and memorable in fact I have the soundtrack that GOG included on my mp3 player. And the replay ability is quite impressive for its genre. And there is multiplayer where one person controls a second ship with the mouse while player 1 uses the keyboard, also the ships combine for more fire power. There are 5 episodes which include tons of levels and secret levels. There is the classic Arcade Mode which you play from level 1 to the last level picking up powerups and gaining points which increase the amount of lives you have. There is also a mode called Full Mode(which is pretty much Story Mode) which you start out with a cheap ship which you purchase upgrades (which money replaces your score, instead of gaining points for killing enemies you gain money to spend on upgrades) along the way which include: Weapons, Shields, Generators, and New Ship Types. This mode includes exclusive levels that you can only find in Full Mode. This mode is more challenging because you only get one live; you die you have to start the whole level over again, which can be a pain in some bonus levels and later stages. And the game includes a lot of unlockables/secrets. Included is 2+ more difficulty levels after Hard difficulty which will test your skills. New ships to play as in Arcade Mode. A game like Scorched Earth. A special surprise when you play during the month of December I remember the first time I played it was when my dad who went on business trips. One trip he picked me up a magazine from France and it came with a demo disk which included this game. I played it all the time. Me and my friend played through the whole shareware version which included the first episode which was quite a long game.
