um johnd, i think you're thinking of thunder force 1 on the genesis, the only redemeeming value of which is the recycled sound effects from herzog zwei. thunder force 5 was a saturn game and had totally different gameplay. thunder force 4 on the genesis was also really cool
supergrom, at some point in time he said he liked phantasy star 2, which makes him o.k. in my book
galaga is one of my all time favorite games. taste is such a wierd subjective thing