Pretty well done. Nailed the retro feel with the modern smoothness and flow. It reminds me of Contra with its difficulty and the intro with the shored ship is basically Metal Slug.

I'll have to agree with ryogo here with the lack of variety. It just feels bland after a couple stages.

Graphics-wise, one of the most well-done I've seen. The CRT TV look is cool, but it was more asethically appealing than actually adding anything to the game. It might just be me, but I did not like playing the game with the CRT TV "bulge" to the screen.
Having an option to turn these graphics settings on/off would be great.

Overall, pretty fantastic job. You've put a lot of effort into it and I can see it.

Just beat the game, here's my thoughts!

- I think the levels lacked variety and were dragging on for too long. By stage 4, I was hoping that the game would end sooner than later.

- All levels felt the same (other than the graphics) with mostly the same enemies and moving/ bouncing platforms. The color palette often made it difficult to distinguish the background from the platforms and the enemies / bullets.

- I think it would be better if it was possible to shoot faster when quickly tapping the button rather than being stuck with the slow rate of fire, especially with the default weapon.

- The plane sequence at the end was totally unexpected and pretty cool, even though the controls felt a bit awkward.

- The music was buggy in stage 4 and 5, constantly cutting off every 10 seconds or so.

- In conclusion, I thought it was a really cool game and had a pretty fun time with it, but it could have been better with more variety and better graphics. It reminded me more of Contra Force than Contra.

Well done! I remember playing a game like this with my dad on the original PlayStation when I was around 9 or 10. It really brought back that great, familiar feeling, especially with the music.

Awesome game dude PERIOD.
Really miss the up or space key to jump tough.
Since that's what I am used to from games. Have to really get used to the jump key.
Which makes this game a bit too challenging hence frustrating to me

My honest opinion. You bring back the intensity that i have been craving for in video games for the last ten years!!! You have what it takes to bring back the video game industry from falling to its knees!! I honestly don't know what you have in store for your future but, without a doubt you bring hope back to the gaming industry!! Go big and go loud you sir deserve yourself that Nintendo award! Go fight for it!! You will own the industry with the way you are going with this and i don't mean just this game in general, you sir i will follow for years to come!!