was met with highly positive reviews from critics. Upon release, the arcade game received positive reviews from Computer and Video Games, The Games Machine, Your Sinclair, and Commodore User. Critics compared the arcade game favorably to earlier shooters including Capcom's Side Arms (1986), Konami's Nemesis (Gradius) and Sega's Space Harrier. The Games Machine gave the Amiga version a score of 94%, praising the title's graphics and faithfulness to the arcade version. Accolades At the 1988 Gamest Awards in Japan, the arcade game received the "Best Graphics" award. The home computer conversions received the "CVG Hit!" award from Computer + Video Games. The ZX Spectrum version received the "Crash Smash!" from Crash and the "SU Classic" award from Sinclair User. Retrospective Notes References External links 1988 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Arc Developments games Arcade video games Atari ST games Cancelled Capcom Power System Changer games Capcom games Commodore 64 games CP System games Horizontally scrolling shooters Master System games Multiplayer and single-player video games Sanritsu Denki games Sega Genesis games TurboGrafx-CD games U.S. Gold games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Mark Cooksey Video games scored by Tamayo Kawamoto Virtual Console games ZX Spectrum games