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As a full-time Android developer myself, I'm really curious how they managed to get these apps through Google's review process. The minor things I've seen my employer's apps get rejected over all seem really insignificant compared to the huge glaring issues I imagine a reviewer would have encountered trying to test the Amico Home stuff: like, say, being literally unplayable without the separate controller app, or all the on-screen instructions referencing physical Amico controllers. Just baffling.

The office photos make me smile more than anything for some reason. It's been too long.

I played through the original about a year ago so it's probably too soon to do it all again, but I'm glad this remake exists for everyone else to play.

Man, the music in this game is so good. Probably even better than Automata.

Progear is one of my favorite shooters of all time and it's never received a console port before, so it's amazing to finally see it get one. But this collection seems to have a variety of technical issues that make it a somewhat worse experience than just playing it in MAME, which is...not a great feeling.

Thank you for bringing this back!

Outer Wilds ascending to its rightful throne.

I said this in chat, but I'm legitimately impressed by how fast Jan and Ben are learning. There was a lot of really good solid play today.

I hope sometime in the future you can play matches with people from the community!

Glad to see a part 2 of this!

SNES Sim City best Sim City. (OK, probably not, but I have the most nostalgia for it.)

@ripelivejam: There are a bunch of different styles of shmups, and bullet hell is just one of them, so you've got tons of options. The Darius series is great, although some of the console-exclusive ones like Darius Twin can be more hit-or-miss. (For alternatives, Darius Gaiden and G-Darius are both great, and the more recent Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours is great and has tons of content, if you don't mind the price tag.)

Some other ideas:

* Games made by Psikyo: known for their lightning-speed enemy bullets. Strikers 1945, Gunbird, Samurai Aces, Dragon Blaze, etc. Many of these are on the Switch eShop for cheap. If you prefer a horizontal game, Sengoku Blade (Tengai) is your best option.

* The Raiden series: similar to Psikyo in that the bullets are very fast, but your ship is also extremely slow. A lot of random no-name shmups from the 90s were Raiden clones. I personally prefer the Raiden Fighters offshoot series (all bundled in Raiden Fighters Aces on 360), because it adds a variety of playable ships and a deeper scoring system.

* Games made by Toaplan: Grind Stormer, Batsugun, Truxton, Fire Shark, Zero Wing, and Slap Fight all received console ports.

* If you want to stick to horizontal games: Gradius, Darius and R-Type are all recommended, but they're all pretty frustrating in that you power down on death, so you've gotta spend some time learning the stages before they start to feel more fair.