I can't imagine playing this without the cockpit and controls of the arcade. I was the pilot and Amie was in the gunner seat. We had a lot of fun. Probably a lot harder without having both of us taking out the targets. I mostly tried to just keep enemies centered and she blasted em. We got to the 4th or 5th level. Not 100% sure. I know we got to the Death Star or maybe one level past that. Its a pretty basic game but if you've got two players and run across this, take a seat and try it out. I'm guessing most of the reviews here are based on the 32X version which I can't imagine holding up to the arcade experience. We played it at Galloping Ghost arcade in Chicago.