A shockingly well-aged shooter given how old it is, though I think Super and II DX make this one obsolete. Those games are really just the same game but with more good stuff and fewer low points, so it's hard to recommend this one even if it is an all-around good game regardless. The enemy patterns of FZ1 are pretty uninteresting and can get downright irritating thanks to the weird screen scrolling and odd ship momentum. The music is also just nowhere near the excellence of the sequels.

The SEGA AGES port is the way to go if you do pick this up. The Master System port is decent, but has a lot of sprite flickering that makes it hard to see oncoming enemies.