My favorite shmup on the SNES and definitely one of my favorite Compile games. Sure, it's not a "hardcore" shooter and the length may be an issue for some (a successful 1CC is going to take double the time of your normal arcade shooter standing in at about an hour), but it's a fun ride with no serious drop-offs in quality at any point.

Also, taking out all of those tiny little bubbles in the filler stages between the main levels is the digital equivalent of popping a sheet of bubble wrap to me.