This was a fun little shmup. While there are a number of hard turns and screens that feel very unfair compared to the time you have to do them, in terms of what you could do with this license, probably one of the best outcomes for this game.

For the most part, Talespin does two different things, let's you shoot diagonally pending on your plane control, and let you scroll through the left screen. While certainly something as minimal as movement options seems like it wouldn't add much, to a shmup this can cause a bunch of things to happen. Sometimes you move in just the right way to clear everything on the screen, and other times you end up spawning way too many things at once, and head up in a no one situation. The bigger point being, of course, you mostly cause your unfair demise.

While I don't think the game lays down enough of an impression to give itself as a good shmup, it certainly is an interesting one and one that I feel more people not fans of the shmup genre could play. The game is exceedingly short tho, and without a rewind button, exceedingly hard unless you know what you're doing. If you're a fan of shmups, this is a great one to try because it's so different. If you happen to have this game via the disney afternoon collection, it be good to give this a go as well, but for everyone else, you're better off with the other Disney licensed games.