I really enjoyed this one. The difficulty seems easier to manage even for someone like me who doesn't have much experience with playing shmups. The player character controls well and I felt like a badass when I successfully dodged between waves of bullets.
The sprite art is great and there is a lot of standout details like the 3D-like effects, the animation of the destroyed ships floating in the water, and the shadows on some of the environment.
I like the amount of bullets I can fire at once and that the power-ups let me shoot even more. Alongside that, the sound design, and the explosion effects, I felt very powerful shooting enemies and creating carnage especially when there were a lot on screen. Only downside is that the explosion effects made me lose track of the enemies' bullets a few times.
The music is great and feels authentic to era of games I believe this is meant to represent. Some of the instruments in the soundfont reminded me of the TMNT 4: Turtles in Time OST.
Great job on this one! My highest score was 74500.