Verytex

"Taking place in the future, humanity has finally developed the technology to advance from Earth and maintain numerous colonies. Various planets were discovered and colonized by man, but none of them had established any extraterrestrial existence prior to colonization. The most prosperous planet colony had been set on the planet Syracuse where human technology (and apparently linguistics) flourished. However, a distress call came from Syracuse claiming that the flagship of its military, the Aphrodite, initiated a violent rebellion against the people and its passengers refused to make any demands or reason. The player is sent from headquarters in the middle of space to planet Syracuse in the Verytex star fighter to stop the battle and find its true cause."

Quite a basic but good shoot em up for the mega drive (japan only). Only 1 loop begining to end thankfully as that last boss was a real pain with beams and shots going everywhere. Nice music and gfx which can really get in the way when your flying at speed and trying to see/dodge the shots.

The special power/smart bomb effect never seemed to do an awful lot. I could easily go through them and not make a dent on the boss. There are only 3 weapons and I didn't notice if you can upgrade them or not. I didn't try to collect same weapon a few times I row, but didn't notice any upgraded effect. Most of the enemy attack patterns are pretty standard and easy to memorize, and don't differ much through the course of the game. Getting to the bosses is the easy part or so it seems.