Exactly! There were precious few scrolling shooters from that generation that were not just screens full of bullets for no reason other than, "we could". To me, that takes the skill out of this genre, there is no patter to conceivably remember to get "good". I know there is and I am generalizing quite a bit there, but it is just not interesting to me.

Give me a well thought out, planned, R-Type, Thunder Force, or even a new Area 88/U.N. Squadron. I would rock those all day long, well until I got frustrated and went back to my Bejeweled clone of the week. 😂