Battle Mania

Highly regarded blaster complete with imaginative bosses, such as a fitness fanatic on exercise bike, to the point you might wonder if Shiitake are the only mushrooms the developers have been having in their Miso soup. Uses the classic boss comes back to life scenario, just when you thought it safe to wipe the sweat off your palms the next barrage of assaults arrive. The special weapon takes an age to painfully charge up - fire it before its ready and all charge is lost with no effect. Quite rare these days.