I beat Space Megaforce. I only played it a few times when I first got it, and did intend to beat it but just kind of forgot about it. Then, today, I thought I'd give it a go, and didn't run into very much trouble at all. I find it funny that Axelay is notorious for being the "easy SNES shooter" - Space Megaforce is way easier, and those two games are always being compared. Compile shooters just don't appeal to me.