I beat Space Megaforce again on default and then tried hyper, the only thing that seemed different was everything was moving faster except the ship itself, even my own impenetrable fortress made from level 4+ Circle, so it kept up with the faster speed of the enemies. I made it up to level 4 before losing a life, and then turned it off. I just didn't have any desire to try it.

Hot off the heels of SM, I decided to try MUSHA again, and this time I beat it (on default). I still don't fully understand all of the mechanics of the gameplay, there were times where I was clearly hit with no consequences at all. I kept a fully powered circle-thingy and didn't die at all until the final stage. After losing all my power, though, the last stage took an hour to beat.