Games Progress:
Started Bangai O Spirits then deleted it off the silver R4 because I didn't like it. Played Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ which is kinda mediocre to be honest. Sadly the rest of the soundtrack wasn't as awesome as the intro theme and the levels are repetitive. The boss fights are the main reason to continue at this point.

Played R-Type Final. Got so sick of the last section of Stage 2 that I decided to use the in-game cheat codes to make myself invincible and fully power my weapons. As it turns out, while the game is easy because I'm invincible, it's also fun as hell to destroy my enemies by running into them while also appreciating the effort that went into the game's graphics. Also noticed that the game sometimes loves to use cheap shots by having enemies come behind you.
In regards to that game, I'm just going to focus on unlocking the different ships and might consider doing all stages without invincibility once I start unlocking higher tier ships.