Blast Wind (SEGA Saturn) - 1,280,570 pts (5 Lives Setting | Stage 5-1)

I've spent some time over the past day checking out Technosoft's relatively obscure Saturn title Blast Wind. It's pretty fun, though I think HG101's review underestimates how challenging it can be. I'm still working towards getting better at it, but for now here's the furthest I've gotten on one credit thus far. The stage 4 boss absolutely cuts through my lives like a hot knife through butter, so I need to get a better strategy sorted out for that one at least.
Music in this game is utterly killer too, very much cut from the same cloth as Thunder Force V, which I love.
Recorded from my JP Saturn via the OSSC and Elgato HD60S. Played using a modified Venom PS4 Stick via the Brook Wingman SD Adapter.