I'm searching a specific game from the early 2000s so I thought maybe one of you can help.
Here are all the information I remember:
Platform: PC
Estimated year of release: 2000-2005 (in this time I've played also a shmup called Dove which was released in 2001 so I am sure the game was also from the early 2000s)
Shmup styl: side-scrolling, horizontal
It was horizontal, so the the character was on the left side and the enemies are coming from the right. I'm not fully sure but I think the player-unit was actually a character and not some kind of spaceship. I think it was a figure in a white spacesuit.
The design was quite minimalistic in the style of a simple "grid" with elliptic lines. I even think the background was in every level the same - black with greenish lines, a little bit like this: https://bit.ly/39LKZw6 only more elliptic. And don't forget: it was a horizontal design.
The next thing I remember was the pacing - it was fast paced and then I think you had a little companion which was always shooting. I think you could even switch between the two units or combine them for a powerful attack, something like this. And I remember some enemy, I think it was even a little miniboss, which had some barrier, looking like this: https://imgur.com/a/on1BaxB
(the barrier was rotating btw)
The last thing I remember, I hope this is the most crucial information: I think it was a japanese game because there were some asian looking symbols in the menu and by the time I started the game for the first time I was confused and didn't even now how to start the game
Maybe somebody knows the game, I hope so.
Thanks a lot for every information.