I'm so glad that Hamster's Arcade Archives are a thing.

[Jonpachi]

I haven't spent much time with Plus, but the two ACA games are unmissable in their own ways. The first plays like a slightly less scrappy version of Thunder Dragon, and is a really fun and rewarding clear barring a couple of nasty chokepoints, but Macross II is quite simply the best caravan shooter ever made — a secret-hunter's paradise.

Is part II only a Caravan game? Is there a regular saga as well? No interest if it's just a speed/score affair.