Looking for a particular SHMUP!

[livin85]

My uncle used to own a cocktail-style arcade game that was a vertical scrolling, space shoot em up. Here's what I remember about it:
- My guess is that it was late 80's to early 90's
- It was an alternating, 2 person game
- The levels were planets. I'm pretty sure the first level was Earth
- Some upgrades were smaller ships that would attach to yours, it would eventually create a flying 'V'
- In the first level, "brick" barriers would from across the screen and you would have to shoot through them
- It looks similar to "Omega Fighter", most notably the fonts and style of play

That's really all I can remember as I would only see him once a year. It's been driving me nuts for years. If someone can tell me what it is or at least put me on the right path that would be great.

[emphatic]

Sounds like Halley's Comet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7atimkypz8

[8 1/2]

Sounds like Halley's Comet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7atimkypz8

Never seen that one before. Nice early bullet-hell action going on there. You just didn't see that sort of stuff in '86 too often. Definitely have to check that out now.

[emphatic]

Sounds like Halley's Comet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7atimkypz8

Never seen that one before. Nice early bullet-hell action going on there. You just didn't see that sort of stuff in '86 too often. Definitely have to check that out now.

Do it, it's a great game (pick up a speedup and the space under your ship rushes faster) with awesome music, cool constellations of bonus stuff and huge scoring secrets. There's a High Score thread already, waiting for your call.

[Ruldra]

Good game, but it gets repetitive after a while and it's pretty much impossible to recover later on.