Perhaps not the first twin-stick game, but certainly the one that sold people on the concept. It's obnoxious in that way that only an old Eugene Jarvis game could be: fast, loud, flashy, and hectic; ready-built to grate and frustrate those inclined to keep hammering at it out of aggravation. Or maybe a little *too* loud, flashy, and hectic to even start to care, depending on taste. Still, I get what it's doing.