Battle Squadron on the Sega Genesis is one of those shooters that just feels right—tight controls, chunky pixel explosions, and that classic "one more try" pull when you get wrecked by the third boss. You start off with a basic pea-shooter, but within minutes you're grabbing power-ups that turn your ship into a screen-clearing death machine (though good luck keeping them when things get chaotic).

The enemy patterns are brutal but fair—you’ll memorize the zigzagging drones eventually, but those kamikaze fighters? They never stop being annoying. And the music? Pure late-80s synth energy, the kind that sticks in your head after you turn the console off. If you’ve got a Genesis collecting dust, this one’s worth blowing the cartridge on.