Whoaaahhhh...
Lol, after that I felt like dancing, too.
This game was awesome in every aspect. The shield feature was the most interesting, though. With low power, it does a little shield thing, medium power, a blast, and high power, it does a giant radius of plasma (or lazer or something) and absorbs the enimies into your health.
The mega canon was truely spectacular though. I never thought I'd be commenting a low pixel game for having great special effects, but here I am. The regular mega canon was cool. But when you double it with a full bar of shield power, WOW! That's plain awesome. It covers the entire screen, then shrinks and multiplies into four! That's just plain cool.
The gameplay was good, too. The enemies sometimes explode on you and drop your health, makes sense. The coding was just good, simply put. Also, it's nice to have a reminder to absorb alien health when your suply is low. Nice touch.
In any sense, this game was just awesome. And maybe in a couple months, I'll look back to my favorite submissions list and play it again.
PS: Did I see a hint of Alien Hominid for consoles at the last bost with the lazers? I though that the 2nd part of 3-5 was a lot like the giant ship at the end of Capt. Low-Rez. Well, you made both, your choice. :D (AH is great, btw, only missing one hat)