These are some very cool endeavors... and don't they remind you various shoot em up stages?
http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futu...ts-by-shimizu/
http://pinktentacle.com/images/10/shimizu_3.jpg
Isn't the 1st stage of G-Darius very similar to this:
http://pinktentacle.com/images/10/shimizu_5.jpg
