Attack of the Crimson Marauders is an arcade shoot em' up, with a nice old school vibe. What's even better; you can play with a friend! Game features 10 stages, and two modes. In story mode you can buy new ships and other upgrades. Gamepads are natively supported. "For a long time, the frontier of Beta Globulon Romulon has been in peace. But then; suddenly from nowhere, the Crimson Marauders showed up. And what a show they made. Luckily, you've just finished repairing your Gryphon light fighter (don't mention it's the surplus model), and are ready to take on a job. The Crimson Marauders were once banished to the desolate lava planet of Pandora. Rumour has, it was becuase of some unfortunate accident involving a rubber duck and a former politicians daughter. But why have they returned now? Is there something more sinister at work? And more importantly; do you really care about the backstory?"
I played the demo, so I cannot truly rate this because the full version may be different than the demo but...
There were a few things I didn't like. The controls were awkward to handle as I had to use enter and arrow keys to shoot and then I had to use the left ctrl (or alt, I can remember) to use specials and I didn't see a way to change them.
The game's difficulty was what made me come back though. The game was truly a challenge and was fun in the demo.