1945 I & II gathers two entries in Psikyo's arcade series dedicated to vertical airplane shoot-'em-ups, a genre that in the nineties filled Japanese arcades with waves of bullets and giant bosses. The formula is the usual one: dodge bullet patterns, collect power-ups, and survive a constant bombardment of enemies, all wrapped in a stylized war aesthetic closer to comic books than historical realism.
For anyone looking to rediscover the classic shmup today, this compilation works as a time capsule: short sessions, high difficulty, and that arcade-room tension PS2 managed to preserve in several ports of the era. Not a revolutionary title, but it delivers precisely what it promises.
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