Is this a good shmup to start with?

I'm really enjoying this game! I love the art style, soundtrack and game mechanics. I want to keep playing, but the game screen freezes after a few minutes... I can hear the audio going in the background and I can tell by audio cues I am still controlling my player, I can still pause the game. But the video just hangs on a still image. This happens about 5-10 minutes into a run about 75% of the time I play. I want to stick with the game but it's hard to go back to it knowing it will likely get stuck a...

I see a lot of potential in this game, but the current artstyle on the border is really off-putting. The rough serrated edges are quite the eye sore. I feel with a bit more work on the characters, and having them change to more grimacing when they take more damage, that this could be a quality game....

OPTION -> CONTROL SETTINGS -> DEFINE JOYSTICK -> change JOYSTICK setting EXIT GAME -> RUN JETBUSTER -> JOYSTICK setting is default

game launches in window, aarow keys move the highlighted selection, no button selects the highlighted button.