Thoughts/comments, in no particular order:
1 - Great choice! Finally, back to a solid SHMUP!
2 - 2 lives!??!? How very stingy! I think that the other version(s) might give you 3. Oh well, this makes it more of a challenge!
3 - If MAWS were up, perhaps I could verify this, but I believe that higher rev numbers/letters don't necessarily imply later revs, just different revs.
4 - I used to have a 1942 custom table in my kitchen, right next to a matching Pengo table. Custom taller, bigger fake woodgrain tables made for Round Table pizza, if I recall correctly. Nice & big & easy to work on--lots of room inside!
5 - Points for medium & big planes seem to grow for successive kills, as long as you yourself don't die.
6 - Not a ton of variety in planes & behaviors & landscape, but there is a tad.
7 - My shoulder's sore after 2 games. Score submission to kick things off: 255,600!
Thanks,
-Jason