@Spiders_STG@CoinStarKing 100% agree about Psikyo. Their boss and character design is just so consistently cool. And that YT channel looks like an absolute treasure trove of information, damn.
@tomthenekoo You get 3 with every life and 1 pickup per stage apart from the first.
Combine that with a lack of score bonuses for no bomb usage and you seem pretty free to bomb patterns you don't feel comfortable with!