I played CV1 and 2 when I was young, and didn't touch the series again until CotM.
I can't believe I missed out on this game, I would have shit my pants playing it as a kid. It's so fucking awesome. I'm going to try to stick to SNES games on the VC, they really hold up.
I need to play CV3 now, it's supposed to be better right?
edit: I don't see why DoS is worse than this game. I'm only up to stage 4 (I think, the one with the skull miniboss and rotating room), if it matters.