Am I just crazy or is this game forcing mono on my surroundsound system? Only one speaker plays audio except for the 'back' button when I get to game setup menu which actually plays normally. The sound effects are all 'crisp' in that "the DB is too high and it's peaking" manner. think "sanic music" kinds of distortion.
Finally I didn't find any options for setting resolution or generally tweaking the game options outside of the few "do you want a pixel smoother or no?" options on each individual game.

And yes, I even tried running Contra 3 and switching between mono and stereo to see if it would adjust anything - it didn't.