I'll have to check this one out. Sounds different enough that it might be fun.
There's a level on the PSP game Ape Escape Academy that is about free-falling, where you collect and avoid objects as you fall. The mechanic is not entirely unlike Tempest.
For some unfathomable reason, the title makes me think of the old Shiny game RC Stunt Copter for the PS1 or PS2. Anyone recall that game? I really wanted to like it, since it was a lot cheaper than actually buying and destroying several RC copters.😀 Was kinda pants, though.