I finally got this game running on an emulator (screw epsxe, pSX is superior) and started playing last night.
First run, playing with the keyboard just for the hell of it, I got 432,920. Ok.
Today, I started playing with a pad and screwing up royally at first.

You can see the best of my crapola scores at the bottom of the screenshot, heh.
Once I got my act together though, things went smoothly, and I finished at Area 3. I would have gotten farther, but I foolishly died like a punk several times in Area 2 (pure stupidity) and that took care of that.
My score:1,160,610
I can definitely do better, and it won't take long either. I like this game, a lot. I suppose its probably not difficult enough for some of you pros (judging by earlier comments

), but the balance feels just right for me. I liked Dragon Blaze, but this is more my speed.