What's your favorite NES shmup?

[roflmao]

I can't believe I forgot to add Guardian Legend to my list.  It's like Blazing Lazer's long lost adventure-hybrid cousin!  Excellent game.

[VenomMacbeth]

Gradius II
Summer Carnival '92 Recca
Crisis Force
Uchuu Keibitai SDF (extremely well done shooter by HAL)
Tetrastar: The Fighter
Over Horizon

Also check out the NES homebrew, Blade Buster.  It's a caravan shooter that plays a lot like the Soldier games on the PCE (and uses the music from level 1 of Super Star Soldier.)  Gun Nac is good, if you're a fan of paro-shmups. 

[TR0N]

Was crisis force a US release? I have never heard of it. By who?

Crisis Force is by konami and it wasn't released in the u.s,but it's realy solid and it pushes the nes to it's limits.You would all most mistake it for a pce shoot'em up.


http://www.videogameden.com/fc.htm?crf

I'd recomend this import highly boxed or loose it's worth tracking down.

[TheClash603]

I remember really enjoying S.C.A.T. back in the day.  Though I admittedly haven't played an NES shmup in a long time.  If I want a shmup fix, I tend to go straight for the TG16/PCE.  If I am playing my NES, I likely have some sort of platformer in the system.

[HercTNT]

crisis force really pushes the nes to its limits. its a damn fine shooter to boot. The guardian legend as old as it is, still rules in my book. If we can just get a 3d print out of the main character i would be good to go.

[meka]

By good do you mean greasing the three-legged cow.

[futureman2000]

Life Force

[khog143]

Gun-Nac is my favorite NES shmup, followed by, if we are including run and guns, Jackal

[Arkhan]

How is Jackal a run n gun?

You're in a jeep.

It's a drive n' gun.

[Bardoly]

Life Force is my favorite NES space shooter.  (I'm not considering run 'n gun games like the Contra games.)

I really enjoyed The Guardian Legend as well, and I'd like to try Recca and Parodius Da! for the NES if I ever get the chance.

[HercTNT]

I have the pal version of parodius on cart. They really did a good job with it considering. Your better of getting the Pce version of it though as its superior in every way.

[KnightWarrior]

Gradius
Gradius II
Life force
Xevious
Super Xevious (Famicom)

[esteban]

No one has said it, so I'll do it:

The best NES shoot-em-up is Konami's frantic S.T.I.N.G.E.R. (Twin Bee).

I actually like the NES/Famicom Twin Bee's more than the later incarnations on PCE, SNES, etc.

There is something wonderfully raw about the NES/Famicom TwinBee's...the later incarnations are, in a way, too polished (too slick).

NOT THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE the 16-bit Twin Bee installments, of course.

S.T.I.N.G.E.R.

[TR0N]

I forgot one that no one has mention either.
Legendary Wings

Another solid title from capcom not to mention it out does the arcade original.

[TR0N]

,and I'd like to try Recca.

Recca Summer Carnival 92 can go for a lot but if you don't mind reproductions try here.
http://www.nesreproductions.com