What's your favorite NES shmup?

[esteban]

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.

The problem with Legendary Wings is that it gets so damn repetitive. Honestly, it would have been so much better if--at minimum--there were at least a few different bosses!

I like Legendary Wings, but it had the potential to be soooooooo much better.

I agree that it is a "must-play" for any shoot-em-up fan.

[Black Tiger]

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.

I'm pretty sure that Crisis Force goes well beyond the NES's limits.

[PunkicCyborg]

Yeah third vote for Hector 87
by hadoson!

[HercTNT]

Blacktiger what do you mean? crisis force is a nes game. Or am i missing something?

[Necromancer]

Blacktiger what do you mean? crisis force is a nes game. Or am i missing something?

It uses a helper chip, right?  I suspect that's what he was getting at.

[HercTNT]

Good point, I'm almost certain it has a helper chip to improve audio, otherwise i have no idea.

[PunkicCyborg]

Blacktiger what do you mean? crisis force is a nes game. Or am i missing something?

It  doesn't even fit inside of my NES

[HercTNT]

har har, i honestly had to read that three or four times before i got it! nice 

[liquitek]

I always liked Twin Eagle, Life Force and 1943.

[roflmao]

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).

Check page 1 again.

[Black Tiger]

Blacktiger what do you mean? crisis force is a nes game. Or am i missing something?

Crisis Force uses the VRC4 chip for all the parallax and likely any other tile animation. Probably upgraded the audio too.

It may not add horsepower like the SVP and Super FX chips, but it was still a hardware upgrade that allowed the Famicom to do what it could not without it.

It's not like all those impressive SMS games that are loaded with 16-bit quality effects, where the hardware actually was being pushed beyond what was expected of it.

It would be cool to put together a list of the most impressive NES/Famicom games that didn't use any extra hardware.

[HercTNT]

gotcha, thanks for the info.

[Bernie]

Dragon Warrior

[roflmao]

Dragon Warrior

 

[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).

Check page 1 again.

Aha! I stand corrected.

Good taste, my friend .