My favourite NES shooter is Gun Nac, another crazy good Compile game! Crisis Force is another interesting one but it was only released in Japan.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+jayminer Gun Nac looks terrific!

Gun.smoke gets mentioned a lot, but with great reason. It's always frantic and fun, the 2 button shooting feels great, and the RPG style upgrade path is nice. I also want to mention The Guardian Legend because it's just so great even if only half of it counts.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+waynski1457 Thanks for sharing! You are not the first to mention Guardian Legend, it seems the game has some fans :)

Thundercade, gunsmoke, section z, thunderbirds and captain skyhawk

@christopherearl8948

4 жыл бұрын

Thundercade is one of the most underrated games on the system.

Great list, fun games. I love shmups. Stinger looks like a lot of fun.

Action 52 had some amazing shooters! LOL

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Amberger ;)

Another great video! I confess I really didn't play many shmups on console until I got the Sega Genesis, man there were so many great ones on that system!

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Bryan Bowen Thanks man! Yeah, the Genesis has a pretty strong line-up, and I'm surprised so many made it outside of Japan.

Great video! Hard not to agree with you on the matter of shmups really hitting their stride on console with the 16-bit era, but the flavour of NES shmups is something kinda special. Thumbs up to all of your selections in this 5 Games, especially cool to see Stinger get a bit of love. Some other worthy shooters on NES that I'd put forward for future consideration include Starship Hector, Burai Fighter, Terra Cresta, Isolated Warrior and, my personal favourite for huge nostalgia reasons, the Famicom exclusive B-Wings.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Drixxel Stinger seems like it should get more love, especially since the other TwinBee games get a ton of it. Oh well I guess :D Thanks for the other recommendations, always looking to expand the NES Shmup collection!

Great picks :)

Good stuff, thanks!

Idk if this is considered a shmup, but silkworm is a pretty fun game with a friend.

love the channel. keep up the good work.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+hoodninja Will do, thanks!

The best NES shmup for me is Recca: Summer Carnival '92. This is the best, most frantic shoot action you can ever get from this hardware.

interesting picks. my faves include abadox and recca

"Dragon Spirit : The New Legend" is an amazing game, I highly recommend it dude :D

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Cellfix Yeah, it's been on my "want" list for a loooong time haha :) One of these days I'll crack and buy it off eBay...

Zanac is my favorite.

I really like 1943. It's TOUGH as hell, and I love how you can select which attributes to upgrade as you go along. And someone has probably mentioned this already, but Zanac has a stage select. If I remember correctly, you just reset the NES 13 times. It's been a while since I've done it.

I've both the NES and the PC-Engine versions of Twin Cobra. Funny thing is, although I really appreciate much more the PC-Engine version, I've only managed to finish the NES version yet. It really seems easier. Oh, and Zanac's graphics were so advanced they shared some elements later found in some PC-Engine shmups, regarding pixel art and style. As for its gameplay, it really has mechanics also found on Power Strike (Master System), M.U.S.H.A. (Mega Drive), Blazing Lazers/Gunhed (PC-Engine), Spriggan (PC-Engine). Compile's way of making shmup was definetely unique back then :)

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Juliano Bittencourt And Space MegaForce for the SNES :D I think M.U.S.H.A. and Robo Aleste stand on their own though, they feel and play a lot different.

Great list really can't argue with any of the choices...I would add Tiger Heli and Guardian Legend as honorable mentions.

Isolated Warrior is a damn awesome shooter on the NES, and I think it doesn't get the attention it deserves.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+NecromancerAdr You are not alone in that one, a lot of people pointed that one out. I've never even heard of it before, thank you!!

@NecromancerAdr

8 жыл бұрын

+implantgames look for it and make a review, please. More people should get to know it

S.C.A.T. or Action in New york is good, Abadox is insanely difficult, but a lot of fun. Both are by Natsume. Guardian Legend is pretty fun, and of course, the star force games are a lot of fun.

@reeseh3327

8 жыл бұрын

The guardian legend is a great game and a well underrated NES game. Use the "TGL" code to get only the shooter mode. Fun game.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Aaron Jessee Great comment, so many games I've never heard of. Thanks!

This top 5 is so cool and so useful that I will forgive you for having left out Gun-Nac :)

The NES Advantage is awesome for shooters.

1943, Legendary Wings

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Troy Frisque Legendary Wings is one I've always wanted to try, hopefully I see it somewhere sooner than later. Is that an AJ Hawk jersey?

@fullnelsontecmo

8 жыл бұрын

+implantgames i have multiple copies, you are welcome to borrow. AJ Hawk modified to Johnny Holland in honor of Tecmo Super Bowl live events.

Dragon spirit is my best shmup

In no particular order - but all great - Crisis Force - when Konami was good Gun Nac - compile with carrots Recca - bonkers Action in New York - aka SCAT and a very polished nes game

@wrena79

8 жыл бұрын

Oh and Isolated Warrior pretty fun too!

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+wrena79 Thank you for sharing and bringing these to my attention!

@RECHOOSENONE

7 жыл бұрын

star soldier by hudson

why no Gun-Nac? :'(

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+noTOOLinPOOL Sorry man :(

Nice video series. Wish you would return to it in 2019. One of my least favorite shoot em ups on NES (my favorite system) is Life Force. I don't like the forced memorization at the very end. It sours most of the game for me.

Zanac, he can really move. Zanac HE GOT A ATTITUDE.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+koolman195 Oh Yeaaah!

I don't know every Shooter on Nes. But if you agree with me Implantgames, I think Sky Shark should be number one. Sure Sky Shark doesn't give you an ending but I enjoy it. Here are my Nes Shooters. 1. Sky Shark, 2. Fire Hawk, and 3. Star Force. I will check out more Nes Shooters later.

my top 5 : recca, crisis force, guardian legend, gradius 2, isolated warrior

No mention Gun Nac or Crisis Force. I guess the later was famicom only, but Gun Nac is the best shmup on the nes.

crisis force and summer carnival 92 recca are my favourites. but Japan only and pricey

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Yeah, the best shmups always seem to be rare and expensive :(

My favorite NES shmups are Recca, Jackal, and Zanac, but Jackal is the only one I actually can afford a physical copy of. At least Recca got a 3DS VC release

@implantgames

5 жыл бұрын

I had always looked at Jackal as an overhead run-n-gun rather than a shmup.

Getting close to 3k subs!! #Hyped

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+DreamcastGuy Sloooooowly haha :)

@JohnDorwin

6 жыл бұрын

DreamcastGuy up to 12k. I realize your comment is quite old

Still warming up to shmups...ever tried Sky Shark?

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+NostalgicRoe I do own Sky Shark but haven't put enough time into it to really comment on it's quality. If you're warming up to the genre you really can't go wrong with Image Fight. Most of the bosses have exploitable weaknesses (watch a longplay) and there are infinite continues.

Life Force, what an epic game.

RECCA!!!!!!

Silver Surfer

Luckily Twin Cobra is also on the Genesis. Life Force is legit amazing though.

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+CaptainRufus Yeah, Life Force is extremely solid. One of the very first shmups I ever beat.

I beaten zanac and it gave me gray hair as a reward

No Summer Carnival 92 Recca? The game that pushes the hardware of the NES like no other? I know its rare and expensive. If only Roms were trivially easy to find then it being rare and expensive wouldn't matter at all.

Crisis Force, Sky Shark

Kris why are you playing with composite ?

@implantgames

8 жыл бұрын

+Rory McTague Because I don't have an RGB modded NES ;)

@Lowmandavis

8 жыл бұрын

what's wrong with composit?

@DreambrushLPs

8 жыл бұрын

+TheNintendoFanatic It's the second worst video option, next to basic RF, because it smudges everything into analogue goo. But it's what most people use, short of emulation, because HDMI modding, despite the incredible quality, is not always in a person's budget.

@Sebastian-xy3xk

8 жыл бұрын

+TheNintendoFanatic Never use composite if possible at all

@Lowmandavis

8 жыл бұрын

+DreambrushLPs oh okay, thanks for clearing the confusion :D

Crisis Force (JP) by Konami

Any one here like gyrus or xevios ?

1942 gunsmoke and 1943