The Best NES Shooters

[racketboy]

What are the best shooters on the NES?
I know the basics like Zanac and Gradius, but I'd like to hear your favorites!

[Mozgus]

Well I just sold King's Knight to Cerulean. It's technically a schmup, but it's on foot, and the ground is scrolling so you have to keep up and not get pinned at the bottom. One interesting mechanic to it was how you could blast your way through mountains, basically digging your own tunnels. It was from Squaresoft, of all companies.

[Lan-Di]

Here I go again:

Jackal
Abadox
LifeForce
Gradius
Bee 52
BreakThur
Burai Fighter
Cobra Triangle
Defender II (one of the first nes games I had!)
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
Guardian Legend
Starship: Hector
Gyruss
Image Fight
Isolated Warrior
The Last Starfighter
Legendary Wings
Metal Fighter
S.C.A.T: Special Cybernetics Attack Team (really good forgotten worlds clone!)
Section Z
Seicross
Silk Worm
Silver Surfer
Sky Shark
Star Soldier
Terra Cresta
Zombie Nation
Gradius II
Gun Nac

[Cerulean]

Burai Fighter is fuggin hard.

I cant believe no ones mentioned Air Fortress by HAL.

It was one of my Favorites.

[sv650touring]

You guys and your hard core shooters... Give me some 1943 and Gun.Smoke any day! (With a Max controller)

Hicksville4Life

-Cliff