I like this game a lot except for one thing. This game is unbeatable. Once you beat the five stages you start over on stage 2. However I still enjoy this game.
You are a very small looking plane that flies throught the air attacking whatever gets in your way. These ships that you attack are sometimes 4 or 5 times your size and can usually kill you fairly easily if you are not too alert. The one thing you have got going for you is that you can get major powerups that often leave your firepower wider than the plane itself!There are many enemies everywhere that take more than one hit to kill. The ships in the second stage just get plain ole big. The gameplay is pretty fast but responsive.
This one of the better games on the NES and one of the best shooter games ever on that system.Just buy the game since it is pretty cheap. You will be amazed on what is on that little cart. Just plain out fun.