Best Shmups within non-Shmups

[1983parrothead]

Some examples include these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omIBuDGOals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ABKiiQ6tw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObKl8E5KPI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwDaN3niMNc

Any other examples?

[Mortificator]

You might peruse this thread.

I've never seen that Brocken hori before, though, nice find.

[Herr Schatten]

The shmup levels from Turrican II:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4CDWyhxLw&t=40m0s (Amiga)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLxrN03QYyE&t=17m28s (C64)


And the one from Gunlord:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jhT8NjAKsw&t=18m3s


Also, of course, the shmup levels from Super Mario Land:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJMqww1lS6g&t=3m36s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJMqww1lS6g&t=10m8s

[Special World]

The worst ones I've ever played were the scrolling shooter sections in Shadows of the Damned.

I somewhat enjoyed the shooter levels in Rayman Origins, though.

[BPzeBanshee]

Robocop 3 MD.

Stage 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NhDMO9RRiU#t=400
Stage 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqDoLHZEgik#t=206

Shame this was poorly built compared to Robocop vs The Terminator. I wanted to like it but it frustrated me on anything apart from Easy mode for many years growing up.

[Stevens]

Gunlord was the first one I thought of.

This JUST popped in my head as I was typing the above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqtXv00YvHE

Stage six - Gunstar Heroes

[NRS]

Xexyz on the NES had some good ones (even numbered stages):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CYKwPy_jyU

[Lord Satori]

Kirby Mass Attack had a shmup as a minigame and it's pretty fun. It's called EOS (I think it stands for Enemy of Stratos or something, idk) and features Nightmare as the final boss.

[Ebbo]

Konami games are full of shoot'em up stages, often including several nods to their more well known shooter installments.

Konami Wai Wai World
Konami Wai Wai World 2
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Bucky O'Hare (NES)

[MathU]

Tiny Phalanx in Zero Divide.

[Xyga]

Rendering Ranger. Well, almost half of the game is made of shmup anyway.

[NRS]

Bucky O'Hare (NES)

Damn, I loved that game.

Also, Viewtiful Joe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQK8V2gYoQs#t=765

[shmuppyLove]

Konami games are full of shoot'em up stages, often including several nods to their more well known shooter installments.

Konami Wai Wai World
Konami Wai Wai World 2
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Bucky O'Hare (NES)

You forgot Blades of Steel!

http://youtu.be/lcib2-RCdnE

WHAT AN EXCITING GAME ALL YOUR FRIENDS WILL WANT IT

Also, I can't decide if I like the rail shooting in Asura's Wrath

[cave hermit]

There was that parodius homage in the freeware version of La-Mulana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLeLMloLQiI

[BrianC]

You forgot Blades of Steel!

http://youtu.be/lcib2-RCdnE

Along the same lines is the hidden Fantasy Zone in Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf for the Genesis.

Some others:

Various Batman games (Batman GB, Batman Genesis, Batman RoTJ NES, Batman and Robin Genesis)
Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga DS
Kirby's Dreamland GB

[Lord Satori]

Not sure how I managed to forget the Gummi Ship levels in between worlds in Kingdom Hearts 2. There's one in KH 1 as well, but it's nowhere near as amazing.

[professor ganson]

My favorite would have to be Geometry Wars. Really miss the Project Gotham Racing series.

[1983parrothead]

Let's not forget Segagaga's final stage.

[SuperDeadite]

Cychorider!

[1983parrothead]

And Space Fever II for Game Boy Camera.

[Magma Dragoon]

The Lovers chapter from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (PSX).

[cave hermit]

Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Ganbare Goemon) on SNES let you play the first stage of Gradius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ul6Og2Y0s

[BrianC]

Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Ganbare Goemon) on SNES let you play the first stage of Gradius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ul6Og2Y0s

Some of the other Goemon games did something like this, as well:
Ganbare Goemon 2 SFC has a stage of Xexex
Goemon 4 SFC has an unlockable game based on Time Pilot
Goemon DS has the first stage of Space Manbow when Goemon 1+2 GBA is in the cart slot. It also has a version of Quarth with the big core as a boss.

[mehguy]

There's a shmup stage in gunman clive and metal slug 3 has a shmup "portion of a level".

[Special World]

metal slug 3's shooter portion is so maddening

that last level is so nerve-wracking in general