Star Force © 1987 Tecmo, Limited.
North American release. Game developed in Japan. See the original Famicom version for more information: "Star Force [Model HFC-SF]".
Due to increased ROM capacity, it is a port that is much closer to the original than the Famicom version.
Description from the back cover:
Moving in the darkness of the cosmos is a evil and mysterious planet named GORDESS. Everyone gave up fighting against GORDESS because of it's awesome power, until one day a soldier riding a space patroller challenged GORDESS to fight! Join forces with STAR FORCE and travel across the galaxy in order to defeat GORDESS.
GAME ID: NES-FO-USA
Star Force for NES was released in November 1987 in North American.
This version has different logo (instead of an coin-op original inspired one in the Famicom version), static blue stars (instead of flashing red and blue with slightly alternating locations), different music, partially changed graphics, score and lives repainted into white, boss goes left when the hundreds' row is odd and has information (after beating Omega target) from Tecmo advertising Super Star Force (although it had come out only for standard FamiCom).
Game's ROM.