Alpha Mission
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| Alpha Mission | |
|---|---|
 Japanese arcade flyer | |
| Developer | SNK |
| Publishers | |
| Designer | Koji Obata |
| Artist | Rampty |
| Platforms | Arcade, NES |
| Release | Arcade NES |
| Genre | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode | Single-player |
Alpha Mission, known as ASO: Armored Scrum Object[a] in Japan, is a 1985 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by SNK for Japanese arcades; it was released by Tradewest in North America. It was later ported to the Famicom in 1986 and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987.[1]
The arcade game was a commercial success in Japan, where it was the seventh highest-grossing table arcade game of 1986. A sequel, Alpha Mission II, was released for the Neo Geo arcade system in 1991.
Gameplay
[edit | edit source]Alpha Mission is a one-player scrolling shooter game in its segregation of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons. Missiles are used to destroy ground enemies, while laser-like weapons are used for aerial opponents. Throughout each of the levels, the player must fight off waves of enemies that threaten several space stations and a boss must be defeated at the end of each. Like most early games in this genre, when the player dies, all weapons are lost and the player is moved to a point slightly before the point of death. The player's craft can also be upgraded to have more powerful weapons by picking up various power-ups throughout the level.
Release
[edit | edit source]Alpha Mission was released on the PlayStation Portable as part of PSP Minis via PlayStation Store in 2011.[2][3][4] Alpha Mission was also released on the Nintendo Switch in the Nintendo eShop on October 25, 2018 and on the PlayStation 4 via PlayStation Store on July 18, 2019 by Hamster Corporation as part of their Arcade Archives series.[5][6] The game is also included on SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, containing both the original arcade and the NES version.[7] It includes both the Japanese version and the Western/international version.
Reception
[edit | edit source]In Japan, Game Machine listed ASO as the second most successful table arcade cabinet of November 1985.[8] The magazine later listed it as Japan's fifth highest-grossing table arcade game during the first half of 1986,[9] and the seventh overall highest-grossing table arcade game of 1986.[9][10]
Notes
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Alpha Mission at Arcade-History
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