Alpha Mission

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Alpha Mission
Single-player

Alpha Mission, known as ASO: Armored Scrum Object

Famicom in 1986 and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System
in 1987.

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

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

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 25 October 2018 and on the PlayStation 4 via PlayStation Store on 18 July 2019 by Hamster Corporation as part of their Arcade Archives series.[5][6] The game is also included on SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, the collection has both the original arcade and the NES version.[7] It includes both the Japanese version and the Western/international version.

Reception

In Japan,

table arcade cabinet of the month.[8] It was later listed by Game Machine as Japan's fifth highest-grossing table arcade game during the first half of 1986,[9] and it was the seventh overall highest-grossing table arcade game of 1986.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: エー・エス・オー - アーマード・スクラム・オブジェクト, Hepburn: Ē Esu Ō - Āmādo Sukuramu Obujekuto

External links

References

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  2. ^ Says, Onmode-Ky. "Alpha Mission Review—Finding Pleasure in Pain | PSP Minis". Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. ^ "Alpha Mission (PSP Minis) Review for PSP (2011) - Defunct Games". www.defunctgames.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. ^ "Three SNK PSP Minis Reviewed". www.tech-gaming.com. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. ^ Lane, Gavin (2020-03-13). "Guide: Every Arcade Archives Game On Nintendo Switch, Plus Our Top Picks". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  6. ^ "Arcade Archives Alpha Mission PS4 HAMSTER Corporation". www.hamster.co.jp. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ^ "SNK 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: ALPHA MISSION | OFFICIAL WEBSITE". snk40th.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  8. ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 273. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 December 1985. p. 23.
  9. ^ a b "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 上半期" [Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: First Half '86] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 288. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 July 1986. p. 28.
  10. ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '86 下半期" [Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: Second Half '86] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 300. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 January 1987. p. 16.
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