Power Strike II (Game Gear)

For the Sega Master System version of the game, see Power Strike II (Master System).

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GG Aleste II/Power Strike II
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Compile
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR), Samsung (KR)
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-10-01 ¥3,8003,800 G-3330 EU 1993 2443 UK 1994-04 2443 BR 199x 075310 KR 199x

GG Aleste II (ＧＧアレスタII), released as Power Strike II in Europe, is a shoot-'em-up for the Sega Game Gear in Compile's Aleste series and the sequel to GG Aleste.

Story

Alice Waizen

Earth is protected by a set of armored defensive satellites. An unknown object has attached itself to the largest of these satellites, named Algo and similar in size to the Moon, and taken control of it. Pilot Alice Waizen, cousin of Ellinor Waizen, is testing the prototype GG Aleste Model II "Lance Bird" ship when she is alerted to this threat and flies off to stop it.

Gameplay

The game is a vertically scrolling shooter. The player controls Alice piloting the Lance Bird, which is moved in any direction with the D-Pad. The Lance Bird has a standard weapon that is fired with , which can be held down for continuous fire. The standard weapon can be upgraded by collecting Power Chips. It can also be augmented by a special weapon by collecting special weapon power-ups. Special weapons are automatically fired simultaneously with the main weapon. The special weapons can be upgraded, up to four levels, by collecting their own special Power Chips. The Lance Bird also has a stock of smart bombs, called G Strikes, which can be deployed with to attack everything on screen. Additional G Strikes can be acquired by collecting a certain number of Power Chips.

The Lance Bird has a Round Field Generator that shields it from one hit. It is activated by collecting enough Power Chips. The Lance Bird is destroyed if it takes damage from an enemy without the Round Field Generator active, costing the player a life. The ship respawns after a moment, and the player's weapons are downgraded a level after losing a life. The game ends if the player runs out of lives, but the player has unlimited continues. The player gains extra lives at certain point thresholds.

There are four selectable difficulty levels.

Weapons

The special weapon is chosen at the beginning of the game and can be changed by collecting item pick-ups.

	Neo Napalm Gun
	Launches volleys of bombs that travel a short distance and then detonate. Upgrading it increases the number of bombs and the size of the explosions.
	Hammer Hawk
	Shoots homing missiles. Upgrading it increases the number of missiles, up to eight.
	Delta Form
	Surrounds the Lance Bird with a drone that orbit the ship and protect it from damage. Upgrading it increases the number of drones, up to three.
	Rising Masher
	Fires laser beams that pierce through enemies. Upgrading it increases the number of beams, up to four.

Items

The Lance Bird is temporarily invincible after collecting an item.

	Power Chip Carrier
	Attack to release Power Chips.
	Power Chip
	Upgrades the attack speed and power of the standard weapon. Collecting Power Chips also activates the Round Field Generator and gives the player additional G Strikes.
	Special Weapon Power Chip
	Upgrades the special weapon, up to four levels.
	Special Weapon Carrier
	Attack to release a special weapon item.
	Neo Napalm Gun
	Equips the special weapon Neo Napalm Gun.
	Hammer Hawk
	Equips the special weapon Hammer Hawk.
	Delta Form
	Equips the special weapon Delta Form.
	Rising Masher
	Equips the special weapon Rising Masher.
	1-Up
	Gives the player an extra life.

Rounds

	Space Plant
	Ground Base
	Bionic City
	Ancient Ruins
	Cyber Road
	Inter Algo

Bonus Stages

Bonus stages

Bonus areas are played after Rounds 2 and 5. They are played from a first-person, 3D perspective. Enemies fly toward the player. Holding while moving the targeting reticle over enemies highlights them, and releasing fires at the highlighted targets. Each bonus stage has 20 enemies, and the player is given bonus points at the end of the stage for the amount of enemies successfully hit.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Power Strike II	Power Strike II
Japanese	ＧＧアレスタII	GG Aleste II
Korean	알레스터2	Aleste 2

Production credits

• Planning: Hiroki Kodama, Takin
• Program: Takin
• Graphic: Hiroki Kodama, Tan
• Sound: Imami Pon, Ba. M
• Manual: Rainbow Papa, Ayame Kizuki, Hiroki Kodama
• Package: Ayame Kizuki, Hiroki Kodama, Hirotaka Nunoda
• Supervisor: Jemini Hirono
• Director: Taka
• Producer: Moo Niitani
• Special Thanks: Decomatz, Neconyan, Kengo Morita, Sonchoh Sawa, Riu, Great Takashima, .....and you

©1993 Sega/Compile

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Power Strike II (Game Gear)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Todo Sega (ES) #14: "Mayo 1994" (1994-0x-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-10: "October 1993" (1993-09-08)

Print advert in Game Champ (KR) #1993-11: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Aktueller Software Markt (DE) PAL 75 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 65 Consoles + (FR) 65 Game Power (IT) NTSC-J 80 Gamers (DE) 67 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 50 Hobby Consolas (ES) 86 Joypad (FR) PAL 84 Mega Force (FR) 79 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 82 Player One (FR) 69 Play Time (DE) 80 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 83 Todo Sega (ES) 83 Video Games (DE) PAL 81

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Power Strike II (Game Gear)

Game Gear, JP
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Cart Manual

Game Gear, BR
Cover
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 09de1528 MD5 d5836ec389ec2c81bd54728b96b87152 SHA-1 e4db2140761b43426024bd08c4372bb9b8979d3d	256kB		Cartridge (JP/EU)
?	CRC32 13596065 MD5 3632bfba5a1455f55879e54974a8012d SHA-1 8e563c259280274b932a5969d4c188afec1a9d3b	256kB	2021-10-14	Aleste Collection

References

Aleste/Power Strike games for Sega systems/published by Sega
	Power Strike (1988) | Power Strike II (1993)
	M.U.S.H.A. (1990)
	GG Aleste (1991) | Power Strike II (1993) | GG Aleste 3 (2020)
	Robo Aleste (1992)
	M.U.S.H.A. (2008)
	Aleste Collection (2020)
Aleste-related media
	Aleste Collection: Music Album (2022)