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GG Aleste

Publisher: Compile

Developer: Compile

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-12-29^[2]	¥4,800 (4,944)4,800e^[3]	T-66017

GG Aleste (ＧＧアレスタ) is a game in Compile's Aleste series of shoot-'em-ups for the Sega Game Gear. It was only released in Japan and is one of the few Compile Game Gear games published by Compile rather than Sega. GG Aleste II is a sequel to this game.

Story

Ellinor

A giant army calling itself Moon Child has conquered the Earth. The teenaged pilot Ellinor Waizen is one of the only people left to challenge them. She pilots the Galvanic Gunner, or the GG Aleste, a special fighter created for her. In this continuity, she is the daughter of Raymond Waizen, the protaganist of the MSX version of the original Aleste.

Gameplay

The game is a vertically scrolling shooter. The player controls Ellinor piloting the GG Aleste, which is moved in any direction with the D-pad. The GG Aleste 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 GG Aleste is destroyed if it takes damage from an enemy, costing the player a life. When the GG Aleste is destroyed, it explodes and destroys all enemies on screen (or damages bosses). 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 is a higher difficulty mode called Special.

Weapons

	H
	Releases energy rings that home in on targets, up to four rings when fully upgraded. Upgrading it also adds a rearward attack.
	W
	Shoots energy waves in a conical formation, up to four waves when fully upgraded.
	D
	Surrounds the GG Aleste with a protective barrier that neutralizes projectiles and harms enemies. Upgrading it adds a second revolving energy ball and an offensive attack.
	N
	Shoots bombs that explode for area damage. Upgrading it increases the number of bombs and the size of the explosions.
	S
	Shoots an energy blast that splits into a spread shot. Upgrading it increases the size of the blast and the shots.
	L
	Fires a strong laser beam forward that pierces through targets. Upgrading it thickens the beam.

Items

The GG Aleste 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.
	Special Weapon Power Chip
	Upgrades the special weapon, up to four levels.
	Special Weapon Carrier
	Attack to release a special weapon item.
	H
	Equips special weapon H.
	W
	Equips special weapon W.
	D
	Equips special weapon D.
	N
	Equips special weapon N.
	S
	Equips special weapon S.
	L
	Equips special weapon L.

Rounds

	Round 1

	Round 2

	Round 3

	Round 4

	Round 5

	Round 6

	Round 7

	Round 8

Bonus Areas

Bonus areas

Bonus areas are played before Rounds 4 and 6. Enemy ships enter in formation, similar to Galaga, and the player is awarded with Power Chips for destroying an entire line of enemies. The GG Aleste cannot be harmed by anything in bonus areas.

The player is given a point bonus at the end of the bonus area depending on how many targets were destroyed; the player is rewarded with 200,000 bonus points for successfully destroying all enemies.

Production credits

Planning: Akabay Yukinori T, Hiroki Kodama
Program: Akabay Yukinori T
Graphic Design: Hiroki Kodama
Sound: KG Takeuchi, Mr Sakoda
Sound Effect: Mats
Supervisor: Jemini Hirono
Concept Adviser: Kazuyuki Nakasima
Produce: Moo Niitani
Special Thanks to: Noribay Tsukiji, Shinopy, Taka, Janus Teramoto, Yuichi Toyama, Kerol, Fubon, Fukusaburoh, Yonemitsu, Kenichi Yokoo, Ai Ai, Sonchoh Sawa, Decomatz

Magazine articles

Main article: GG Aleste/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-10: "October 1991" (1991-09-07)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[4]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

91

^[5]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[6]

Game Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

55

^[7]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[8]

Joystick (FR)

93

^[9]

Power Play (DE)

79

^[10]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

89

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

91

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

92

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[14]

Video Games (DE)

80

^[15]

	79
Based on 12 reviews

GG Aleste

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	1b80a75b
MD5	43301e7c15fe11f66b29b00e6ec47a52
SHA-1	4c13dc3601a1702692c35eb6c89f0e09ab966f69

256kB

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ File:GGAleste GG JP Box Front.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 10
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 40
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
↑ Famitsu, "1991-12-06" (JP; 1991-11-22), page 42
↑ Game Zone, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-21), page 61
↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89
↑ Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 171
↑ Power Play, "4/92" (DE; 1992-03-11), page 142
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 54
↑ Sega Pro, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-18), page 33
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 92

GG Aleste
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Aleste-related media
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[:File:GGAleste_GG_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-1] File:GGAleste GG JP Box Front.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20130101202427.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fgg.2Fsoft_licensee.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-10.pdf_p10-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 10

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-12.pdf_p40-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 40

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p148-5] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0155.pdf_p42-6] Famitsu, "1991-12-06" (JP; 1991-11-22), page 42

[:File:GameZone_UK_05.pdf_p61-7] Game Zone, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-21), page 61

[8] Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89

[:File:Joystick_FR_024.pdf_p171-9] Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 171

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1992-04.pdf_p142-10] Power Play, "4/92" (DE; 1992-03-11), page 142

[:File:SegaPro_UK_05.pdf_p54-11] Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_09.pdf_p33-12] Sega Pro, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-18), page 33

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-13] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p88-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-02.pdf_p92-15] Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 92

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 ==Story==
 {{ScreenThumb|GG Aleste, Introduction.png|width=160|Ellinor}}
-A giant army calling itself Moon Child has conquered the Earth. The teenage pilot Ellinor Waizen is one of the only people left to challenge them. She pilots the Galvanic Gunner, or the GG Aleste, a special fighter created for her. In this continuity, she is the daughter of Raymond Waizen, the protaganist of the [[MSX]] version of the original ''[[Aleste]]''.
+A giant army calling itself Moon Child has conquered the Earth. The teenaged pilot Ellinor Waizen is one of the only people left to challenge them. She pilots the Galvanic Gunner, or the GG Aleste, a special fighter created for her. In this continuity, she is the daughter of Raymond Waizen, the protaganist of the [[MSX]] version of the original ''[[Aleste]]''.
 ==Gameplay==
 The game is a vertically scrolling shooter. The player controls Ellinor piloting the GG Aleste, which is moved in any direction with the D-pad. The GG Aleste has a standard weapon that is fired with {{1}}, 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 GG Aleste is destroyed if it takes damage from an enemy, costing the player a life. When the GG Aleste is destroyed, it explodes and destroys all enemies on screen (or damages bosses). 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 it can be continued as long as the player has continues remaining. The player gains extra lives at certain point thresholds. There is a higher difficulty mode called Special.
+The GG Aleste is destroyed if it takes damage from an enemy, costing the player a life. When the GG Aleste is destroyed, it explodes and destroys all enemies on screen (or damages bosses). 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 is a higher difficulty mode called Special.
 ===Weapons===

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Weapons

Items

Rounds

Bonus Areas

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References