M.U.S.H.A.

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M.U.S.H.A.

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher: Toaplan, Seismic (US)

Developer: Compile

Peripherals supported:

XE-1 AP

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-12-21	¥6,8006,800	T-35013
US	1990		35046
JP ▼	2008-04-01	600pts600
US ▼	2009-01-19	800pts800
EU ▼	2009-07-17	900pts900

ESRB

PEGI

OFLC

CERO
Missing Parameter!

Musha Aleste: Full Metal Fighter Ellinor (武者アレスタ), known in the US as M.U.S.H.A.: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor, is a 1990 shoot-'em-up developed by Compile for the Sega Mega Drive, published in Japan by Toaplan and in the US by Seismic (there was no European release). It is the first game in Compile's Aleste series of shoot-'em-ups to be released on the Mega Drive, followed almost two years later by Robo Aleste on its CD add-on, the Sega Mega-CD, and it's the first released-overseas game in the series to not use the Power Strike name.

It has since been released on at least the Japanese Virtual Console; according to Sega of Japan the game is licensed from naxat soft, who are thus presumed to have bought the rights from either Compile or D4Entertainment after Compile's bankruptcy.

Story

Dire51, a supercomputer crafted to control a space colony, goes rogue and sends its attack robots, led by mech Big Asia., to destroy mankind. A team of fighters in giant mechs try to stop it, but all but one, Ellinor (Terri in the US version), are killed, leaving Ellinor to save humanity from destruction on his own.

Gameplay

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shoots; there is rapidfire, but there will be a gap every few shots. There are two means of powering up. First, scattered throughout the levels are pods containing small vertical bars that flash red, green, and blue. Shooting at the pods will have them spit out the vertical bars, which will power up your main weapon. Second, some enemies produce larger, colored powerup balls called "P-chips." P-chips cause the mech to change color and adapt a subweapon which is fired with . P-chip abilities can be upgraded with further P-chips of the same color; taking a different color P-chip will replace whatever P-chip power the player already has. If the player gets hit, he will first lose his subweapon, then one life.

With enough of either chip, you get subships whose firing direction can be controlled with the button (see the HUD to see the current firing direction).

Production credits

Game Design: Compile
Supervisor: Jemini Hirono
Programmer
- 68000 Side: Yu-Ichi Toyama
- Z80 Side: Kyo-Ra Yumi
Art Director: Kazuyuki Nakashima
Visual Cooperator: Janus Teramoto, Hiroshi Satou, Sho-Ji Yamada, Mashira FX-3
Music Composer: Mr. Sakoda [NOTE: Credited as Washija in the US version]
Sound Effect: Mats
Special Thanks: Kouji Mizuta
Test Player: Bobmitsu, Mikeo, Zenchi, Yasunari Watanabe, 平 [NOTE: Kanji overwritten with an apostrophe in the US version]
Produced by: Moo Niitani
Presented by: Compile 1990

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: M.U.S.H.A./Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[10]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[11]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

80

^[12]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[13]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

71

^[1]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

71

^[14]

Console Mania (IT)

90

^[2]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[15]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

70

^[3]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[16]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[4]

Games-X (UK)

92

^[18]

Génération 4 (FR)

84

^[19]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

90

^[5]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

52

^[20]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

84

^[21]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[22]

MegaTech (UK)

71

^[6]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

71

^[23]

Power Play (DE)

84

^[24]

Raze (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[7]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

83

^[8]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

80

^[26]

Sega Force (UK)

NTSC-U

70

^[9]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

84

^[27]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

65

^[28]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

70

^[29]

Video Games (DE)

85

^[30]

	75
Based on 30 reviews

M.U.S.H.A.

Genesis, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	58a7f7b4
MD5	d5ced66ba18ec2b8eb69b8b1a6baf0d0
SHA-1	821eea5d357f26710a4e2430a2f349a80df5f2f6

512kB

1990-09

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	8fde18ab
MD5	8e147874de78d95634a807f917b270c5
SHA-1	71d363186b9ee023fd2ae1fb9f518c59bf7b8bee

512kB

1990-09

Cartridge (JP)

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console page (Japanese)

References

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↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 15
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 119
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 120
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 36
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 48
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 126
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 327
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 199x-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Games-X, "27th June-3rd July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-27), page 39
↑ Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 99
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99
↑ Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 129
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "March 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 42
↑ Video Games, "1/91" (DE; 1991-03-27), page 80

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)

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[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 15

[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 119

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-03.pdf_p120-12] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 120

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-01.pdf_p36-13] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 36

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p48-14] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 48

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p126-15] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 126

[16] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 327

[17] Famitsu, "" (JP; 199x-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamesX_UK_10.pdf_p39-18] Games-X, "27th June-3rd July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-27), page 39

[:File:Generation4_FR_030.pdf_p99-19] Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 99

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p93-20] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf_p99-21] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99

[:File:MegaPlay_US_02.pdf_p44-22] Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p140-23] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-04.pdf_p129-24] Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 129

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p54-25] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-26] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[28] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 7

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_26.pdf_p42-29] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "March 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 42

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-01.pdf_p80-30] Video Games, "1/91" (DE; 1991-03-27), page 80

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M.U.S.H.A.

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References