Robo Aleste

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Robo Aleste

Publisher: Compile (JP), Tengen (US), Sega (EU)

Developer: Compile

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-11-27	¥6,8006,800	T-66014
US	1993-08^[1]^[2]	$49.9549.95^[3]	T-48015
EU	1993		4416
FR	1993-09^[4]

VRC

Robo Aleste, known as Dennin-Aleste (電忍アレスタ) or Dennin Aleste: Nobunaga and his Ninja Force in Japan, is a vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up developed by Compile exclusively for the Sega Mega-CD. It is part of the Aleste series of games, and the only one to use the Aleste name in all regions.

Gameplay

You control the flying robot with the directional keys. It comes with two fixed options in front of it. These absorb enemy bullets and cause damage on contact. Holding fires the options away, is for shooting and for changing movement speed. The standard shot can be powered up by collecting small powerup pellets. There are also 4 extra weapons. Blue is a piercing laser, green fires shurikens, brown is for bombs and and yellow gives the two options limited homing capabilities.

It should be noted that, as with many others Compile shooters like Seirei Senshi Spriggan or Super Aleste, power ups reappear infinitely during boss fights, which are not time limited. This way, infinite score can be accumulated, thus making the score counter obsolete.

Versions

The game was made easier for the release outside of Japan, e.g. Aleste's yellow homing orbs became much stronger and the steady increase in rank was toned down. The NTSC-J version had plenty of character dialogue stored as Red Book audio tracks on the disc, but many of these tracks ended up being unused. The respective dialogues simply appeared as text.

Production credits

Producer: Masamitsu Niitani
Planning: Kerol
Programmers: Takin, Koichi Yamashita, Jemini Hirono
Character Designers: Hiroshi Ryuoh-in, Shin-ichi Ohnishi, Syunsuke "Great" Takashima, Kerol
Mechanic Designers: Hiroshi Ryuoh-in, Hiroki Kodama
Continuity Writers: Kengo Morita, Zod Hoshijima, Kerol
Computer Graphics: Hiroki Kodama, Shin-ichi Ohnishi, Hiroshi Ryuoh-in, Kengo Morita, Gennosuke Yumi
Sound Effects: Einosuke Nagao
Sampling: Pon Imasue
Cooperators: Yasutoshi Akiyama, Kasumi Hakuryuh-hou, Kazunari Bishamonten, Lemontea
Cast of Voices: Terry Ueyama, Xanthe Smith, Barry Gjerde, Geraldine Twilley, Robert B. Spenser
Cooperation
- By Word: Japan Media Programming co., ltd.
Compact Disc Audio
- All music produced and arranged by: Katsumi Tanaka
- Original music written by: Katsumi Tanaka, Satoshi Shimazaki
- Original sound recording made by: LMS Recordings
- All songs published by: LMS Music inc.
- Full digital process mastered at: Hit Factory Japan
Multi Audio at Visual Sequence
- Produced and engineered by: Katsumi Tanaka
All CD music are: Virtual Stereo Treated
Explanatory leaflet Staff: Kazuhiro Kohnoue, Youichi Utsumi, Katsuhiko Ikeda, Zod Hoshijima, Hiroshi Ryuoh-in
Supervisor: Jemini Hirono
Directed by: Kerol, Compile

Magazine articles

Main article: Robo Aleste/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) #55: "August 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #14: "August/September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[17]

Consoles + (FR)

82

^[5]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[7]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

90

^[8]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[18]

GameFan (US)

90

^[19]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[20]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[3]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[21]

Joypad (FR)

60

^[22]

Joypad (FR)

64

^[10]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

68

^[11]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[23]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

52

^[12]

Mega Force (FR)

78

^[13]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

76

^[14]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

92

^[24]

Player One (FR)

84

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[27]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

70

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[29]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

75

^[30]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

79

^[31]

	74
Based on 25 reviews

Robo Aleste

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Disc

References

↑ File:SegaVisions US 14.pdf, page 104
↑ File:GamePro US 049.pdf, page 17
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↑ File:SelectRound FR 01.pdf, page 2
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↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:ElectronicGames2 US 13.pdf, page 85 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ElectronicGames2 US 13.pdf_p85" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:EGM US 049.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 049.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 124 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p124" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:Joypad FR 016.pdf, page 87
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↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 File:Mega UK 05.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 05.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 File:MegaForce FR Supplement 20.pdf, page 24 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaForce FR Supplement 20.pdf_p24" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:MegaFun DE 1993-09.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1993-09.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 035.pdf, page 92
↑ File:VideoGames DE 1994-01.pdf, page 42
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-08), page 31
↑ Famitsu, "1992-11-27" (JP; 1992-11-13), page 40
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 3: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 9: August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 10
↑ Hippon Super, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-03), page 45
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 41
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-xx), page 59
↑ MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 26
↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 59
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
↑ Sega Zone, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 38
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 11
↑ Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 44

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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[:File:PlayerOne_FR_035.pdf_p92-15] File:PlayerOne FR 035.pdf, page 92

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-01.pdf_p42-16] File:VideoGames DE 1994-01.pdf, page 42

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-01.pdf_p31-17] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-08), page 31

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0206.pdf_p40-18] Famitsu, "1992-11-27" (JP; 1992-11-13), page 40

[:File:GameFan_US_0103.pdf_p11-19] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 3: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11

[:File:GameFan_US_0109.pdf_p10-20] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 9: August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 10

[21] Hippon Super, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-03), page 45

[:File:Joypad_FR_016.pdf_p41-22] Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 41

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1993-03.pdf_p59-23] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-xx), page 59

[:File:MegaTech_UK_14.pdf_p26-24] MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 26

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_035.pdf_p108-25] Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:SegaPro_UK_16.pdf_p59-26] Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 59

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-27] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SegaZone_UK_04.pdf_p38-28] Sega Zone, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 38

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[30] Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 11

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-01.pdf_p44-31] Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 44

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Robo Aleste

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References