GG Aleste

Developer:	Compile
Release date:	December 29 1991

GG Aleste (GGアレスタ) is a shmup by Compile in 1991 for the Sega Game Gear. It is the 1st Aleste game for the Game Gear.

Gameplay Overview

The player is equipped with a main vulcan shot and a subweapon, which can be altered by picking sub-weapon items. To power-up the main vulcan, the player must collect P chips, and to power up the sub-weapon, big P circles must be collected. When the player reaches a bonus stage, the sub-weapon is disabled. If the player destroys all the enemies in a bonus stage, perfect bonus is awarded.

Controls

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• Button I: Shot

Modes

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• Normal: The standard game mode. Contains 8 stages.
• Special: Same as Normal mode, but with the addition of suicide bullets.

Sub-weapons

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• L (Laser):

Fires a powerful laser bear forward. When at high sub-weapon level, lasers can be fired from the back.

• W (Wide):

Fires wide wave shots. It`s an essential weapon for killing smaller enemies.

• H (Homing):

Fires homing beams that will chase any enemy.

• S (Splitter):

Fires a bullet that later splits in two.

• D (Orbiting Flames):

Fires a series of flames capable of cancelling enemy bullets.

Items

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	P chip: When collected enough, the main vulcan will power-up.
	P circle: Increases the sub-weapon level when collected.

Story

The game follows Ellinor Waizen (the daughter Raymond Waizen from the original Aleste) who pilots the Galvanic Gunner space fighter craft to fight back against an invading army known as Moon Child.

Trivia

• During it`s development, the project was initially overseen by Kengo Morita (of Puyo Puyo) before Kodama hurriedly took over, who made it out of pride as a Compile staffer.
• When getting extends, it plays the typical Compile jingle, which is also shared in other Compile shmups.

Replay Index

Replays from players
Player	Mode	Score	Area	Platform	Link	Date
Angry Hina	Special	1448140	ALL	Switch (Autofire OFF, slowdown ON)	YouTube	2021 January 24th
clippa	Normal	1247840	ALL	PS4 (Autofire OFF, slowdown ON)	YouTube	2021 February 2nd
Neo Antwon	Special	1469910	ALL	PS4 (Autofire OFF, slowdown ON)	YouTube	2021 March 21st
wabbylegs	Normal	1340990	ALL	Switch (Autofire OFF, slowdown OFF)	YouTube	2022 January 4th
JulianSeph 842 Gamez	Normal	1492050	ALL	Game Gear (on RetroArch PC 1.10.1 via the PicoDrive core)	YouTube	2023 August 5th