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Aleste

Aleste
GenreShoot em Up
DeveloperCompile
PublisherCompile
Released1988
Rating
Graphics:8.0
Sound:8.0
Gameplay:8.0
Overall:8.0
Reviewed byndial
Aleste is a great vertical shoot 'em up game released in 1988 for the MSX2 home computers and later on the Sega Master System video games console.
 
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AlesteSTORY / GAMEPLAY
The story of Aleste is based on a human-made Supercomputer called "DIA 51". This mega computer has been infected by a hybrid virus which is spreading like wildfire and now it acts by itself making plans to eliminate the human race. When Yuri, Ray's girlfriend, is injured in one of DIA 51' assaults, Raymond Waizen (the hero) has all the causes in the world to get rid of DIA 51 once and for all, flying his Aleste fighter. The difficulty level of this game is noticeably high. Known outside of Japan as Power Strike, Aleste was released in America as a mail-only limited edition shoot 'em up game.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
When I first played this game on the MSX, I was absolutely amazed by its graphics (especially the backgrounds) and the fluid animation of the sprites! But this technically stunning game has "loose" controls and frustrating difficulty! The sound features a great chip tune at the intro screen and a few nice and catchy sound effects and soundtracks during gameplay. Aleste is a very well made vertical scrolling shooter with some nice bolt-on weapons and a variety of great level graphics, pushing the MSX2 hardware to its limits!
 
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Hardware information

MSX2

MSX2CPU: ZiLOG Z80A at 3,58MHz
MEMORY: 64Kb to 128Kb RAM, 64KB ROM (32Kb for bios, 16Kb for Basic v3, 16Kb for DiskROM)
GRAPHICS: Yamaha V9938 with 128Kb VRAM (sometimes 64 or 192Kb) supporting 512x212 (16 colours out of 512) and 256x212 (256 colours)
SOUND: Yamaha YM2149 (PSG) 3 channels, 8 octaves. Also supports Yamaha YM2413 (OPLL) known as FM-PAC capable of 9 channels FM or 6 channels FM + 5 drums and 15 pre-set instruments!
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The MSX2 (default) color palette
9-bit RGB 512-color palette (16 on-screen)
MSX2+: 15bit RGB 32,768-color palette (19,268 on screen)
 
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