History VideoGame / SuperAleste

''Super Aleste'' (also known as ''Space Megaforce'' in North America) is a VerticalScrollingShooter, part of the ''VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' series. It was developed by Creator/{{Compile}} and published by [[Creator/{{Toho}} Toho Co., Ltd.]] for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} in 1992.

* DestructibleProjectiles: Some enemies shoot projectiles that can be destroyed with any weapon. The glowing red projectiles, however, are vulnerable to some attacks but not others. Specifically, normal bullets don't affect them, but the Laser (one per laser beam), the Circle's drones, a Missile's explosion (but not the shot itself), the Power Shot (both the charged blast and the green circle that appears in front of your ship while charging), and the Scatter Shot's projectile (one per shot) are all capable of destroying them.

** In Area 8, if you shoot the walls, pieces break off that can kill you. Most weapons, when upgraded, have bullet patterns that will hit the walls constantly. Your saving grace is the Sprite weapon, which, under normal circumstances, tends to be outclassed by the others. Multi-Shot is also a viable choice, as it has a mode that uses two forward streams of bullets, ''but'' those streams get stronger at higher levels.

** In Area 7, there are many walls that will block your shots (although they're low enough that you can't bump into them). The Missile, otherwise a weak weapon, will simply fly over the walls, making it a good choice for this stage.

* SmartBomb: You hold down the bomb buttton to launch one, then release to detonate. It then creates two circles of explosions: an inner circle that does concentrated damage, and an outer circle that expands to hit everything on-screen for less damage.

''Super Aleste'' (also known as ''Space Megaforce'' in North America) is a VerticalScrollingShooter, part of the ''VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' series and developed by Creator/{{Compile}} for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} in 1992.

* GameOverMan: In the Japanese version, the Game Over screen features the pilots poking at a busted minature model of their ship.

* NintendoHard: It's a ShootEmUp.

* PsychicPowers: Thi, one of the pilots in the Japanese version.

* WombLevel: Area 12, the overlord's lair. With [[SoundtrackDissonance even more jazzy music]].

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The Western releases remove the anime-style protagonists in favor of a [[FeaturelessProtagonist faceless]] pilot, and change the plot to your typical space-themed shmup ExcusePlot. Also, the Area 3 music, unique to that area, is swapped with the music for Areas 6, 9, and 10 for some reason.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: According to the katakana for "Aleste" (アレスタ), it's pronounced "A-le-'''sta'''" rather than "A-le-ste."

** In Area 8, if you shoot the walls, pieces break off that can kill you. Most weapons, when upgraded, have bullet patterns that will hit the walls constantly. Your saving grace is the Sprite weapon, which, under normal circumstances, tends to be outclassed by the others.

** In Area 5, Missile gets a lot of mileage as it can go over the barriers on the ground that absorb your shots.

### All-Way (ALL) becomes Multi-Direction Shot (MDS)

** All the weapons and their abbreviations get renamed in the localized versions:

Either way you pilot a ship known as the Aleste (or ED-057 in the NA version) capable of using one of eight different weapons, each with seven different power levels. Shot types come in all flavors, such as the standard SpreadShot, FrickinLaserBeams, and a ChargedAttack. On top of that, the Shot-Control button can be used to manipulate each weapon in some way.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Laser, the 2nd fire type. Shot-Control toggles it to fire homing lasers.

''Super Aleste'' (also known as ''Space Megaforce'' in North America) is a VerticalScrollingShooter, part of the ''VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' series and developed by {{Compile}} for the {{SNES}} in 1992.

* {{It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY}}: According to the katakana for "Aleste" (アレスタ), it's pronounced "A-le-'''sta'''" rather than "A-le-ste."

''Super Aleste'' (also known as ''Space Megaforce'' in North America) is a VerticalScrollingShooter, part of the ''{{Aleste}}'' series and developed by {{Compile}} for the {{SNES}} in 1992.

* [[CrutchCharacter Crutch Weapon]]: The Homing Missile is good at keeping someone unfamiliar with the game alive through the beginning of the game, but they're not so good at dealing with the game's more dangerous threats.

* [[MarathonLevel Marathon Game:]] In the inverse of ItsShortSoItSucks, ShootEmUp fans have been known to complain that the game [[{{Padding}} is too long to comfortably play in a single sitting]].

* WhereItAllBegan: Subverted with Area 10; it ''looks'' like Earth, but is actually a replica made by the aliens.
** In the U.S. version, it actually ''is'' Earth, after you've returned from cutting off the invasion fleet's InfiniteSupplies. At least, that's what the manual says.

** In Area 7, there are many walls that will block your shots (although they're low enough that you can't bump into them). The Missile, however, will simply fly over the walls, making it a good choice for this stage.