Super Aleste

Super Aleste — also released in North America as Space Megaforce — is a vertical scrolling shooter developed by Compile and published by Toho for the SNES in 1992. Choose from eight weapon classes, level them up through six tiers, and blast through 12 stages of increasingly dense enemy formations. The game’s defining twist: your weapon power level doubles as your health shield. Taking a hit strips a weapon tier instead of killing you instantly, so keeping your firepower maxed is both an offensive and defensive priority.

Compile pushed the SNES hardware hard to deliver 128 sprites per frame at 60fps with near-zero slowdown — a technical achievement that impressed the press at launch. Boss encounters use Mode 7 zoom transitions that shift the hitbox in real time as the enemy scales from background to foreground. A separate Short Game mode condenses the action into a five-minute high-score sprint for players who want a faster run.

Click inside the screen to activate controls.

Controls
Arrow Keys – Movement
Enter – Start
Space – Select
“Z” key – A (Fire)
“X” key – B (Sub-weapon)
“A” key – Y
“S” key – X

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