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Plus Alpha

プラスアルファ, AKA: Arcade Archives: Plus Alpha
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Plus Alpha

Nintendo eShop $7.99

A cutesy airplane shooter.

Year
1989
Developer
Jaleco
Publisher
Jaleco
Orientation
Vertical

SCREENSHOTS

HISTORY

Plus Alpha is a 1989 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. It was only released in Japan in May 1989. The game is known for its low difficulty compared to other shoot 'em ups as well as its anime-like art style reminiscent of Konami's TwinBee series. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in April 2020.

Gameplay

The player controls Selia and Rumy as they journey in spaceships to rescue seven countries from tyranny. Three different spaceships with unique attributes are available. To defeat enemies on the way, both characters can shoot them with two types of ammunition differing in size, damage and curvature, which can be changed by collecting power-ups and defeating enemies. A boss enemy appears at the end of every level that must be defeated to progress.

1CC RUNS

One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.

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RELEASES 3 systems

System
Platform
Year
Notes
ARC
Arcade
1989
Original release
PS4
PlayStation 4
2020
NSW
Nintendo Switch
2020

GAME DATA

Orientation
Vertical

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