History VideoGame / Aleste

* ''[[VideoGame/{{MUSHA}} Musha Aleste: Fullmetal Fighter Ellinor]]'' (Platform/SegaGenesis, 1990; released outside Japan as ''M.U.S.H.A.: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor'')

* ''VideoGame/SenjinAleste'' (UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame, 2021)

* ''Dennin Aleste: Nobunaga and his Ninja Force'' (Platform/SegaCD, 1992; released outside Japan as ''VideoGame/RoboAleste'')

* ''[[VideoGame/Aleste1988 Aleste]]'' (UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem and {{UsefulNotes/MSX}}2, 1988; titled ''Power Strike'' outside Japan, originally meant as a direct sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Zanac}}'' before the title change due to copyright issues)
* ''VideoGame/Aleste2'' ({{UsefulNotes/MSX}}2, 1989)
* ''VideoGame/AlesteGaiden'' ({{UsefulNotes/MSX}}2, 1989)
* ''[[VideoGame/{{MUSHA}} Musha Aleste: Fullmetal Fighter Ellinor]]'' (UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, 1990; released outside Japan as ''M.U.S.H.A.: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor'')
* ''VideoGame/GGAleste'' (UsefulNotes/GameGear, 1991)
* ''VideoGame/SuperAleste'' ({{UsefulNotes/SNES}}, 1992; released in North America as ''Space Megaforce'')
* ''Dennin Aleste: Nobunaga and his Ninja Force'' (UsefulNotes/SegaCD, 1992; released outside Japan as ''VideoGame/RoboAleste'')
* ''[[VideoGame/PowerStrikeIISMS Power Strike II]]'' (UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem, 1993; released only in Europe and Australia; different game from below)
* ''[[VideoGame/GGAlesteIILanceBird GG Aleste II: Lance Bird]]'' (UsefulNotes/GameGear, 1993; released in Europe as ''Power Strike II'')

* ''[[VideoGame/GGAleste3LastMessiah GG Aleste 3: Last Messiah]]'' (UsefulNotes/GameGear, 2020; developed as part of the ''Aleste Collection'' for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and a limited-edition Game Gear Micro)
* ''Aleste Collection'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, 2020; a CompilationRerelease of games ported under the ''M2 [=ShotTriggers=]'' label. Includes ''Aleste'' (SMS), ''Power Strike II'' (SMS), and the ''GG Aleste'' trilogy.)

** ''Senjin Aleste''[='=]s sprite-based visuals have a 32-bit UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance look to them.

* {{Expy}}: Ellinor's early designs resemble [[Anime/{{Patlabor}} Noa Izumi]].

* ''VideoGame/SenxinAleste'' (UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame, 2021)

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Senjin Aleste'' breaks hard from tradition by not only using a vertical-orientation screen unlike all past ''Aleste'' games, but also being a more conventional (by 2021 standards) BulletHell shmup with a very involved scoring system, while past games have a very basic scoring system that is only really used for [[EveryTenThousandPoints extra lives]]. It's also the first ''Aleste'' game to be an arcade game, with no console version known to be in the works at this time.

* GrayAndGreyMorality: ''Power Strike II'' (SMS). On one hand, you have the pirates who plunder and whatnot to make a living during TheGreatDepression. Then there's the protagonist, a BountyHunter who neutralizes these pirates as part of his work, acknowledging that "these poor pirates" are just desperately seeking cash, but getting his work done anyway.

* ''Aleste'' (UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem and {{UsefulNotes/MSX}}2, 1988; titled ''Power Strike'' outside Japan, originally meant as a direct sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Zanac}}'' before the title change due to copyright issues)
* ''Aleste 2'' ({{UsefulNotes/MSX}}2, 1989)
* ''Aleste Gaiden'' ({{UsefulNotes/MSX}}2, 1989)

* ''GG Aleste'' (UsefulNotes/GameGear, 1991)

* ''Power Strike II'' (UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem, 1993; released only in Europe and Australia; different game from below)
* ''GG Aleste II: Lance Bird'' (UsefulNotes/GameGear, 1993; released in Europe as ''Power Strike II'')

* ''GG Aleste 3: Last Messiah'' (UsefulNotes/GameGear, 2020; developed as part of the ''Aleste Collection'' for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and a limited-edition Game Gear Micro)

* ''Senjin Aleste'' (UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame, 2021)
* ''Aleste Branch'' (TBA)

* ''Aleste Branch'' (TBA 2022)

** The ''戦刃'' in ''戦刃ALESTE'', is romanized as "Senxin" (ergo, ''Senxin Aleste''). Romanizing the 'じ' reading as "xi" isn't unheard of, but more conventional romanization rules would romanize it as "ji" (''Senjin Aleste''; Hepburn romanization) or "zi" (''Senzin Aleste''; Kunrei-shiki Romanization).

** The ''戦刃'' in ''戦刃ALESTE'', is romanized as "Senxin" (ergo, ''Senxin Aleste''). Romanizing the 'じ' reading as "xi" isn't unheard of, but more conventional romanization rules would romanize it as "ji" (''Senjin Aleste'') or "zi" (''Senzin Aleste'').

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Vegant/Vagant/Vagand... Even the manual isn't sure of the right spelling.

* ActionGirl: Many of the protagonists are ladies, including Ellinor Waizen (''Aleste 2'', ''GG Aleste'', ''[=M.U.S.H.A.=]'' and ''Aleste Branch''), Alice Pfeiffer Waizen (''GG Aleste 2'') and Luna Waizen (''GG Aleste 3''). The box art for the ''Aleste Collection'' emphasizes this, with the male pilot of the Master System ''Power Strike II'' being placed in the top-right corner behind Luna, Alice, and Ellinor. Taken UpToEleven with ''Senjin'', as [[AmazonBrigade all four pilots are female also]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: The first game, to ''Zanac''. Both games feature nearly the same backstory (involving a rogue AI that a lone ship sets out to stop), high-speed backgrounds, special weapons that you obtain with numbered items and which have limited use (in fact, several weapons from ''Aleste'' are lifted right out of ''Zanac''), and extensive use of [[CoresAndTurretsBoss Cores-and-Turrets Bosses]].

* CopyProtection: M2 implemented one of these in ''GG Aleste 3'', possibly as a response to their port of the first ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'' game for the Genesis Mini being leaked on the internet. If ''GG Aleste 3'' is being played on an emulator or a flashcart, the copy protection will trigger and it will cause the game to reset infinitely, making it impossible to get past the title screen.

* ChromaticArrangement: Subtly done with the ''GG Aleste'' protagonists. Ellinor wears a red pilot suit, Alice has a blue pilot suit and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]], and while Luna's pilot suit is primarily black there is a significant amount of yellow-orange in the chest area and around the visor of her helmet.