Alpha Mission

Description

A basic vertical shooter. Collects parts to form other more powerful ships but you can only transform when you have gathered up enough energy. To gather energy, you must destroy land targets with bombs which explode and provide power-ups.

Alpha Mission was produced by SNK in 1985.

SNK released 183 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. SNK was based in Japan.

Other machines made by SNK during the time period Alpha Mission was produced include: Gladiator 1984, Jumping Cross, Mad Crasher, Main Event, Vanguard II, TNK III, HAL 21, ASO: Armored Scrum Object, T.A.N.K, and Arian Mission

Specs

Name	Alpha Mission
Developer	SNK (Japan)
Year	1985
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6866
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	SNK
Game Specific	Alpha Mission Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - FireBombSelect
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	Alpha Mission PCB Image

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Conversion

The game is board swappable with ASO: Armored Scrum Object. By adding a pair of LS-30 rotary joysticks, Ikari Warriors can be played as well.

Miscellaneous

The bootleg version of the game is known as ASO: Armored Scrum Object.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Alpha Mission Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 10 known instances of this machine owned by Alpha Mission collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Alpha Mission circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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