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5.4
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Score Breakdown Based on 55 ratings
  1. 10 (3)
  2. 9 (2)
  3. 8 (4)
  4. 7 (9)
  5. 6 (11)
  6. 5 (10)
  7. 4 (6)
  8. 3 (5)
  9. 2 (3)
  10. 1 (2)

What Gamespot Users have to say about Alpha Mission

  • Rating:4

    Beta Mission

    Alpha Mission on the NES is a vertically scrolling shooter similar to Xevious where you have air-to-air shots for flying ships, but fire missiles to take out stationary ground targets. There are an array of power-ups in ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    A game held near and dear to my heart, even if it's not really all that great.

    For me, Alpha Mission is in some twisted way the same thatCharlie Brown's Christmas tree was to him in the Peanut's Christmas special that was released around the same time. The game is a typical overhead shooter a la... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2

    Great Classic!

    I remember owning this game back in the day. In the late 80's when I was a kid, I subscribed to SNK's weekly news letter (which was pretty small). In the news letter was a column posting the high scores for their games... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4

    what the hell

    Alpha Mission from what I see is kind of like Galaga. Now don’t get me started on Galaga because that game is still rocking. I still play that game to date on that xbox game of Midway’s greatest hits. But I mean for N... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful