Robo Aleste

Robo Aleste
Also known as: Dennin Aleste (JP) Developer: Compile Publishers: Compile (JP), Tengen (US), Sega (EU) Platform: Sega CD Released in JP: November 27, 1992 Released in US: August 1993 Released in EU: 1993 This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

Robo Aleste is a vertically scrolling shooter game featuring a robot mecha roaming around the Sengoku era feudal Japan.

Level Select

In the options menu, set the sound test to 3A and the difficulty to Hard. Now set CD-DA to the number of the desired level and press B+Start. The game will return to the title screen, now containing a continue option. Choose it to go to the selected level.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	US	Europe

Hidden Images

In the Japanese version's title screen, press Left, Up, Left, B, A to change screen. After that press these buttons to display hidden images.

Button	Image
A
B
C

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Other Differences

• The game was made easier for the release outside of Japan. For example, Aleste's yellow homing orbs became much stronger and the steady increase in rank was toned down. The Japanese version had plenty of character dialogue stored as Red Book audio tracks on the disc, but many of these tracks ended up being unused. The respective dialogues simply appeared as text.
• After beating the game, an Omake option will be unlocked in the option menu. In the Japanese version, there will be several images, but in the western versions, it just freezes the game.