(Super Famicom) Super Aleste スーパーアレスタ - (Japan) Hyper Mode - Playthrough

Summary of the Japanese introduction of Super Aleste (from the Japanese manual):
After the giant Sphere has attacked major cities on earth, the earth allies start a counter offensive. Though all of the earth's fighter jets (including the Aleste piloted by Raz) are shot down within a few minutes, this attack isn't in vain, as it causes a small chink in the Sphere through which the imprisoned intelligent lifeform Thi can escape.
Then Thi encounters Raz, who has been stranded in some mountains and has just regained consciousness in his severely damaged Aleste. Within a matter of seconds, Thi repairs the Aleste and enhances its capabilities greatly by fusing with the aircraft. At the same time, she materializes in the form of a human girl whose appearance is based on an image from Raz' mind and takes a seat in the cockpit on a newly created chair behind Raz.
Raz is quite astonished by these events and Thi explains to him that an approach to the giant Sphere is only possible after the liberation of planets that provide the Sphere with energy. Subsequently, with Thi as guide, Raz turns the Super Aleste towards the first target, a radiant heavenly body.
Super Aleste (スーパーアレスタ), known in North America as Space Megaforce, is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile. It was published by Toho in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as part of the Aleste series. In a traditional fashion, the player pilots a spaceship through a variety of locales crawling with enemy squadrons to shoot down, though the story in the Japanese version is different from American and European ones.
The story differs slightly depending on which version is played. Regardless of the version though, the opening premise to both Super Aleste and Space Megaforce is actually the same:
In the year 2048, a large mechanical sphere falls from space and starts attacking major cities around the world. After much destruction, the sphere hovers over the jungles of South America, drawing lines into the ground similar to the Nazca Line drawings as it expands itself and draws energy from the jungle foliage. Equipped with its own defense system, The Sphere destroys all attacks made on it by Earth's military. The original Aleste fighter ship's failure to stop the sphere's growth prompts the construction of a space fighter capable of wielding amazing weaponry, that fighter being the Super Aleste. Tasked with flying into and destroying the sphere, the Super Aleste must also destroy any reinforcements the sphere calls for which come from the deepest depths of space.
In the original Japanese game story, the Super Aleste was piloted by an ace named Raz and his co-pilot was a mysterious young alien woman named Thi, a prisoner aboard the sphere who harnesses strange powers freed by the constant attacks against the sphere. Thi's role in the game was to fly with Raz into the sphere, weaken its defenses and properly wrest the sphere's power source. The presence of both characters, and thus the game's original ending, were cut from Space Megaforce.
There are eight types of weapons to use, and each can be powered up by collecting chips (small spherical items). Picking up chips causes the player's current weapon to level-up, to a maximum of six. There are two types of chips to find; Orange chips contribute to a level-up, but at higher levels, more chips are required to reach the next level. Green chips make the weapon level up instantly. Each weapon has a function that can be manipulated with the Shot-Control button, changing around the weapon's abilities to suit different situations. Switching to another weapon is done by picking up a numbered item, with initials representing one of the eight weapons.
The player's health is tied to the level of their weapon. When the ship is hit, the weapon loses four levels of power (but it cannot go below 0). If the weapon is already at level 0 upon getting hit, the player dies. This means the weapon must be at level 5 or 6 for the ship to survive two hits. Also, there are two types of extra lives; Normally, if the player dies, they try the level again at the last checkpoint. However, it is possible to convert lives into Special Lives with a certain power-up; These allow the player to come back at the exact place they were killed, losing no progress. If the player has enough lives that a number is used to display them, then the icon becomes red if they have at least one Special Life left.
Like many other shooters, this game has its set of obstacles, but the ship won't be destroyed by touching them, unless the scroll pushes and crushes the ship against the obstacle.

[@greensun1334]

Good music, no slowdown, many sprites and nice 3 layers of colorful parallax scrolling. The game looks almost like an arcade shooter of the early 90s. Great work by the developers!

[@eternalgreed8935]

I played this game for lots of years, normal mode is just ok, not hard but also not easy, but hyper mode... holy shit, I can't even finish stage 2 without savestate

[@solarflare9078]

This Japanese version is far better than the US/PAL version

[@solarflare9078]

neros77 An extra intro, better ending, ending images depending on difficulty, two more stages, etc.

[@HeSavesMankind]

@@solarflare9078 Different level music for 2 levels, not two extra levels.

[@afriend9428]

*It shows the female pilots too! And the options screen has the cute people in it!*

[@Peter_1986]

@@afriend9428 The more chibi characters in a game, the better.

[@JRJrsx85]

Would love to see this in a Aleste Collection Vol 2 with Senxin Aleste and Musha/Robo Aleste.

[@RetroWill]

Super Aleste Collection. Nice!

[@trevordowdall5715]

Savage game ,many a 90s night

[@cd4playa1245]

Is there a way to change the options so even an orange egg will give you a weapon level increase, even in the higher levels?

[@RetroWill]

Hmm..I dont know

[@EkoEko-yx5zd]

OPERATION GALAXY CALIBRE
MISSION 1
MISSION 2
MISSION 3
MISSION 4
MISSION 5
MISSION 6
MISSION 7
MISSION 8
MISSION 9
MISSION 10
FINAL MISSION

[@RetroWill]

English Version
Space Megaforce
ruclips.net/video/9-WCbecgbtQ/видео.html

[@HeSavesMankind]

no extra levels and i prefer the english voice's robust tone for weapon descriptions as i speak english and he sounds more serious.

[@andropolo16]

0:49 The lovely waifu

[@RetroWill]

waifu indeed
speaking of waifus, have you seen this?
ruclips.net/video/lR0ra6-Wv6Y/видео.html

[@andropolo16]

@@RetroWill Thank you very much

[@kerbal666]

So whats in the ending all about?

[@RetroWill]

That's a good question. I'm going to add subtitles.

[@kerbal666]

@@RetroWill Nice one. You or you have someone who can translate?

[@RetroWill]

@@kerbal666 Actually I'm going to get it from here: ) tcrf.net/Space_Megaforce

[@RetroWill]

@@kerbal666 Just added the subtitles. Hopefully it shows up for you: 1:01:01

[@kerbal666]

@@RetroWill Thanks buddy! Now thats commitment :)