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Instruction booklet · October 1992

Space Megaforce

Shooter1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Taking the role of a lone starfighter pilot, you are tasked with destroying an evil alien armada in standard 2D shooter fashion. And while you may be alone, you certainly won't be underpowered, with eight different types of weapons, each having six power-up levels for a grand total of 48 firing modes (not counting bomb power-ups) Space Megaforce boasts one of the largest arsenals in 2D shooter…

Specifications

Released
October 1992
Developer
Compile
Publisher
Toho
Players
1
Genre
Shooter
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Aleste
Themes
Science fiction
View
Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

8
9
9
9
EGM · four reviewers
8
8
8
8
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
77/100 (5 ratings)
Computer and Video Games
92/100
Game Informer
9/10
GameFan
87%, 94%
Official Nintendo Magazine
92%
Super Play
87%
Total!
(UK) 85%, (DE) 1-
Control
70%
Electronic Games
96%
Mean Machines
92%
SNES Force
78%
Super Action
92%
The Super Famicom
74/100
Super Pro
81/100
BE KIND, REWINDOctober 1992
#1 songEnd of the RoadBoyz II Men#1 albumSome Gave AllBilly Ray CyrusAdmit one · #1 movieThe Last of the Mohicans$9,653,376 weekend
Vol. 2 · No. 59Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of October 2, 1992
Oct. 2

Pittsburgh International Airport's new facility opens in Findlay Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new terminal is built as an expansion for USAir and an upgrade from the older Pittsburgh International Airport facility.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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