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Alleyway

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Also known as
アレイウェイ アレイウエイ

Control a podship to deflect a ball and break all blocks in this Breakout variant with rotating and descending stages.

Alleyway was developed by Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989, and in North America and Europe later in 1989. It was a launch title for the Game Boy and has not been released on any earlier platform, making 1989 the original release year as well.

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Released
1989
Genre
Action
Size
11.74 KB
Rating
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About Alleyway

Alleyway presents a simplified version of the Breakout formula. The player directs a podship to bounce a ball upward, aiming to clear a screen filled with destructible blocks.

Progress is achieved by eliminating every block in a stage. Some blocks may require multiple hits before they are removed. The game introduces variations to this pattern, including stages where the block formation rotates or periodically shifts downward.

Alleyway Screenshots

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Title Screen
Getting the ball up to the top removes more blocks
Taking to long makes the roof come down a bit making it a bit harder
The first bonus level is in the shape of every ones favourite fat plumber
Your paddle gets smaller as the levels progress
The second bonus is in the shape of the tortoise enemies from the Mario games
A more harder pattern of blocks
A different pattern of blocks
Game Over
Title screen on Super Game Boy. Alleyway is one of the games that is internally detected and assigned one of the predefined palettes.
First stage on Super Game Boy
Title screen on the Game Boy Color. The game also gets a palette assigned, one that is not manually selectable.