Alleyway
Alleyway is a 1989 GB, 3DS, Switch game by |Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems.
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About the game
Alleyway is a basic Breakout variant. As Mario, the player must control a "podship" and deflect the ball towards the mass of blocks. Hitting a block will either weaken or destroy it. Once all the blocks are destroyed, the level is complete.
The game uses a small number of repeating tables along with twists such as horizontal rotation, periodical vertical drop of the entire mass of blocks, etc.
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Facts
- First released
- 1989-04-21
- Developers
- |Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Genres
- Action, Arcade, Paddle / Pong
- Ratings
- MobyGames score 5.8 (49 votes) · MobyGames
Covers and screenshots
Box, manual and cartridge scans
Front Cover (GB · United States) Front Cover (GB · United Kingdom) Front Cover (GB · Japan) Back Cover (GB · United States) Back Cover (GB · United Kingdom) Back Cover (GB · Japan) Media (GB · United States) Media (GB · France) Media (GB · United Kingdom) Media (GB · Canada) Media (GB · Japan) Media (GB · United Kingdom) Manual (GB · United States) Manual (GB · United States) Spine/Sides (GB · Japan) Spine/Sides (GB · Japan) Spine/Sides (GB · Japan) Spine/Sides (GB · Japan) Manual (GB · Japan) Manual (GB · Japan)
Screenshots
Title Screen (GB) Getting the ball up to the top removes more blocks (GB) Taking to long makes the roof come down a bit making it a bit harder (GB) The first bonus level is in the shape of every ones favourite fat plumber (GB) Your paddle gets smaller as the levels progress (GB) The second bonus is in the shape of the tortoise enemies from the Mario games (GB) A more harder pattern of blocks (GB) A different pattern of blocks (GB) Game Over (GB) Title screen on Super Game Boy. Alleyway is one of the games that is internally detected and assigned one of the predefined palettes. (GB) First stage on Super Game Boy (GB) Title screen on the Game Boy Color. The game also gets a palette assigned, one that is not manually selectable. (GB) First stage on Game Boy Color (GB)
Releases
| Platform | Released | Regions | Publishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB | 1989-04-21 | JP, north-america, pal | Nintendo |
| 3DS | 2011-06-06 | — | — |
| Switch | 2024-05-15 | — | — |
Barcodes
- 0045496730017
- 4902370500905
Where this comes from
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- MobyGames · MobyGames API terms · retrieved 2026-11-10
- Wikipedia game list · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-11-05
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