Aldynes

{{More citations needed|date=September 2023}} {{Short description|1991 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Aldynes | image = PC Engine SuperGrafx Aldynes cover art.jpg | developer = Produce! | publisher = Hudson Soft | director = Shinji Imada | producer = Masaki Kobayashi | designer = Jun Kusaka | programmer = Toshiyuki Suzuki | composer = Keita Hoshi | platforms = SuperGrafx | released = {{vgrelease|JP|February 22, 1991}} | genre = Horizontal-scrolling shooter | modes = Single-player }}

{{nihongo|'''''Aldynes'''''|オルディネス}}, full title '''''Aldynes: The Misson Code for Rage Crisis''''', is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Produce! and released on February 22, 1991, for the SuperGrafx only for Japan.<ref name="MBM105">{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-03/page/n245/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=105|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=March 1991|pages=250–251|language=ja}}</ref> The game was made available on the PlayStation Network on February 16, 2011.

==Gameplay==  {{expand section|date=June 2015}} There are 7 stages a player has to win in order to complete the game.<ref name="SHMUPS!SGa"/>

==Plot== In the year 2020, Earth suffers from a devastating alien invasion. A large mechanical planetoid suddenly emerges from space and attacks the cities of Earth without reason or communication. With all defenses annihilated, the United Nations corresponds with NASA to make a powerful space fighter known as the SWA-402 Ortega, but the fighter fails to end the war. One of the Ortega pilots, known only by his call sign Fox-A, is killed in action. His bereaved girlfriend Hiroko soon discovers his involvement in the Pandora Project which houses the Ortega's successor: the SDE-201 Aldynes. As the invaders attack the air force housing the nearly complete Aldynes, Hiroko hijacks one of the ships and throws herself into battle in hopes of getting revenge.

== Reception == {{Video game reviews | CP = 93%<ref name="CPSGa">{{cite magazine|author1=F. Orlans|author2=J.B. Aerstut|url=https://archive.org/details/Console_Plus_Numero_000/page/136/mode/2up|title=Supergraphx Review: Aldynes|magazine={{ill|Consoles +|lt=Consoles +|fr|Consoles +}}|type=Hors-Série|publisher={{ill|Mondadori France|lt=Éditions Mondiales S.A.|fr|Mondadori France}}|date=July–August 1991|page= |pages=136–137|language=fr}}</ref> | Fam = 7/10, 6/10, 7/10, 5/10<ref name="FamSGa">{{cite magazine|title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー: オルディネス|magazine=Famitsu|issue=124|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=March 8, 1991|page=18|language=ja}} ([http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7223 Transcription] by Famitsu.com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030073126/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7223|date=2015-10-30}}).</ref> | GPCE = 90/100, 85/100, 85/100,<br/>85/100, 85/100<ref name="GPCESGa">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/gekkan-pc-engine-issue-30-march-1991/Gekkan%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Issue%2030%20-%20March%201991/page/n117/mode/1up|title=発売直前 REVIEW: オルディネス|magazine={{ill|Gekkan PC Engine|lt=Gekkan PC Engine|ja|月刊PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=3|publisher=Shogakukan|date=March 1991|page=120|language=ja}}</ref> | Gen4 = 81%<ref name="GenSGa">{{cite magazine|last=Ladoire|first=Frank|url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-032/page/n48/mode/1up|title=Console: Aldynes|magazine={{ill|Génération 4|lt=Génération 4|fr|Gen4}}|issue=32|publisher=Pressimage|date=April 1991|page=90|language=fr}}</ref> | JS = 90%<ref name="JSSGa">{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick015/page/n125/mode/1up|title=Consoles News: Aldynes|magazine=Joystick|issue=15|publisher=Sipress|date=April 1991|page=126|language=fr}}</ref> | MPCE = 6/10, 7/10, 7/10, 7/10<ref name="MPCESGa">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/marukatsu-pc-engine-volume-27-march-1991/Marukatsu%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Volume%2027%20-%20March%201991/page/119/mode/1up|title=新作ソフトお毒味チャート: オルディネス|magazine={{ill|Marukatsu PC Engine|lt=Marukatsu PC Engine|ja|マル勝PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=3|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=March 1991|page=119|language=ja}}</ref> | PO = 87%<ref name="POSGa">{{cite magazine|last=Scamps|first=Olivier|url=https://archive.org/details/playerone-magazine-008/page/n38/mode/1up|title=Tests de Jeux: Aldynes|magazine={{ill|Player One (magazine)|lt=Player One|fr|Player One}}|issue=8|publisher={{ill|Média Système Édition|lt=Média Système Édition|fr|Média Système Édition}}|date=April 1991|page=43|language=fr}}</ref> | TILT = 18/20<ref name="TILTSGa">{{cite magazine|last=Hermellin|first=François|url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt090/page/n65/mode/2up|title=Hits: Aldynes|magazine=Tilt|issue=90|publisher={{ill|Mondadori France|lt=Éditions Mondiales S.A.|fr|Mondadori France}}|date=May 1991|pages=66–68|language=fr}}</ref> | rev1 = ''Hippon Super!'' | rev1Score = 7/10<ref name="HSSGa">{{cite magazine|last=Kitamakura|first=Take|url=https://archive.org/details/hippon-super-march-1991-03-600dpi-ozidual/Hippon%20Super%201991%2003%20%28J%20OCR%29/page/n36/mode/1up|title=TV Game Broad-Way PC: オルディネス (SG専用)|magazine={{ill|Hippon Super!|lt=Hippon Super!|ja|ファミコン必勝本#HiPPON SUPER!、必本スーパー!（1991〜1995）}}|volume=6|issue=3|publisher=JICC Publishing Bureau|date=March 4, 1991|page=35|language=ja}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Micro News'' | rev2Score = 5/6<ref name="MicroNewsSGa">{{cite magazine|last=Allain|first=Sylvain|url=https://archive.org/details/micro-news-46/page/86/mode/1up|title=Tops & Softs Consoles: Aldynes|magazine={{ill|Micro News|lt=Micro News|fr|Micro News}}|issue=46|publisher={{ill|Publications Georges Ventillard|lt=Publications Georges Ventillard|fr|Publications Georges Ventillard}}|date=April 1991|page=86|language=fr}}</ref> | rev3 =''Super Gaming'' | rev3Score = 9/10, 8/10, 9/10<ref name="SuperGamingSGa">{{cite magazine|author1=Mike|author2=Ken|author3=Samrye|url=https://archive.org/details/super-gaming-issue-2-fall-1991/page/10/mode/1up|title=Super Reviews: Aldynes|magazine=Super Gaming|issue=2|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=Fall 1991|page=10}}</ref> }} {{Expand section|date=January 2025}} ''Aldynes'' received generally favorable reviews from critics.<ref name="SHMUPS!SGa">{{cite web|last=McPherson|first=Ian|url=http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/aldynes/index.html|title=Review Archive: Aldynes|work=SHMUPS!|publisher=GameSpy|year=2004|access-date=2025-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010101913/http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/aldynes/index.html|archive-date=2004-10-10|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GameFanv1i3">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_1_Issue_03/page/n73/mode/2up|title=The Graveyard|magazine=GameFan|volume=1|issue=3|publisher=DieHard Gamers Club|date=January 1993|pages=74–75}}</ref><ref name="IGv1i7">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/intelligent-gamer-issue-07-december-1996/page/n109/mode/1up|title=Nostalgia: NEC's PC Engine SuperGrafx|magazine=Intelligent Gamer|volume=1|issue=7|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=April 1996|page=114}}</ref><ref name="RetroGame3">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/retro-game-n-01-n04/RetroGame%202006%20n03/page/n107/mode/1up|title=NEC Reviews! World of PC Engine|magazine={{ill|Retro Game (magazine)|lt=Retro Game|fr|GameFan (magazine français)#Présentation et historique}}|issue=3|publisher=Japan Culture Press|date=April 2006|pages=106–109|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="PCECG">{{cite book|chapter=PCエンジンソフト完全カタログ 1991年|title=PC Engine Complete Guide 1987-1999|series=Nostalgic Game Console Encyclopedia|volume=1|publisher=Standards|date=June 15, 2018|page=94|language=ja|isbn=9784866362670}}</ref> The game received a score of 19.56 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by ''PC Engine Fan'', ranking among SuperGrafxand PC Engine titles at the number 360 spot.<ref name="PCEFv6i10">{{cite magazine|title=PC Engine All Catalog '93 10月号特別付録|magazine=PC Engine Fan|volume=6|issue=10|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=October 1, 1993|page=72|language=ja}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130430232611/http://www.hudson.jp/pcea/jpn/title/aldynes.html Hudson PlayStation Store Entry] *[http://www.mobygames.com/game/supergrafx/aldynes-the-mission-code-for-rage-crisis ''Aldynes''] at MobyGames

Category:1991 video games Category:Horizontally scrolling shooters Category:Hudson Soft games Category:Japan-exclusive video games Category:Fiction about NASA Category:PlayStation Network games Category:Produce! games Category:Science fiction video games Category:Single-player video games Category:SuperGrafx games Category:Video games about alien invasions Category:Video games developed in Japan Category:Video games featuring female protagonists Category:Video games set in 2020