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Ale Hop!

Mix between arcade and platform game with horizontal scroll, where your mission is to guide a ball along several circuits, collecting items that increase the score or bring us some benefits, such as speed…

31 December 1988

Ale Hop! is an arcade developed by Topo Soft, released 31 December 1988 on MSX.

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What Ale Hop! is

Ale Hop! is an arcade game developed by Topo Soft and released in 1988. It is available on MSX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mix between arcade and platform game with horizontal scroll, where your mission is to guide a ball along several circuits, collecting items that increase the score or bring us some benefits, such as speed, long jumps, etc.. There is a time limit to complete each circuit, so jumping accuracy is key to advance in the game.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ale Hop! launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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When did Ale Hop! come out?
Ale Hop! was released on 31 December 1988 for MSX.

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