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Alleyway (1989)

Intelligent Systems, Nintendo, Nintendo R&D1

Game Boy · Nintendo 3DS

3.11 from 70 ratings

174 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 28 backlogged · 8 wish listed

Interstellar ping-pong with a deadly energy ball! Your spaceship is at the gate of the Alleyway. Use your vessel to repel the energy ball. Atomize space grids with your return shots. Destroy the entire field and move on to even more challenging targets. You're in command in the Alleyway!
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Details

Developers
Intelligent Systems, Nintendo, Nintendo R&D1
Publishers
Nintendo, Playtronic
Genres
Arcade, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Science fiction

Release dates

  • Apr 21, 1989 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy
  • Aug 11, 1989 (Full Release) (North_America) Game Boy
  • Sep 28, 1990 (Full Release) (Europe) Game Boy
  • Jun 06, 2011 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jun 07, 2011 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Aug 03, 2011 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
  • Jun 01, 2016 (Full Release) (Korea) Nintendo 3DS
  • TBD (Full Release) (Brazil) Game Boy

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Rating distribution

5 stars
2
4 stars
19
3 stars
36
2 stars
11
1 star
2
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Community All Reviews Statuses

Roach

Review Roach 4/5 · Oct 7, 2025

Mario Breakout

One of the launch titles for the Game Boy, Alleyway is a clone of Breakout, a Namco arcade game, but has several new features original to this version with some editions featuring Mario as the protagonist.

This is a brick breaker game where the objective is to clear all the bricks on each of the 24 levels. The …

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One of the launch titles for the Game Boy, Alleyway is a clone of Breakout, a Namco arcade game, but has several new features original to this version with some editions featuring Mario as the protagonist.

This is a brick breaker game where the objective is to clear all the bricks on each of the 24 levels. The bricks are arranged in various shapes with bonus stages referencing Super Mario Bros. characters. It is a very simple game that I didn't find very difficult but I still resorted to save scumming so I wouldn't have to start over. There were some hilarious moments of the ball being uncooperative.

Overall this is a very simple and casual experience that I had a lot of fun with.

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Yungbeck

Review Yungbeck 3/5 · Oct 18, 2021

Game Boys Breakout Title

One of the greatest time wasters for the original Game Boy. Growing up, many long car trips and days spent on the beach was saved by a bag of AA batteries and my copy of Alleyway. It's a classic version of Breakout/Arkanoid/etc, it has all the different levels, a great soundtrack and the difficulty curve is even and timeless. You'd …

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One of the greatest time wasters for the original Game Boy. Growing up, many long car trips and days spent on the beach was saved by a bag of AA batteries and my copy of Alleyway. It's a classic version of Breakout/Arkanoid/etc, it has all the different levels, a great soundtrack and the difficulty curve is even and timeless. You'd also get better over time and make it a few levels further each session, which makes it great for all ages to just pick up and play instantly. My dad stole our Game Boy a lot when he realised we owned this game. This and Dr. Mario was his jam...

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nokobon

Status nokobon Feb 1, 2020

Just completed my third - and probably last - playthrough of this game. Nothing like a nice long retrogaming session to take your mind of the woes of the world.

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juicetown

Status juicetown Jul 10, 2016

my challenge is to Complete every Original Game boy game by Release date, starting with oldest. This is number 1

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