Alien 8
Alien 8 is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play The Game. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC and MSX in 1985.[a] The game is a spiritual successor to…
Alien 8 is a platform developed by Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd., released 1 February 1985 on Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
What Alien 8 is
Alien 8 is a platform game developed by Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd. and released in 1985. It was published by Ultimate Play the Game. It is available on Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Alien 8 is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play The Game. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC and MSX in 1985.[a] The game is a spiritual successor to the best-selling Knight Lore, which was lauded by critics for its isometric graphics. In the game, the player takes control of a robot, Alien 8, whose job is to ensure that all of the cryogenically frozen passengers on board a starship remain viable during the ship's voyage. The game was written by Chris Stamper, and graphics were designed by Tim Stamper. Alien 8 uses the same image masking technique as Knight Lore, which allows the developers to create composite structures out of…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
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