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Alien Addition

Alien Addition is an educational game that mixes maths problems with the gameplay of a shoot 'em up. The player controls a cannon left and right along the bottom of the screen and has to shoot down the aliens…

31 December 1982

Alien Addition is a puzzle developed by Educational Information Systems, released 31 December 1982 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Texas Instruments TI-99.

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What Alien Addition is

Alien Addition is a puzzle game developed by Educational Information Systems and released in 1982. It was published by Developmental Learning Materials. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Texas Instruments TI-99.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Alien Addition is an educational game that mixes maths problems with the gameplay of a shoot 'em up. The player controls a cannon left and right along the bottom of the screen and has to shoot down the aliens space ships that appear above him. There are five ships in a row and they slowly begin descending down the screen. Each ship has a maths problem written on it and to shoot it down the player has to enter the correct answer for the ship above him. The player is destroyed if any ship reaches the bottom. The game otherwise runs for a fixed time which can be customized by the player. Other customization options include skill level (1 to 9) and problem range (3, 6 or 9).
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, educational and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Alien Addition launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Alien Addition come out?
Alien Addition was released on 31 December 1982 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Texas Instruments TI-99.

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