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Alien Arena

Alien Arena was developed by Duncan Brown in 1984 to run on the classic Williams hardware. It is a "capture the flag" style game with a number of interesting twists.

31 December 1985

Alien Arena is an arcade, released 31 December 1985 on Arcade.

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What Alien Arena is

Alien Arena was released in 1985. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Alien Arena was developed by Duncan Brown in 1984 to run on the classic Williams hardware. It is a "capture the flag" style game with a number of interesting twists.
Description from the publisher · source

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.

What it launched against

Alien Arena launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Alien Arena come out?
Alien Arena was released on 31 December 1985 for Arcade.

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