Alien Trilogy
Alien Trilogy takes many elements from Alien film series, such as face huggers, chest bursters, dog aliens, adult aliens, and Queen aliens. The video game consists of 30 levels and 3 Queen alien bosses. This…
Alien Trilogy is a shooter developed by Probe Entertainment, released 29 February 1996 on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega 32X and Sega CD.
What Alien Trilogy is
Alien Trilogy is a shooter game developed by Probe Entertainment and released in 1996. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega 32X, Sega CD, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the role of Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, the player experiences a story loosely derived from the first three films of the Alien franchise. Aside from occasional CGI cut scenes, the plot is told through text-based mission briefings that guide the player through an expanded, action-oriented story, drawing upon the settings and characters of the then-trilogy rather than through the specific plots of the films themselves. The game begins in essentially the same manner as Aliens, as Ripley—here a marine herself—travels to LV426 to restore contact with the colony there. The other marines are wiped out, so Ripley must then travel through the infested colony and prison facility, and finally the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Alien series
Alien Trilogy is the 19th of 76 entries we hold in the Alien series. It arrived 9 months after Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure. The next entry was Aliens Online in 1998. Its critic score of 80 is 10 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Alien: Rogue Incursion at 90.
How it was received
Alien Trilogy holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Alien Trilogy launched on 29 February 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Kirby Super Star. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Kirby Super Star.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Alien Trilogy yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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