Alien
Fox Video Games made the first leap into licensing the Alien property for video games with what was essentially a Pac-Man clone skinned with elements from the 1979 film. Players controlled a human collecting…
Alien is an arcade developed by Fox Video Games, Inc., released 1 November 1982 on Atari 2600.
What Alien is
Alien is an arcade game developed by Fox Video Games, Inc. and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Fox Video Games made the first leap into licensing the Alien property for video games with what was essentially a Pac-Man clone skinned with elements from the 1979 film. Players controlled a human collecting Alien eggs (dots) and small planet and spaceship symbols (fruits) in a maze abroad the USCSS Nostromo while avoiding Alien drones (ghosts). Drones could be killed by shooting them with a flamethrower or collecting symbols that would stun them (flashing dots).
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Alien series
Alien is the first of 76 entries we hold in the Alien series. The next entry was Alien in 1984.
What it launched against
Alien launched on 1 November 1982, within three weeks of Q*bert, The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot and Millipede.
Released around the same time: Q*bert, The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot, Millipede.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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