Aliens: Alien 2
Aliens: Alien 2 is an arcade platformer (or run'n'gun if you like) featuring Ripley on a planet infested with aliens. Armed with only a basic gun at first, she faces facehuggers that come out of alien eggs…
Aliens: Alien 2 is an arcade developed by Square, released 31 December 1987 on Family Computer Disk System and MSX.
What Aliens: Alien 2 is
Aliens: Alien 2 is an arcade game developed by Square and released in 1987. It is available on Family Computer Disk System and MSX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Aliens: Alien 2 is an arcade platformer (or run'n'gun if you like) featuring Ripley on a planet infested with aliens. Armed with only a basic gun at first, she faces facehuggers that come out of alien eggs. After having dispatched a face hugger, the egg may be shot to reveal an item. Items may be hand grenades, stronger guns or wing items which make her jump longer. The game was scheduled for release in 1987, but was canceled. The prototype was leaked onto the internet in 2009.
How it plays
It is played from a side view 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
Aliens: Alien 2 is the fifth of 76 entries we hold in the Alien series. The next entry was Aliens in 1990.
What it launched against
Aliens: Alien 2 launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
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