Aliens: The Computer Game
Aliens: The Computer Game is a 1986 video game developed and published by Activision for the Commodore 64, Apple II based on the film of the same title. As Activision's UK subsidiary Electric Dreams Software…
Aliens: The Computer Game is an arcade developed by Activision, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Aliens: The Computer Game is
Aliens: The Computer Game is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 1986. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Aliens: The Computer Game is a 1986 video game developed and published by Activision for the Commodore 64, Apple II based on the film of the same title. As Activision's UK subsidiary Electric Dreams Software had independently released their own version of the game with the same title, the game was renamed for European release. Initially planned to be released as Aliens: The Second Part, it was finally published under the title Aliens: US Version with ports for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum produced by Mr Micro. Aliens is a series of six minigames strung together via graphical interactive sequences, akin to an adventure game, though the only interaction possible is advancing the dialog…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Alien series
Aliens: The Computer Game is the third of 76 entries we hold in the Alien series. It arrived 3 years after Alien. The next entry was Aliens: The Computer Game in 1987.
What it launched against
Aliens: The Computer Game launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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