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Super Alien

Super Alien is a single-screen action game. The player moves through the maze and can place traps on the floor. When a monster walks into it, it becomes trapped and the player can kill it by filling in the…

31 December 1982

Super Alien is an arcade developed by Commodore GmbH, released 31 December 1982 on Commodore VIC-20.

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What Super Alien is

Super Alien is an arcade game developed by Commodore GmbH and released in 1982. It is available on Commodore VIC-20 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Super Alien is a single-screen action game. The player moves through the maze and can place traps on the floor. When a monster walks into it, it becomes trapped and the player can kill it by filling in the hole. Each defeated monster rewards points while touching them results in a life loss. The maze is shown from the usual top-down perspective, but the characters have a side-view.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Super Alien launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Super Alien come out?
Super Alien was released on 31 December 1982 for Commodore VIC-20.

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