Aliens: The Computer Game (Software Studios)
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For the Activision game, see Aliens: The Computer Game (Activision).
| Aliens: The Computer Game | |
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 Cover art of Commodore 64 version |
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| Developer(s) | Software Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Electric Dreams Software; re-released by Ricochet (UK), Proein Soft Line (Spain) |
| Designer(s) | Mark Eyles |
| Release date(s) |  December 31, 1986 December 31, 1987 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, side-scrolling video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum |
| Media | Cassette |
| Input | Keyboard, Joystick |
Aliens: The Computer Game is a first-person shooter video game released in 1987 and based on the second film in the Alien film series. A game developed by Activision is also called Aliens: The Computer Game. While the Activision game consists of six minigames based on the movie, the Software Studios game is based solely on action and is much simpler.
Aliens: The Computer Game was the first home computer game to use digitised images in cut scenes.[1]
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| MSX (1986) | ZX Spectrum (1986) | ||||||
[edit] External links
- Aliens at MobyGames
- Aliens at World of Spectrum
- Aliens at Lemon 64
- Information on the Amstrad CPC release
