Aliens (1990 video game)
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Aliens
Gameplay
Aliens is primarily a side-scrolling shooter in which the player must defend against various
Release
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The arcade game made its worldwide debut at the Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) in London, United Kingdom.[2][3] In Japan, it was exhibited at AOU in February 1990,[1] and then received a wide release in March 1990.[4] It made its North American debut at Chicago's American Coin Machine Exposition (ACME) the same month.[5]
Reception
Publication | Score |
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CU Amiga | 44%[7] |
Power Play | Positive[12] |
In North America, Alien was declared the best new conversion kit at the ACME show by RePlay magazine and several distributors.[5] It went on to win a Silver award from the American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA) for sales achievement in 1990, making it Konami's second best-selling arcade game that year after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[13] In Japan, Game Machine listed Aliens on their April 15, 1990 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[14]
Upon release in arcades, Aliens was met with mostly positive reception from reviewers.
More than a decade and a half later, Retro Gamer editor-in-chief Darran Jones praised it as a "superb" game.[17] In a more reserved opinion, Stephen Kleckner of VentureBeat included Aliens in his list of "must-play" Alien franchise games, but wrote it "is competent and entertaining for a quarter sucker, but it lacks the creative push in gameplay found in other entries on this list."[18] Den of Geek's Ryan Lambie described it as "one of the best Alien games ever."[19]
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References
- ^ a b "Overseas Readers Column: Many Videos Unveiled At AOU Expo '90 Chiba" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 377. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 April 1990. p. 26.
- ^ a b Openshaw, Mary (March 1990). "ATEI '90: major international show rings in new year with good spread of new products". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 6. pp. 126–32.
- ^ a b Kelly, Sean (March 1990). "Dosh Eaters: Arcade Expo - A.T.E.I. Show Special". Zero. No. 5. Dennis Publishing. p. 75.
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- ^ a b c "ACME: New Product Review". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 7. April 1990. pp. 50–72.
- ^ "Aliens Merchandise". Jamescamerononline.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ EMAP. March 1990. pp. 86–87. Archivedfrom the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
- ^ All Media Network. Archivedfrom the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ Newsfield Publications. p. 9.
- ^ EMAP. p. 76. Archivedfrom the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
- ^ Newsfield Publications. p. 40.
- ^ a b Gaksch, Martin; Lenhardt, Heinrich (April 1990). "Power Tests / Automatenspiele: Aliens". Power Play (in German). No. 25. Future Verlag. p. 130.
- ^ "Cover Story: It's Arrived! Konami Ships Simpsons Video". RePlay. Vol. 16, no. 8. May 1991. pp. 103–4.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 378. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 April 1990. p. 25.
- EMAP. March 1990. p. 62.
- EMAP. April 1990. p. 56.
- ^ Jones, Darran (March 2007). "Retro Revival: Aliens". Retro Gamer. No. 35. Imagine Publishing. pp. 16–17.
- ^ Kleckner, Stephen (7 October 2014). "Games of the Alien series, Part 2: The 'must play' edition". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ Lambie, Ryan (26 April 2018). "Aliens: Konami's Arcade Game Is Still Amazing - In 1990, Konami made an arcade-only scrolling shooter based on James Cameron's Aliens. It's one of the best Alien games ever". Den of Geek. Dennis Publishing. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-15.