Alien

Information

Platform: Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, ZX Spectrum
Release Date: 1984
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Argus Press Software
Developer: Concept Software

Description

An alien is lurking somewhere within the spaceship Nostromo. The alien has hatched from the body of one of the seven crew members on board, but can the other six crew members kill it in time, before the ship returns to Earth or their oxygen supply runs out? This is a strategy game, and there is more than one way to complete the game. You can kill the alien using the weapons scattered throughout the ship, which is rather tricky; you can try to entice it to enter one of the airlocks and then hurl it into outer space; or you can rescue the ship’s cat, Jones, set the auto-destruct sequence, get at least three crew members into the lifeboat, the Narcissus, and escape. The choice is yours. Thankfully, there’s a short, easy scenario to let you learn the mechanics of the game. It’s one of those games that takes time to learn, but the effort is worth it.

Screenshots

Screenshots from the Commodore 64 Version.

Links

Information – On Alien Legend
Information – On Wikipedia