"Lost" Aliens Movie Nintendo Game Found
Verfasst: Do Jan 13, 2011 13:16
"Lost" Aliens Movie Nintendo Game Found
Twenty-four years ago, a young Japanese developer called Square -- before making a name for itself with its RPG series Final Fantasy -- created a game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System based on the Aliens motion picture. The game was never released, but a copy of it recently surfaced online, giving us a glimpse at the game previously assumed to be lost forever.
As most licensed games of the time tended to be, Aliens - Alien 2 was a side-scrolling platform game. Players controlled film protagonist Ripley across five levels as she jumped over obstacles, shot up bad guys, and avoided various hazards on her quest to save Newt, which she does after enduring a final boss battle.
The game was actually coded for the Famicom Disk System, a disk drive add-on that was never made available for the American Nintendo Entertainment System, which is why you will occasionally see loading screens in the videos in this story.
This game is not completely unreleased, as a slightly more enhanced version of it is available for the MSX computer, but it is still interesting to see what may have been on the NES. The videos here show a complete playthrough of the game in just under 13 minutes, including the two secret exits I was able to find.
Quelle & Videos: http://www.1up.com/news/lost-aliens-movie-nintendo-game
Twenty-four years ago, a young Japanese developer called Square -- before making a name for itself with its RPG series Final Fantasy -- created a game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System based on the Aliens motion picture. The game was never released, but a copy of it recently surfaced online, giving us a glimpse at the game previously assumed to be lost forever.
As most licensed games of the time tended to be, Aliens - Alien 2 was a side-scrolling platform game. Players controlled film protagonist Ripley across five levels as she jumped over obstacles, shot up bad guys, and avoided various hazards on her quest to save Newt, which she does after enduring a final boss battle.
The game was actually coded for the Famicom Disk System, a disk drive add-on that was never made available for the American Nintendo Entertainment System, which is why you will occasionally see loading screens in the videos in this story.
This game is not completely unreleased, as a slightly more enhanced version of it is available for the MSX computer, but it is still interesting to see what may have been on the NES. The videos here show a complete playthrough of the game in just under 13 minutes, including the two secret exits I was able to find.
Quelle & Videos: http://www.1up.com/news/lost-aliens-movie-nintendo-game