Alien (Atari 2600)


Alien is a 1982 maze video game for the Atari 2600 published by 20th Century Fox. Based on the 1979 film, Alien is a maze game written by Doug Neubauer, but credited in the packaging as "Dallas North." Neubauer is best known for 1979's Star Raiders. Alien for the Atari 2600 is first officially licensed game of the Alien film series.

Gameplay

The player controls a member of the human crew pursued by three aliens in the hallways of a ship. The goal is to destroy the alien eggs laid in the hallways. The player is armed with a flamethrower which can temporarily immobilize the aliens. Additionally, "pulsars" occasionally appear which turn the tables, allowing the human to overpower the aliens.