Alien

Alien is an action video game released by 20th Century Fox Video Games for the Atari 2600 in 1982. The first video game in the Aliens and Predators series and a video game adaption of the 1979 film, Aliens, this game is commonly referred to as a better port of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600. This game centers around a spaceship pilot trying to crush alien eggs scattered around in his spacecraft, Nostromo, while dodging hatched aliens that are off to devour him.
== Gameplay ==
The objective of the game is to crush all the eggs, littered throughout a maze (the corridors of his spaceship), while avoiding bloodthirsty monsters that follow his every moves. Any contact from these aliens result in losing one life. A flamethrower may be picked up and used; the flamethrower will kill aliens and has a five-second limit. The flamethrower can be picked up anytime, as it will retire to its original spot. A glowing light may be used to make the aliens vulnerable to attack, and making contact with them after activated this item will send them back to their base. After every egg has been crushed, the player will be transported to a minigame that requires the player to navigate through a vertical alley filled with multiple monsters. The audio of the repeating noise will play faster as time runs out, and time running out also results in a life being lost, and the player is warped to the maze portion again. Also passing the alley without contact results in the warping to the maze game.
Category:Games released in 1982
Category:Games released on the Atari 2600