Alien 3: The Gun is a rail shooter in which the player uses a large light gun, modeled after the M41A Pulse Rifle featured in Aliens, to kill various Alien creatures such as facehuggers and soldiers, unlike the film, which featured only three Aliens (including a facehugger, an alien runner and a queen chestburster). The player controls a US Colonial Marine who is tasked with reaching the prison colony featured in the film, in order to rescue prisoners who are under attack by the Aliens. The game is played across seven levels, and features various boss enemies, including a giant facehugger. Power-ups, such as a flamethrower, are available to the player throughout the game.[1][2]
Plotedit
One or two players can take the role of a pair of United States Colonial Marines in an altered version of the film's storyline. The action begins with an escape from the spaceship Sulaco before proceeding to the surface of Fiorina 'Fury' 161, where players must take down hordes of Aliens as well as an army of Weyland-Yutani Corporation troops sent to retrieve specimens by any means necessary. Levels are based on sets from the film and take players through the Mess Hall, Infirmary, Lead Works and more. The game ends when the players defeat the unidentified man, only to be met with more troops, who soon open fire at them.
Receptionedit
In Japan, Game Machine listed Alien 3: The Gun on their November 1, 1993 issue as being the most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.[3] The game was well-received by video game critics. Retrospectively, Stephen Kleckner of GamesBeat wrote positively about Alien 3: The Gun, including it in his "must-play" list of Alien titles and opining it is better than 2006's light gun game Aliens: Extermination.[4] According to Retro Gamer, the "terrifying and glorious" Alien 3 "went leagues beyond the other shoot-'em ups, such as Lethal Enforcers."[5] Jon Thompson of All Game Guide gave it four stars out of five, calling it an "exciting" shooter "that does the movies proud, creating a horror-filled, action-packed atmosphere that should impress both die-hard and casual fans."[1]
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^ abThompson, Jon (2014-11-14). . Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
^Thompson, Jon. . AllGame. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
^"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). Amusement Press, Inc. 1 November 1993. p. 25.
^"Games of the Alien series, Part 2: The 'must play' edition | GamesBeat | Games | by Stephen Kleckner". Venturebeat.com. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
Alien 3: The Gun at The International Arcade Museum
January 01, 1970
alien, 1993, rail, shooter, arcade, game, released, sega, based, film, alien, focuses, space, marines, developer, segapublisher, segaplatform, arcaderelease1993genre, rail, shootermode, single, player, multiplayerarcade, systemsega, system, 32contents, gamepla. Alien 3 The Gun is a 1993 rail shooter arcade game released by Sega It is based on the film Alien 3 but focuses on two space Marines Alien 3 The GunDeveloper s SegaPublisher s SegaPlatform s ArcadeRelease1993Genre s Rail shooterMode s Single player multiplayerArcade systemSega System 32Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksGameplay editAlien 3 The Gun is a rail shooter in which the player uses a large light gun modeled after the M41A Pulse Rifle featured in Aliens to kill various Alien creatures such as facehuggers and soldiers unlike the film which featured only three Aliens including a facehugger an alien runner and a queen chestburster The player controls a US Colonial Marine who is tasked with reaching the prison colony featured in the film in order to rescue prisoners who are under attack by the Aliens The game is played across seven levels and features various boss enemies including a giant facehugger Power ups such as a flamethrower are available to the player throughout the game 1 2 Plot editOne or two players can take the role of a pair of United States Colonial Marines in an altered version of the film s storyline The action begins with an escape from the spaceship Sulaco before proceeding to the surface of Fiorina Fury 161 where players must take down hordes of Aliens as well as an army of Weyland Yutani Corporation troops sent to retrieve specimens by any means necessary Levels are based on sets from the film and take players through the Mess Hall Infirmary Lead Works and more The game ends when the players defeat the unidentified man only to be met with more troops who soon open fire at them Reception editIn Japan Game Machine listed Alien 3 The Gun on their November 1 1993 issue as being the most successful upright cockpit arcade unit of the month 3 The game was well received by video game critics Retrospectively Stephen Kleckner of GamesBeat wrote positively about Alien 3 The Gun including it in his must play list of Alien titles and opining it is better than 2006 s light gun game Aliens Extermination 4 According to Retro Gamer the terrifying and glorious Alien 3 went leagues beyond the other shoot em ups such as Lethal Enforcers 5 Jon Thompson of All Game Guide gave it four stars out of five calling it an exciting shooter that does the movies proud creating a horror filled action packed atmosphere that should impress both die hard and casual fans 1 References edit a b Thompson Jon 2014 11 14 Alien 3 The Gun Review allgame Archived from the original on November 14 2014 Retrieved 2015 07 22 Thompson Jon Alien 3 The Gun Overview AllGame Archived from the original on 2014 11 14 Retrieved 2016 08 17 Game Machine s Best Hit Games 25 アップライト コックピット型TVゲーム機 Upright Cockpit Videos Game Machine in Japanese Amusement Press Inc 1 November 1993 p 25 Games of the Alien series Part 2 The must play edition GamesBeat Games by Stephen Kleckner Venturebeat com 2014 10 07 Retrieved 2015 07 22 Retro Gamer issue 76 page 24 External links editAlien The Gun at MobyGames Alien 3 The Gun at The International Arcade Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alien 3 The Gun amp oldid 1210956042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
