Alien Syndrome
Alien Syndrome
Alien Syndrome
Alien Syndrome

Alien Syndrome

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A time bomb is ticking, your comrades are trapped somewhere on a ship crawling with aliens, and the exit will not open until you find them. Alien Syndrome builds its whole design around that pressure, and Sega's 1987 arcade hit brought a horror-movie atmosphere to the overhead shooter that few games of its day could match, with organic corridors and grotesque guardians that wear their debt to the Alien films openly.

Each level drops you into an infested ship with the bomb already set. You sweep the maze-like decks, blasting through waves of creatures and freeing a set number of captured comrades; once enough are safe, the exit opens and the level's guardian waits on the other side. Beat that monster before the clock runs out and you move on to the next ship. Every second spent doubling back is a second off the timer, so learning efficient routes through each deck becomes the real skill.

The arcade original starred two soldiers, Ricky and Mary, and the Master System version brings their mission home as a one-player campaign. It came out in Japan in late 1987 and reached North America in 1988, and it went on to become one of the console's best-selling titles, with magazines such as Sega Pro and Console XS scoring it 85 percent. For a lot of Master System owners, it was a first taste of creeping sci-fi dread, years before survival horror had a name.

Sega returned to the name with an all-new Alien Syndrome on Wii and PSP in 2007, but the 8-bit version is where most home players first fought their way through those ships. Its blend of rescue run, ticking clock and boss fight makes every attempt feel like a race, and it plays best exactly as it did then, on a Master System with the lights turned down.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1987
Publisher
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Players
Single player

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