FDS Longplay [030] Aliens: Alien 2 (Prototype)

Played by: KAGE-008

A lost masterpiece from SquareSoft that was cancelled right before its release, though a MSX version was officially released. Some of the tricks are performed by using bizarre key combos, to pass through the 'impossible' wall in level 1 you need to hold A and Up to do a somersault. And to enter those narrow tunnels: pressing A repeatedly while holding left or right, making the character to crouch.

The game itself is pretty short, four levels and you're practically done.

00:00 - Start
00:50 - Overworld
03:50 - Laboratory Level 1
06:33 - Level 1 Boss
07:21 - Laboratory Level 2
10:16 - Level 2 Boss
10:50 - Laboratory Level 3
13:43 - Level 3 Boss
14:17 - Underground
16:45 - Final Boss
17:20 - Ending

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[ArttuTheCat]

I remember, when i was a little boy
back in the late 1980's,
my older brother bought a compilation,
FIVE STAR III (tape), for our Commodore 64,
and it also included ALIENS.

That was the first time, i knew about the ALIEN franchise.
In fact, a couple of years after i played
that game on our Commodore 64,
i figured out, it was based on a James Cameron movie - a sequel to ALIEN (1979).

The Famicom game of ALIENS pretty retrospectively cool.

A big retrospective like 👍🕹️ from
Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮.

😺👍🕹️

[noside.foxhound]

I remember watching this game but for the MSX.

[nzyt]

There was a time when Mr. Nobuo Uematsu, who later became famous as a composer of the Final Fantasy series, also made such songs (off course, these aren't bad either).

[kennyaustin]

This is basically the same game as the MSX version but with better graphics and sound.

[outpostorange]

The sound when she goes through doors is so Color Dreams like

[OtomoTenzi]

That seriously looks like a really fun game...
Why didn't they port this on the NES or SMS?
This game would've sold like MILLIONS of copies; considering how popular the Alien franchise was!
It definitely looks like alot more fun than the trash that is Alien 3.

[TheAxelay]

Pretty decent really for a NES er Fami disk system....Reminds me of the arcade game for some reason.

[MarionGinelsa]

I want to say “Game over, man! Game over!” But is it really a “game over” if you complete the game? Serious question.

[VahanNisanian]

Square would have had another game to their FDS catalog along with Worldrunner and Cursed Treasure of Cleopatra if this had gotten released. Anybody know if the music follows James Horner’s score.

[Metallic-Sun]

Looks like it's being played on a Super Gameboy.

[VirusHunter]

i know acid blood is an important part of xeno lore but I don't think it works well as a mechanic in a 2d run n gun