Sega takes a trip down Aliens Vs Predator memory lane, unearthing this little gem from Capcom that probably should have stayed earthed. It’s time to hunt!
Sega’s blog post starts with the first Alien film and keeps going, covering the Atari 2600 game, the Atari Jaguar port of AvP, and this Final Fight clone from Capcom, in which the Predators arrive on Earth just in time to help giant cyborg and cute scrappy girl cleanse the planet of its infestation.
If Capcom tried to release this game today, the pure ire from the assembled Aliens Vs Predator fans of the internet would spontaneously combust the entire company. Those were indeed the good old days.
Aliens: A Retrospective [Sega Blogs]
tsengan
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 8:59 AMBrilliant! I’ll happily admit that I’d play it if released.
Andrew Klahn
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:58 AMah played this on mame awhile back …:)
Weresmurf
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 11:03 AMMan, I have that on Mame, I bust it out every couple of months and play it through to completion. There’s no way it’s a bad game. No rose coloured glasses or anything. It’s not a GREAT game, but as far as beatemups go, it’s one of the far better ones from the 90s. Mike, did you actually play this back then or did you steer clear of it???
Steven Bogos
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 1:06 PMYeah, what’s with the hate for this game? I’ve got it on Mame and it’s definatley one of the best brawlers
Brendan
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 2:42 PMYeah, this was one of the best beat’em ups back then, man. Such a large amount of enemies on screen for back in the day, not to mention some slick animation and cool power ups.
If you want a shitty AvP game then look no further than the one on SNES. Was as clunky as the original Mortal Kombat and boring as shit.
Jonathon Tree
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 3:49 PMAgreed. This game was awesomely fun! Why so much hate?
FinalAtomicBuster
Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 8:35 PMThe game had an awesome combo engine too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgZTIqr4OA