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One of iD Software’s initial ideas for Doom was to make a first-person shooter set in the world of James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’. When a licensing deal couldn’t be worked out between iD and 20th Century Fox, Carmack and Romero’s team fell back on a more generic ‘space marine kills everything’ setting, and an FPS classic […]
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Revenge of the License: Alien Trilogy
October 16th, 2016 
Michael Crisman 
Revenge of the License: 2600 Trilogy of Terror!
October 18th, 2015 Michael Crisman Whassup all my retro gamer bro-dawgs? It’s October, in case you hadn’t noticed, and round these parts, October mandates that gamers start rounding up the carts and discs with a decidedly creepier theme to them. We at Retro Gaming Magazine are happy to admit we’re not immune to this infectious desire to splatter some blocky […]
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Prototype: New Version of Alien vs Predator Found for Atari Lynx
March 8th, 2015 Carl Williams This is interesting news to say the least. The Atari Lynx was Atari’s, only, hand held device to be released and, depending on who you ask, it was a horrible failure for the company. We did see some great games for it though, games that, honestly, should have done better and could have had Atari […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: alien, alien vs predator, atari, AVP, first person shooter, fps, hand held, lynx, portable, predator, retro, retro game, retrogaming 2 Comments »
Revenge of the License: Alien vs. Predator
September 28th, 2014 Michael Crisman (Update: Holy crap–a massive shout-out to our readers who have been sharing this article via Flipboard. You guys have made this the most-read installment of this column by a huge margin! Thank you from all of us at RGM!) If the last two weeks of reading this column have left you feeling like the licensed […]
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Thunder Force II Brings Arcade Quality Scrolling Shooter Action to Sega Genesis – August 14, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
August 14th, 2014 Carl Williams Scrolling shooter fans were well served with the Sega Genesis and right out of the gate they got Thunder Force II from Sega/Technosoft. Thunder Force II would have been at home in the arcades if it was released there. Interestingly, Sega really covered several genres with the launch of the Genesis. The only missed obvious […]
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Forgotten Classic – Alien Brigade (7800)
July 20th, 2014 Michael Crisman Yes, we know, technically the entirety of the Atari 7800 library could be considered a forgotten classic thanks to the Nintendo Entertainment System juggernaut steamrolling Atari like a patch of wet asphalt in the US. But while Atari’s systems are known for a voluminous amount of shovel-ware, digging through the crap will occasionally yield a […]
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