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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: The Abyss – Incident At Europa
January 4th, 2015 Michael Crisman “The Abyss” is the one film from James Cameron’s past everybody forgets about until someone else brings it up, and to be honest I like it fine that way. It’s one of my favorites, but at the same time I can’t say I watch it more than once every few years, mainly because the special […]
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Aliens, Buxom Women, Fisticuffs, Round One with Criticom on Playstation: Today in History- November 29th, 1996
November 29th, 2014 Michael Crisman Today in retro gaming, we acknowledge the release of Kronos Digital’s not-so-gripping fighting game of not-so-epic proportions with an ad more exciting than the game it advertises. How does this sort of thing keep happening?
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Posted in News, Sony Tags: 3d, aliens, criticom, fighting, kronos digital, playstation, ps1, psone, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogaming, sony, tekken, vic tokai, video game, videogame No Comments »
New Game: Battle Tank 3D Released for the ZX Spectrum
November 28th, 2014 Carl Williams The ZX Spectrum has been getting quite a bit of love from homebrew developers lately. Take Battle Tank 3D for example which is basically a 3rd person take on the classic Battlezone game. Gabriele Amore has taken the daunting task of making something original on the Spectrum (think just how hard that is) and came […]
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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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Alien Front Online was Multiplayer Before it was Cool – August 9th, 2001 – Today in Video Game History
August 9th, 2014 Carl Williams Alien Front Online was the gamification of yet another Sega screw up. This game was probably one of the worst launches in history. The Dreamcast has been discontinued about half a year prior to this being released. It did offer free to play on on-line servers which meant crappy options. Sega didn’t help the matter […]
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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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Aliens vs. Predator Takes Capcom into Deep Space – May 20th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
May 19th, 2014 Carl Williams Wow, has it really been 20 years since Capcom took on the Aliens vs Predator license? This is one of the better brawlers from this era. Very much worthy of being played if you can track down a cabinet. This one never came home, no, the SNES game by Activision doesn’t count. This is Capcom […]
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New Game: Cascade for Sega Genesis
March 10th, 2014 Carl Williams New puzzle games for the defunct Sega Genesis are coming left and right. Super Fighter Team are not only coming out with a repaired overhead shooter, but also a puzzle game called Cascade for the Sega Genesis.
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