General info for: Alien [#ID: 145]
Title:
Alien
Release Date:
1984
Original Publisher:
Mind Games (UK)
Creators:
John Heap (UK)
Paul Clansey (UK)
Contributors:
Stephen Frankfurt, Philip Gips
Inspiration for:
Aliens: Neoplasma
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
English
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre:
Game: Tactical Combat
Maximum Players:
1
Features:
Border Effects
Icon/Menu Driven Control
Controls:
Cursor
Interface 2 (right)
Kempston Joystick
Redefineable keys
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX:
8.99
*** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information!
Other platforms:
Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score:
70.00% (3 reviews)
Review Awards:
"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #15 - 1985/Apr page 124


Alien image, screenshot or loading screen
Alien image, screenshot or loading screen
Try our new screen viewer.
User Score
Score:
7.6
Total votes:
8
Login to rate this title.


Stats:
  10:  
  12.5% (1)
  8:  
  25% (2)
  7:  
  62.5% (5)

Main File Downloads

Spectrum Computing acknowledges the rights of copyright holders. If you would like your software removed from our preservation archive and made unavailable for download (or have any queries) please contact spectrumcomputing@outlook.com.

TZX     JSSpeccy
Mind Games (UK)
1984
Alien.tzx.zip
English
TAP     JSSpeccy    QAOP
Mind Games (UK)
1984
Alien_3.tap.zip
English
TAP     JSSpeccy    QAOP
Mind Games (UK)
1984
ALIEN(BUGFIX).tap.zip
English
v1.7
TZX     JSSpeccy
Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK)
1986
Alien(Bug-ByteSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip
English

Icons provided by Flaticon
RZX Archive

Speccy Screenshot Maps

  http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Alien

LICENCE TIE-INS / INSPIRATIONS
Origin: Tie-in Licence
Name: Alien
Type: Movie
Owner(s): 20th Century Fox (USA)
Releases

 Mind Games (UK)
1984

 Mind Games Espana S.A. (Spain)
1985
2495.00 Ptas

 Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK)
1986
£2.99
Authors/Contributors
Stephen Frankfurt (USA)  
no team 
Inlay/Poster Art
Philip Gips (USA)  
no team 
Inlay/Poster Art
Additional File Downloads

Icons provided by Flaticon
Magazine Reviews

Crash
Issue: v.1 #15 - 1985/Apr
Page: 124 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.5 #46 - 1986/Nov/13 special "week#2"
Page: 76 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair User
Issue: 1986 special "Annual 1986"
Page: 55 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 4/5

 Sinclair User
Issue: #37 - 1985/Apr
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 7/10

 Sinclair User
Issue: #58 - 1987/Jan
Page: 50 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 3/5

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #13 - 1985/Apr
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 ZX Computing
Issue: #20 - 1985/Aug
Page: 38 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Magazine References

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #42 - 1985/Apr
Page: 5 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #13 - 1985/Feb
Page: 56 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #15 - 1985/Apr
Page: 125 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map

 Games Computing
Issue: 1985/Feb
Page: 57 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Games of the Films

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #89 - 1984/Nov/20 special "week#3"
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #90 - 1984/Nov/27 special "week#4"
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoEntry

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #93 - 1984/Dec/18 special "week#3"
Page: 6 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note - Helping hotline

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #98 - 1985/Feb/5 special "week#1"
Page: 5 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: CompoResult

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #40 - 1984/Oct/4 special "week#1"
Page: 5 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 SSD-II
Issue: 1999/Sep
Page: 0
Article Type: Information

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #13 - 1987/Jan
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #81 - 1992/Sep
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #37 - 1984/Nov
Page: 190 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #38 - 1984/Dec
Page: 124 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #40 - 1985/Feb
Page: 63 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #41 - 1985/Mar
Page: 78 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #1 - 1985/Apr
Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #2 - 1985/May
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #20 - 1986/Nov
Page: 54 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - Bug-Byte advert

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #21 - 1986/Dec
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #13 - 1985/Feb
Page: 25 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #14 - 1985/Mar
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Games Computing
Issue: 1984/Dec
Page: 86 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Games Computing
Issue: 1985/Jan
Page: 86 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #80 - 1984/Sep/18 special "week#3"
Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - no product title in advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #82 - 1984/Oct/2 special "week#1"
Page: 27 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad - no product title in advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #90 - 1984/Nov/27 special "week#4"
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #91 - 1984/Dec/4 special "week#1"
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #93 - 1984/Dec/18 special "week#3"
Page: 59 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #94 - 1985/Jan/8 special "week#2"
Page: 41 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #95 - 1985/Jan/15 special "week#3"
Page: 41 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #97 - 1985/Jan/29 special "week#5"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #102 - 1985/Mar/5 special "week#1"
Page: 53 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #103 - 1985/Mar/12 special "week#2"
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #14 - 1985/Jan
Page: 161 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #15 - 1985/Feb
Page: 53 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #39 - 1984/Sep/27 special "week#4"
Page: 33 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #47 - 1984/Nov/22 special "week#4"
Page: 32 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair Programs
Issue: #27 - 1985/Jan
Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair Programs
Issue: #28 - 1985/Feb
Page: 68 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair Programs
Issue: #29 - 1985/Mar
Page: 59 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair Programs
Issue: #30 - 1985/Apr
Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #33 - 1984/Dec
Page: 28 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #36 - 1985/Mar
Page: 60 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 TV Gamer
Issue: 1985/Jan
Page: 6 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #11 - 1984/Nov
Page: 54 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Collection
Issue: 1984 special "ZX Collection Winter"
Page: 148
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Computing
Issue: #16 - 1984/Dec
Page: 38 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Computing
Issue: #17 - 1985/Feb
Page: 131 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Computing
Issue: #18 - 1985/Apr
Page: 131 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 ZX Computing
Issue: #19 - 1985/Jun
Page: 26 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad
Scrapped File Downloads
Related Links

 ZX Spectrum Reviews (English)

 Lost in Translation (English)

 MobyGames (English)

 RZX Archive (English)

 The Tipshop (English)

 UVL (English)

 Wikipedia (English)

Other Sites

 User Reviews (formerly Spectrum 20)

 The TZX Vault (Software Preservation)

 ZX-Art (Spectrum Graphics)

 ZXInfo (ZXDB Front End)

 Every Game Going (Multi-Platform Archive)

 The Tipshop (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes)

 New World Of Spectrum (Spectrum Archive)

 Original World Of Spectrum (Spectrum Archive)

 World Of Spectrum Classic (Spectrum Archive)