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Reviews for Alien Swarm (#156)

Review by Raphie on 22 Feb 2011 (Rating: 3)

Pretty basic looking 16K shmup but its still very playable. Its more so one of these quickplay games but an enjoyable one.

Review by Jordy on 20 Nov 2014 (Rating: 4)

This can be perfectly described as basic as there is no background in the game apart from plain colour, however saying that I actually enjoyed this game, it's quite fun and can be considered a quick blast for sure. The main fault though is your ship moves a bit too fast which can be a problem lining up your shots with singular enemies or avoiding the fire from enemies in level 2. But I still had good fun with this game.

Review by dandyboy on 20 Nov 2014 (Rating: 1)

Pointless & ugly . . . don´t bother with this one ! ! !

1 / 5 .

Review by Stack on 20 Nov 2014 (Rating: 2)

Loosely modelled on Galaxians and Pheonix with three different alien swarms to destroy, this no frills game, from the very early days and semmingly 16K is quite challenging and playable though the controls are too sensitive to make it truly playable.
There was much worse than this around in 1982-83 but the lack of smooth control over your ship is a significant flaw.

Review by YOR on 20 Jan 2018 (Rating: 2)

This isn't a bad game but it does looks like somebody's done a test game and then decided to release it for money. £6 for a game that is essentially a screen with moving sprites and a ship to fire at them doesn't sound like a fair deal, but then it's a 1982 game so I get it. I do like the way the colours change but some of the colours don't work at all, the pink and black in particular looks nasty. Also have to agree with Stack on the sensitive controls, you move fast, they move slow at the beginning, especially the bullets in the second wave, very easy to hit a bullet by accident. It ain't bad but it's only really good for one go and then you'll move on from it.