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Reviews for Alien! (#25683)

Review by The Dean of Games on 29 Jan 2020 (Rating: 1)

1986 ZX Computing (UK)
by Nicholas Pearson

Ok, so I guess this is based upon E.T. judging by the phone-home references and by the look of our Alien friend.
It was written as a type-in for ZX Computing back in 1986 but looks several light year older.

Review by YOR on 19 Feb 2020 (Rating: 2)

Well, there isn't much you can say about this really except it's vaguely a game and then it mostly isn't? You have to land the telephone on the alien's head and yes it's very much E.T. by this point. If you miss you lose and if it lands you win, and that's it. The entire game lasts seconds. I suppose the best thing about the game is the scenes you get if you press no when asked to restart, you get one for failing and one for succeeding, and both last longer than the actual game did. I don't really know what to say, except I've played worse? But then again was this really a game? Is this really worth reviewing? I don't know. At least you didn't pay money of it, except you paid for the magazine so you technically did. I'm just gonna give it a 2 because at least you can play it, it's just too short. Plus it gave me a good chuckle and I needed that.