Alien Syndrome (1989) is a top-down shooter where you save hostages, shoot aliens, and scream internally because you’re always out of time. It’s frantic arcade action at its finest—like Contra had a baby with Gauntlet, then threw it into space. Controls are tight, enemies are relentless, and the soundtrack sounds like a robot having a panic attack. What’s not to love?
Zero Magazine (1989): "Alien Syndrome was well received when it first hit the 16-bit market, and although it's showing its age a little, it still gets the ol' trigger finger blasting away with gay abandon. The aliens are large and plentiful, which makes them easy to blast, but also easy to barge into, bringing about your demise with depressing regularity. Using the maps and other wall mounts definitely adds a novel element to the gameplay, and rather increases the attractiveness of Alien Syndrome"
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Status: abandonware Also published for: Arcade, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, MSX, NES, Master System, ZX Spectrum, Sharp X68000 Abandonware DOS views: 11009
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