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Alien

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First release
Q1 1984
Genres
Adventure, Strategy · Science fiction, Horror, Survival
Platforms
Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore C64/128/MAX

Alien is a 1984 strategy/adventure game developed by Concept Software and published by Argus Press Software. It was released in 1984 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, and later ported to the Amstrad CPC in 1985.

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Storyline
An alien is lurking somewhere within the spaceship Nostromo. The alien has hatched from the body of one of the seven crew members on board, but can the other six crew members kill it in time, before the ship returns to Earth or their oxygen supply runs out?Read more

An alien is lurking somewhere within the spaceship Nostromo. The alien has hatched from the body of one of the seven crew members on board, but can the other six crew members kill it in time, before the ship returns to Earth or their oxygen supply runs out?

Release dates
ZX Spectrum
Q1 1984
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Nov 1984
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1984
All 4 release dates
Amstrad CPC
Aug 1985
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text, Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
futuristic, real-time, licensed game
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  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 24 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 24 Oct 2026