Alien Breed is a top-down science fiction shooter somewhat inspired by the movie Alien in terms of plot and atmosphere. Gameplay, though, was obviously inspired by the Atari arcade classic Gauntlet. The game tells a typical sci-fi story of an alien invasion on the space station ISRC-4. Two space marines, Johnson and Stone, are the only human beings left to clear the base of aliens.

Moving around an alien-infested complex in a top-down view, you must at all times keep an eye not only on your energy level, but also be conservative with ammunition. Though you will find new ammo cartridges strewn around the levels, they are consumed quickly by respawning aliens that may come crawling out of the floors and walls when you least expect it. On the floors, you will also find keys for passing through locked doors. Keys must also be used with care, or you may find yourself locked out of a room containing the remaining keys that you will need in order to complete the level. Other doors are one-way, and will electrocute you if you try to pass it in the other direction.

Other major bonuses found on the floor are emergency kits for restoring your health, and credits. The credits come in handy when you find an Infotex terminal. There, you can access information about your current mission and your vital statistics, as well as buy supplies such as ammunition, weapons and keys.

Music is forfeited in this game, in favour of ambience sounds from machinery, machine gun sounds and the sounds of the aliens running around the base.

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Alien Breed series

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Pixel-Heroes.de	Jan, 2007	9 out of 10	90
Amiga Power	Dec, 1991	82 out of 100	82
Amiga Joker	Jan, 1992	78 out of 100	78
Power Play	Feb, 1992	74 out of 100	74

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Trivia

This game was a smash hit on the Amiga platform, followed on that system not only by Tower Assault as listed here on Mobygames but also a 1st-person shooter creatively titled Alien Breed 3D. This last one was considered the "Doom Killer" for the Amiga by users frustrated that id's classic was never ported to their beloved computer.

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