Alien Trilogy (DOS)

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Description

Alien Trilogy is a first-person shooter based on the first three Alien movies. You control Lt. Ripley in three sections, each based on one film: The colony complex on LV426 (from Aliens), the prison planet (from Alien³) and the derelict spaceship (from Alien). Each section consists of about 10 missions. In every mission, certain goals must be accomplished to continue. These include killing a certain number of enemies, finding items or activating switches.

Enemies include everything the alien life cycle provides: facehuggers, chestbursters, warrior aliens, dog aliens (from Alien³) and alien queens, one of which waits in the final mission of every section. In addition to the Aliens, you also have to fight employees of the Company, who have either been infected by the aliens and are beyond saving or who actively want to obstruct your mission.

Weapons to be used include pistol, shotgun, pulse rifle, flame thrower and smart gun. Ammunition, health upgrades and other useful items are scattered throughout the levels. Hidden areas may be uncovered by using explosives like grenades and seismic charges. An auto mapping system helps in not getting lost, night goggles and shoulder lamps (running on battery power) allow you to see in the dark and the motion tracker tells you where your enemies are - but only if they are moving.

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Alternate Titles

• "エイリアントリロジー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Alien(s) licensees
• Gameplay feature: Auto-mapping
• Inspiration: Horror movies
• Inspiration: Movies
• PlayStation Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation Platinum Range releases
• Protagonist: Female
• Setting: Space station / Spaceship

User Reviews

More fun than it has a right to be.

RussS (819)

Critic Reviews

Entertainment Weekly	Apr 19, 1996	B	75
PC Joker	Dec, 1996	73 out of 100	73
PC Player (Denmark)	1997	69 out of 100	69
PC Games (Germany)	Dec, 1996	64 out of 100	64
Power Play	Dec, 1996	62 out of 100	62
Just Games Retro	May 16, 2006		60
PC Action (Germany)	Dec, 1996	59 out of 100	59
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Jan 14, 1997		50
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Aug 15, 2001	5 out of 10	50
GameSpot	Jan 03, 1997	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

German version

In the German version, all human and cyborg enemies were replaced with alien enemies. However, the replaced human soldiers still leave ammo and weapons behind. Also the death animations and help cries of the prisoners were removed.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly.
  • April 1996 (Issue 81) - Game of the Month (PlayStation version).
  • March 1997 (Issue 92) - Shooter Game of the Year (PlayStation / Saturn version) + Shooter Game of the Year runner-up (multiplatform) (Readers' Choice)

Related Web Sites

• Alien Trilogy (official website)
• Alien Trilogy (game pages at Acclaim's old official site, preserved by the Wayback Machine)