Alien 3
Probe pulled this one out of nowhere. One of the best film to game conversions, Alien 3 actually managed to be better than the movie! Great animation, varied mission objectives, super soundtrack and hordes of Aliens produced a fantastic package.
Though the game was classic platform, it wasn’t frenetic by any means. The movie had only one Alien and the game has a lot, but the same tension is built through the mission structure. It would have been easy to create a game where the primary objective of each level is to “kill a lot of aliens”, a la the arcade version of Aliens, but Probe retained the idea that Aliens were most difficult to deal with when you were trying to do something else. Escape, usually
Through the six levels, you are tasked with rescuing prisoners or repairing the cooling pipes (using a welding torch – very distracting). You can access the base computers to get an excellent map, which proves essential as you navigate the maze-like corridors.
Probe were later responsible for another superb film conversion on the Playstation - Die Hard Trilogy.
There is an excellent FAQ for this game over on Gamefaqs.
“A perfect organism … Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. A survivor … unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.” - Ash
“It’s an eight foot creature of some kind, with acid for blood… And it arrived on your spaceship. It kills on sight and is generally unpleasant.”
- Superintendent Andrews
