The Alien

The Alien (1982)

by Microcomputer Games, Inc., Kiya Overseas Industry, The Avalon Hill Game Company
Genres:Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes:Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:Heavily inspired by the sci-fi movie "Alien", you task is the capture or the killing of the alien on board your ship or the activation of the self-destruct sequence. In order to accomplish that you have to assign your crew memeber different tasks like accessing to the computer system, build weapons etc.
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