Alien vs Predator (SNES)

Alien vs Predator[lower-alpha 1] is a 1993 beat 'em up video game for Super Nintendo Entertainment System,[3] developed by Jorudan[4][5] and published by Information Global Service in Japan and by Activision internationally.[3][5] An arcade game of the same title was released by Capcom eight months later, but the two games are different and their storylines are unrelated to each other.

Alien vs Predator
Developer(s)Jorudan[1]
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Tom Sloper
Designer(s)Mitoshi Asakawa
Y. Furusawa
Programmer(s)Fumihiro Sugiura
Mitoshi Asakawa
Yoshiaki Tejima
Artist(s)Hisaya Yabusaki
Katsunori Nakabayashi
Mitsuru Ishida
Composer(s)Tenpei Sato
SeriesAlien vs. Predator
Platform(s)Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • JP: 8 January 1993
  • NA: September 1993[2]
  • EU: November 1993
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

The Japanese version is titled Aliens vs. Predator[4] and has gameplay differences from the international version.

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot.

Alien vs Predator is a beat 'em up video game in which the player controls a Predator and must advance through various stages killing all of the Aliens. The player character may become temporarily invisible and may charge their energy weapons to destroy all onscreen enemies at once.

Story

The game is set on the planet Vega 4 in the city of New Shanghai. A work crew performing underground construction discovers a colony of Aliens which attack them and then quickly moved to the surface. The city is quickly overcome by the Aliens, but the citizens send out a distress signal to Earth which is also received by a passing Predator ship. The Predators decide to hunt the Aliens on Vega 4, seeing them as challenging prey.

The player battles through six stages, fighting various types of Aliens and bosses. Many of the boss enemies are Aliens which have gestated in different types of animals and thus demonstrate characteristics of those animals. These include an aquatic Alien that emerges from a dolphin, a primate-like Alien gestated in an ape, a winged Alien gestated in a bat, and a snake-like Alien. After battling the Aliens on Vega 4 the player Predator travels to the Orion Nebula for the final stage and battles the Alien queen.

Regional differences

The Japanese version of the game is titled Aliens vs. Predator. The player Predator is orange in color and moves slowly, though the player can make him run by tapping the direction button twice. The international version is titled Alien vs. Predator and the player Predator is brown in color, moves faster, and is unable to run. The charging meter for the player's energy weapon is also shorter in the international version. The Japanese version includes a 2-player battle mode in which one player controls a Predator and the other controls an Alien; this mode is absent from the international release.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings47.25%[6]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[7]
Famitsu22/40[8]
Nintendo Power3.325/5[9]
Aktueller Software Markt3/12[10]
GamesMaster15%[11]
Joypad64%[12]
MAN!AC31%[13]
Mega Fun33%[14]
N-Force39/100[15]
Play Time41%[16]
Power Unlimited83/100[17]
The Super Famicom58/100[18]
Super Play28%[19]
Total!4- (D-)[20]
Video Games63%[21]

Alien vs Predator on the Super NES was met with mixed critical reception since its release.

Notes
  1. Also known as Aliens vs. Predator (Japanese: エイリアンvs.プレデター, Hepburn: Eirian vs. Puredetā) in Japan.

References
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  4. "Alien vs Predator - Release Summary". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  5. "Alien vs Predator". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  6. "Alien vs. Predator for Super Nintendo". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  7. Marriott, Scott Alan (1998). "Alien vs. Predator (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  8. "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: エイリアンVS.プレデター (SFC)". Famitsu (in Japanese). ASCII Corporation. 1993.
  9. "Now Playing - Aliens vs. Predator (Super NES)". Nintendo Power. No. 51. Nintendo of America. August 1993. pp. 100–101.
  10. Klugkist, Martin (April 1993). "Konsolen: Kinder, Frühstück! - Aliens vs. Predator (SNES)". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). No. 74. Tronic Verlag. p. 130.
  11. "Review Shorts - Alien Vs. Predator (SNES)". GamesMaster. No. 4. Future Publishing. April 1993. p. 80.
  12. Huyghues-Lacour, Alain; Prézeau, Olivier (March 1993). "Super Famicom: Limace Contre Acide! - Aliens vs Predator". Joypad (in French). No. 18. Yellow Media. pp. 104–105.
  13. Forster, Winnie (February 1994). "Spiele-Tests - SN - Alien vs. Predator". MAN!AC (in German). No. 4. Cybermedia. p. 35.
  14. Noak, Philipp (January 1994). "Test Super Nintendo: Alien Vs Predator". Mega Fun (in German). No. 16. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 45.
  15. Millichamp, Rob (April 1993). "Reviewed! SNES: Aliens vs. Predator". N-Force. No. 10. Europress Impact. p. 44.
  16. E., R. (June 1993). "Marios Magic: Alien vs. Predator (Import/SNES)" (PDF). Play Time (in German). No. 24. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 84.
  17. "Review - Alien vs Predator - Super Nintendo". Power Unlimited (in Dutch). No. 5. VNU Media. January 1994.
  18. "ザ・テストプレイ - エイリアンVSプレデター". The Super Famicom (in Japanese). Vol. 4 no. 1. SoftBank Creative. 8 January 1993. p. 22.
  19. Brookes, Jason (April 1993). "Import Review - Aliens vs Predator". Super Play. No. 6. Future Publishing. p. 57.
  20. Anton, Michael (October 1993). "Test - SNES: Aliens vs. Predator". Total! (in German). No. 5. X-Plain-Verlag. p. 48.
  21. Neumayer, Manfred (September 1993). "Rom Check - Super Nintendo: Monsterduell - Aliens vs. Predator". Video Games (in German). No. 22. Future-Verlag. p. 84.
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