Alien 3: The Gun Longplay (Arcade) [QHD]

Developed and published by Sega in 1993 One of the few lightgun games I've had the opportunity to pay in person, Alien 3: The Gun is really quite remarkable. The pseudo-3D visuals are absolutely amazing for the time, much of which looks pre-rendered or digitised in some way. The game is based somewhat loosely on the events spanning Aliens and Alien 3 movies, with a team of marines escaping a xenomorph-infested Sulaco to the equally infested prison-planet of Fiorina Fury 161. You blast your way through legions of aliens and other horrors, just hoping to make it to the end of the game. Interestingly, there are a couple of branching paths on a couple of levels, which offer some level of replayability. I've played and recorded both paths through the game, one of which is definitely more difficult, thanks to the appearance of super-lethal, blue-skinned androids - the aliens are bad enough, but these guys are quick on the trigger and do tons of damage very quickly. Unfortunately, and this does makes sense, considering it's a coin-op, several of the bosses are designed in such a way that so that they can damage you, even though you can't damage them. As a visual spectacle, the game absolutely achieves what it sets out to do: draw people in, give them 60 seconds of excitement, before getting them to deposit another quarter. Chapters 00:00 Attract Mode & Story 01:00 Game 1: Route A 26:25 Game 2: Route B #alien3 #arcade #retrogames