Squaresoft Made an Aliens Game...Twice

REVIEW: Aliens for the MSX 2 is one of Squaresoft's earliest games, one that was developed and published just before the company went bankrupt and was saved by Hironobu Sakaguchi's Final Fantasy. Based on the movie of the same name (called Alien 2 in Japan), which is one of the great 80s sci-fi action movies, this is one of the few games made in the era based on the franchise, a rare game that was made for the budding microcomputer market in Japan at the time. Another Square-developed game was in the works for the Nintendo Disk System, but it was scrapped shortly before completion, though a prototype was leaked, which ‪@RewindMike‬ talks about in this video (Huge thanks to Mike for his help covering the unreleased Famicom Disk System port! Check out his channel and make sure to sub!) IGFTW Ep. 43 is a review of these titles, Aliens for the MSX2 and Famicom Disk System! As of the time of this video, an English patch is not available for this game, but maybe that will change in the future. Subscribe to Import Gaming FTW for more rare, underrated and interesting games from Japan:    / @importgamingftw   Support/Social Links: Channel member:    / @importgamingftw   T-shirts & merch: https://import-gaming-ftw.creator-spr... Patreon:   / importgamingftw   2nd channel: ‪@IGFTWDump‬ Twitter: http://www.x.com/importgamingftw Support/Social Links Channel member:    / @importgamingftw   T-shirts & merch : https://import-gaming-ftw.creator-spr... Patreon:   / importgamingftw   2nd channel: ‪@IGFTWDump‬ Twitter: http://www.x.com/importgamingftw Import Gaming FTW! playlist:    • Import Gaming FTW! (Japanese Video Game Re...   Gameplay was captured using the Elgato Game Capture HD from both an MSX2 and MSX Turbo R unit, upscaled via a Framemeister, and video/audio was edited using Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite, Version 12. And I did indeed use the Blue MSX emulator to capture the ending, as mentioned in the video. Video Sources for Aliens The Computer Game footage:    • Aliens MSX      • Aliens The Computer Game US Version Amstra...      • aliens - the computer game for Amstrad CPC   Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 movie clips are copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox, used here under fair use and for review/education purposes. Music used in this video comes from the featured game as well as the following: Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega, Xbox 360/PS3/PC), Alien Trilogy (Acclaim, PS1/SAT/PC), Aliens The Computer Game (Electric Dreams Software, ZX Spectrum), Aliens the Arcade Game (Konami, arcade), Aliens Vs. Predator (Fox Interactive, PC), Aliens Vs. Predator (Capcom, arcade), Alien 3 (Acclaim, Genesis), Parasite Eve (Square, PS1) and Final Fantasy IV (Square, SFC). If you like the video, leave a like, comment or share with a friend who loves Japanese games–I appreciate any and all support, and it helps Import Gaming FTW continue to grow! Thank you for watching! ~Jimmy Hapa Japanese title: エイリアン２ Release date: mid-1987 Publisher: Square スクウェア Developer: Square スクウェア Platform: MSX Computer System エム・エス・エックス パソコン #Aliens #MSX #ImportGamingFTW