ALIEN 3: The Video Games - Retrospective/Review
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- A retrospective look at all the games based on ALIEN 3.
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I was one of the development team on the SNES version of Alien 3. It was definitely one of my video games career highlights.
Thank you for helping to create a great video game I still play annually.
How abt that..?
GREAT GAME! An SNES classic. 10 times better than the movie it was based on. Our family also very much appreciated the Hudson soundbite in the Game Over screen. xD
I loved that game! Thanks for helping to create it.
Thanks for helping so many of us kids out while we grew up.
I never played it, but want to purchase it now.
That intro montage, holy shit, probably the best way to cover a licensed game by combining the best quotes of the movie atop the remarkable genesis soundtrack
It was slick.
"What would the player do if they encounter the lone Alien? Run away?"
Alien Isolation: "Weeeeeell, you can try."
To quote Diesel 10 (Neil Crone)
from the Theatrical Cut of *"THOMAS & The Magic Railroad"*
"You can run, but you can't hide!"
Alien on Commodore C64 did that years ago. The truth is rather, that licensed games were mostly pretty cheap cash-ins. And whilst technically ok, the Alien³ games were no huge expection to that. I had the Amiga version of the Megadrive game, and it was a super average game even back in the day. It couldn't compare to the likes of Turrican, Lionheart et all in any way.
still the best Alien game ever made
The first AvP game on PC was way better @@purefoldnz3070
That dribbling Alien face on the MegaDrive loading screen is my first memory of the xenomorph. I remember renting it out as a kid after seeing it on some tape that came with a magazine, and it scared the shit out of me. Still played it tho
It’s a great thing Fincher never gave up on being a director and went on to direct awesome movies like Se7en, Fight Club and Zodiac
I LOVE ZODIAC. Watch it all the time. So good.
Social Network too!
Don't forget dodgeball a true underdog story
Don't forget The Game! Also, I never thought Alien 3 was bad, I loved it since the first screening and only strenghted my appreciation after seeing the Assembly Cut.
Indeed, even of Alien 3 was a problematic mess Behind the scenes, that film really opened his way to direct amazing films. Se7en till this day really gives me shivers with the "Sloth" scene.
I worked at Acclaim for 5 years. I was on the Black Team. I was one of the team members (Game Tester/Analyst) that helped work on the SNES game. Good Times and Memories.
I found ALIEN3 for the SNES to be fascinating in the music department. Unlike the other versions, the SNES actually uses renditions of Jame Horner's score from ALIENS. The Opening Title, the Narcissus drifting through space and the end titles are all rendered here. It just shows how everyone not only wanted to bring guns into Alien3, but they also just wanted to make a straight up ALIENS game with an Alien3 skin.
The Alien 3 SNES port is a nice addition to the console since Super Metroid was still away from being released. And the Alien 3 the Gun really opened the way to the rest of the arcade style House of the Dead games including Aliens Extermination and Aliens Armageddon.
Even though I have watched this material covered by someone else, they weren't Oliver. Perspective matters, if we just wanted cold data we could all be reading the text ourselves right now. Keep up the good work, as always.
I love the Mega Drive game! Played it so much. Even though it is very different to the film, it looks great, sounds great, is scary, tough and fun! The Master System version ain't too bad either! Great work by Probe.
If Alien Trilogy counts, love that one as well
Really like the film too by the way.
the Sega version has a steep difficulty curve IMO
Amazing intro. Awesome. Alien 3 will always be my favorite of the series. The Genesis soundtrack is an all timer. Keep up the great work.
People complaining about about Alien 3 being depressing. Yeah, because the first film was such a fun, feel good family Movie.
So a movie that isn’t a feel good movie is depressing?
Alien3 suffers from not having anyone to care for. The leads fate is sealed early in the movie.
Most of the cast being bald guys with UK accents made them kinda hard to figure out or care for. The whole "having to shave"-thing was such a silly idea anyway, although I do give it to Sigourney, she pulled off that look.
Alien 3 is a horror film. And an effective one at that. I prefer the Assembly Cut to Aliens, if I'm honest. But best to avoid the theatrical cut...
Also it fits so well with the other two. Like a perfect trilogy, I mean, I love Aliens, but no way I want to see a "Aliens 2". Resurrection would be "passable" If weren't for the characters and dialogue, holy hell to they get on my nerves, unwatchable flick. I even prefer AVP over it Just for that dumb fun time. The last said about the prequels the better haha
@@wellersonoliveira5334 I'm really happy we didn't get that Neill Blomkamp sequel that was going to retcon Alien 3. Seemed very petty and would have been a fan film with no balls afraid of trying anything different in case it'd piss off the fans still crying about Alien 3 more than anything.
Alien 3 on the Mega Drive will always have a special place in my heart. My favourite Alien game next to Alien Isolation.
I just had a hard flashback having the Master System Box in my hand in the mall. Could even fell the edges :D
The SNES game was a really fun rental back in the day. Honestly given the fact they were all nothing like the movie, may as well just made them Aliens games.
At last! Someone who appreciates Alien 3 games! There's so much crap thrown at these on You Tube it's ridiculous! I especially like the SNES version and the arcade one - the latter is really, really cool!
Love these game retrospectives!
Me and the mates used to love Alien 3 on mega drive.
Also I never even knew there were nes and master system versions.
I very rarely make comments on UA-cam but I love your channel been a long time watcher and subscriber and seeing this brought back so many memories from my childhood as my father had this game on the super NES and I grew up watching the Aliens movies with him and so in the few times a year that I got to see him and it was always a treat as living with my mum by ourselves in government housing my mum couldn't afford to buy a super NES for me so it great to get to play it when I could was not very good at it I was only nine years old and had a hard time understanding the mission objectives but was still fun. I still really liked Alien 3 I remember dad hiring it from the video store on VHS and I was so excited but a bit disappointed cause I was expecting it to be like Aliens but I still really liked it. Just makes me laugh how back in the day growing up so young watching the classics that were new at the time like Alien/Aliens, Terminator/Terminator 2, RoboCop, Conan, Highlander, Bloodsport and so many others back then as a kid was so awesome the 80's/90's were the best times for movies especially as a kid I just laugh at the fact that the fact that my dad let me watch that stuff back then with them being so violent and gorey but him being a soldier in the Australian army he always told me that it's just a movie and violence is not good and only to be used to protect yourself and your family so it never affected me in a negative way. My mum on the other hand hated them I still remember her and my mate's mum's all losing their shit and freaking out when the alien busted out of that chicks chest when we were all watching Aliens for the first time god it was scary and funny at the same time then they turned it off and we had to sneak out like ninjas and watch it when the adult's were asleep lol. I had a bit of a rough childhood and we didn't have much but I'm grateful for what I did have and for my mother and these movies really brought so much joy and happiness and imagination to me and my friends. Thanks for the video it was great like all of them that you do you have one of the best channels on UA-cam. Can you try do one for the arcade version of Aliens vs Predator that was so great certainly the best version of AvP ever. Much love and respect from Brisbane Australia.
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It's time to rewatch your Alien 3 review again.
Alien 3 on SNES is fantastic, great graphics and the metroidvania-like gameplay is far more interesting.
Love the SNES version of the game.
You start by reminding me I'm not as good an editor as I think, and then link bald British men to the R word. Still loved it, though.
Dude!! I remember fondly playing Alien³ on my SNES back in the 90's and loving it (even though there were maany more and better games). I'll emulate it on my PS Vita later today, thanks for the nostalgia
25:49 "Alien isolation - probably the best licensed game ever produced" - I think it depend on a definition of a licensed game, but there is actually a great competition here. GoldenEye, The Witcher (3), Metro series, Batman Arkham series, Sony's Spider-Man, Baldur's Gate 3...
...and even with these in mind, Alien Isolation is still the best.
@@ELEKTROSKANSENwell now I have to play it.
@@phillipblanc4846never would I ever say this about any other video game, but the proper way to enjoy the Alien franchise is to watch Alien, play Alien Isolation, and then watch Aliens.
@@ELEKTROSKANSENnah, ign got the isolation score right
I ain’t much for begging nobody gave me nothing ❤
Review guyver dark hero please Oliver 👌☺️
This game reminds of a game "made for rental"
I played Alien 3 for the Snes when I was a kid. I always felt the devs wished they were making an "Aliens" game, because the gameplay goes that way. Even some music seems to keep some refrains from Aliens. In the movie, Ripley was mostly unarmed for all of Alien 3. She wasn't clearing out rooms of eggs with a flamethrower. You even fight the queen at the end, If I remember right. Which makes no sense in the story of Alien 3 and how "valuable" what Ripley carries with her is. But I suppose it was still at the time where license games could take more liberties in the details of what they produced in order to make it a game. I found it pretty atmospheric and oppressive for a console action game of the era. Quite memorable.
the alien 3 SNES soundtrack is one of the best !!!! its so underrated! the SNES VErsion is the best VErsion in my Opinion. Its ALIENS as a SNES Game from Gameplay :D Guns and many Aliens
I wonder if Alien 3 The Gun didn't fair well because most Arcades already had Terminator 2. T2 still made us cough up quarters, so why spend money on another game that may or may not do the same. Examining sales of the Alien 3 The Gun arcade colsoles would probably resolve the question of why the arcade didn't crack the top 10.
I wanted to express how much I LOVE your work on these retrospectives covering every single game released for a specific movie. This is my favorite one so far, but Batman and RoboCop and Terminator 2 were all damn great videos that I happily revisit. I look forward to more of this sort of thing. I can imagine quite a few 80s/90s films that would make for welcome installments in this series.
Hey Well, I understood what they're saying just because of their British accents, It's not that hard, And I'm Canadian.
Yes!
I’ve been on an Alien 3 deep dive binge these past weeks, so this upload is perfectly timed
Thank you! ❤
I love Alien 3 way more now than the first time i seen it in theaters. I was satisfied for the ending of an awwsome trilogy but just a little disappointed that it wasnt like the action packed sfx extravaganza of part 2. Hicks and newt dying were gut blows but i got it. I was so invested in the tragic arc of ripley. I was the perfect age for the beautiful direction of David Fincher. He speaks to my DNA. I dont care about the behind the scenes stuff of any movie. I only care whats on screen good or bad. The final product i think is fantastic. Viduals, music and heart.
Is there an Alien/Aliens video games retrospective vid? Being the chronological kinda person I am, I wanted to watch that one first, but didn’t find one. I hope there is to be one, and that of course it’ll include the fantastic Alien Breed games.
I've played both the Mega Drive and Snes version of Alien 3 and I prefer the Mega Drive Version. It's just a bit straight forward. The Snes version feels a little ahead of the times. If it had a save system at the terminal screens, so you could save between each mission, instead of each level, it could of been a much better game to me.
Surprised that Alien Trilogy didn’t get a mention. Loved that one.
I'm trying to think - was there actually a better movie license game on the Snes? Maybe Batman Returns?
I think you should have covered the games since the saturn to the ps4 too., and the megadrive game is a great videogame, is very fun, the snes is pure graphics but a bore
The games were the only good thing to come out of Alien 3 for me. Alien Isolation is the sequel/prequel we never got and I am happy with that until we see if Romulus is any good. The Megadrive version was great, I just wish there were two more enemy types and a queen fight at the end.
Snes version was great.. the music and shrieks of the Aliens never got old…..
the environments did start to get repetitive….
If they had taken the snes assets and made it into a proper metroidvania we might have gotten an all time classic
The extended cut of the film is one of my all time favourite films. I played the SNES game a lot, but I was terrible at it.
Loved this game on the Sega Game Gear. It used to make me jump when the xenomorph launched at me 🤣
Love the SNES version. Atmosphere for days. It's my #1 for hidden gems on that system.
Can you PLEASE do a video like this covering all the Nightmare On Elm Street games? Most people are really only familiar with the NES game
Spankyness is a perfectly cromulent word.
Amazing video.
Great stuff, Oliver. I actually didn't know of a couple of these. Honestly, the Genesis/MD version looks pretty fun. I had the SNES version back in the day but couldn't get into it. Too floaty for my tastes, even back then. The other versions seem so much snappier/responsive.
Great Retrospective/Review. As I said in the community post, the one I rented was Sega Megadrive (Genesis) one. I didn't play much of it, mostly because I could complete the first stage. I did try the NES version on an NES Emulator, pretty much the same game, but with lesser good graphics. I ultimately saw an episode of "Console Wars" where they tackled "Alien 3". It was there I saw how good the SNES version looked and played. Also the "Game Boy" does look interesting with it being an overhead view. Funny how only one of these games (unless you count the Arcade game) kept the movie's downer ending while the other shoehorn a sort of happy ending for Ripley. lol
So Alien 3 anad T2 have the same ending. So uncreative.
Bold statement. ALIEN 3 was a GREAT film.
Snes version was easily the best version. The critics were right.
Thanks for reminding me how much I love this film / game Oliver. I spent many a happy hour ploughing through this on my friend's SNES.
I'd like a remix that takes the SNES game and gives it MD-style gameplay
Alien Isolation is the best game in Alien Game Series...
I remember playing this on the Sega Genesis. I got pretty far in the game.
My brother and i had this on Sega Genesis. Man, i loved this game. If i remember right i dont think i ever beat it, it was pretty hard.
Alien 3 in the alien trilogy is the best
Big fan of the SEGA Master System version. Alien Isolation is the best movie licence game... the best TV licence being, of course, Minder on the ZX Spectrum.
Lovely work sir.
I had the Game Gear version I remember ☺️
Alien 3 is still one of my favorite Alien films ever. The franchise will always remain a trilogy in my mind.
I completely agree!
Absolutely rubbish, boring, bad plot, dull
@@MrWeasel1978 Prometheus is boring rubbish garbage and Alien Covenant is a disgrace. And don't get me started on Ressurection lol
Would love Jurassic Park games next!
Very cool thanks 🙏🏼🖤
Somewhere.. I still have my graph paper notebook of all the maps for ALIEN 3 for the SNES.
I actually like Alien 3 as a movie. I originally this on the Master System and also played it on the Mega Drive, it reminds me of Terminator but then again many games of the time would have felt similar. It was amazing how different the Megadrive and Snes versions could be. My friends had nintendoes
Loved playing with this game on my game gear. I remembered a better graphic tho xD
I got a playthrough of both the Genesis and Snes version on my channel \o/
The Sega game has some hella catching themes like the final set of stages is very industrial beats, awsome.
The Snes game has music that's clearly ripped, or intensely inspired from the movies. Great as well!
I owned the Game Boy version as a kid. It was... Well it isn't bad but I had no idea where to go, I couldn't find the keycard.
I admire it's purity.
Alien 3 The Gun was totally alright with a friend.
Alien 3 on Amiga was my introduction to the franchise as a kid some 30+ years ago. The game over screen with Aliens bursting out of the chests on people gave me lifelong nightmares. Also responsible for giving me a lot of intense fears of the many joys that comes with having a body. Later on I would play the Snes version which was also scary, but in a different way. In the end, it served to turn me into a complete Alien nerd. As I said, the nightmares are lifelong as I still get nightmares if I start playing the games or watching the movies, or just thinking about it too much. I love it, but it also gets to me.
Check out the original William Gibson treatment for Alien 3 on audiobook
The magazine screencaps are great.
Oliver. Thanks for all your content! I'm your target audience and I love that you keep all these movies and games we grew up with alive with your blood, sweat and tears! Cheers!
Loved the SNES version. Dark, brooding, moody, great atmosphere and sound. The Genesis version...my god it was a travesty.
the arcade game also used the licensed model kits from Halcyon to create the sprites for the Alien creatures.
Good old times when game based on movie didnt follow the movies script and the dev feel bad and apology even try to put effort to fix it
Now most just dont care anymore
I love Alien 3 and will never forget my experience first watching it. It's like "My First Disturbing Movie".
20:03 I think you meant to say "force" there 😅
Great vid btw 👌 I have a lot of nostalgia for the megadrive version, as me and my older brother used to love playing it on our cousin's megadrive back in the day! We later got it for the SNES, which didnt quite gel with us in the same way the megadrive version did.
We did have an Amiga, Game Gear and a C128 back then, but somehow those versions of Alien 3 slipped by us!
Oh, and the movie was... alright. My problem with it is that its too dialogue-heavy, with little in the way of suspense (compared to the first two movies that are scary as hell). That being said, ive only seen the theatrical cut. I really should get around to watching the Assembly cut someday...
I went to alien war in 1993 I think, I got a voucher from the alien 3 VHS box, it was a brilliant experience even had a nearly life-size Queen alien in the lobby as well absolutely brilliant scared the s*** out of me...I was only 10😂😂😂😂
Epic nostalgia. Only played the Master System, Mega Drive and Super Nes versions. Never knew the others existed lol.
This game meant slot to me, remember buying the Genesis version and loved it, I played the SNES years later and enjoyed it as well, I don't have a favorite cause I feel playing both the Genesis and Snes gives u a complete experience, loved the music as well
I’ve always loved The Megadrive and SNES versions equally, and I actually love the film too.
Could you review Brams Stokers Dracula 1992 video games next ?
Wow, I had no idea the C64 was the lead version. Amazing. The Amiga (and also Mega Drive) version is a game I still play to this day. Great game. Thanks for the top video. I still return to Alien 3 (film) as well by the way. Looking back, I think it was an appropriate send off. Not what I or other fans wanted at the time but it's very true to the bleak horror of the Aliens world. It's funny how time can change your perspective on things.
I'd completely forgotten how many magazines there used to be. Great video.
Hi Oliver! I always played and loved the soundtrack to the Megadrive version back in 1992. Even though the game was repetitive, the action was still fun and addictive dying so many times. I never completed it, but the theme music is awesome, lol!
I always loved the music in the Genesis version. It was a frustrating game though.
I remember playing the Megadrive/Genesis version of Alien 3, and the game is so damn difficult but fun and awesome to play. Also the OST on the Genesis version was compose by Matt Furniss who also composed Mortal Kombat on the Genesis.
haha.wonderful. having played it on my amiga 1200, i remember that ''sound'' option always caused heavy scariness in my heart than music.
Alien 3 on Sega MegaDrive/Genesis is a hidden gem and a very good game, and the music is really good.
The Super Nintendo version, however, is not a good game; it’s slow and boring and runs very sluggishly, like many SNES titles. As for the film… well, it’s pure trash.one of the worst sequels of all time, a depressing prison drama instead of a sci-fi action/horror.
I could never finish it on the genesis. I experienced Alien War at the Trocodero though! Survived that, but had nightmares, being only 11.
Alien on Commodore C64 did the lone alien a decade before Alien³ was thing. The truth is rather that licensed games were mostly pretty low profile cash-ins. And whilst technically ok, the Alien³ games were no huge expection to that. I had the Amiga version of the Megadrive game, and it was a super average game even back in the day. It couldn't compare to the likes of Turrican, Lionheart et all in any way. The only reason I still played it for a couple of hors was me being a teenage Alien fan, and there being no good options.
The SNES game was probably the best of the bunch though and had an interesting mission based structure. Glad that we got far more interesting stuff in Isolation and Dark Descent more recent. Electric Dreams' 1986 official Aliens game was also the only Aliens based game to at least try to capture the crisis management and panic at the centre of the movie as well... The aliens even spread throughout the 256 rooms colony in that one -- and if they reached the power core/s, the lights would go out. That was pretty amibitious for 1986. It would be pretty ambitious today.
Had no idea a C64 version existed, let alone was the template! Must try the arcade version on emulation. I had both the Amiga and MD version back at the time, found it too hard. Must admit I prefer the film over the games. Love that British edge and very oppressive, grim atmosphere. Enjoyed your retrospective!
Alien 3 has 3 aliens!!
The face hugger, the chest bursted (dog/ox) and the queen that Ripley dies for!
Sorry. Its my pet peeve.
I am 44, one thing iv'e always hated, even as a kid is shooters, platform games.
This is both lol.... This brings back memories and nostalgia, as i had pals that played it.... But i think the reason why i was so different to what my pals like, was simply the love for platformers and shooters, which were in abundance on 80's and 90's consoles/computers.
I like first person shooters, and the Aliens game on PS1 i have fond memories of.
But for me, i love adventure, RPG's, first person shooters and the point and click games, as well as sport.
But there are just so many games that people rate, that i never played, because the 80's and 90's were just flooded with games like this.
Love the video for nostalgia though, i remember the UK series Game Master doing a review on this, and it reminds me of winter evenings, at home after school, tuning in to Games Master or Bad Influence too keep you in the know of new games as the internet just wasn't what it is back then, compared too today.
The megadrive and Snes versions both have excellent visuals, but the MD's music pushes it ahead for me.
GB wins though for being possibly the only game to ever feature Brian Glover. Shame they didn't put Charles Dance in there too!
The in menu Ripley in the SNES version looks like Gorman from Aliens.
Major Video used to have Genesis Alien 3 by Probe and Predator 2 Genesis. I still play the shit out of those games. SNES version is ok, but the graphic images are where it's at.
In September '92, the legend that is Mean Machines magazine split into two magazines, with our Sega side getting 'Mean Machines Sega". In its premier issue was a videotape with exciting footage of Sonic 2, and upcoming games. Alien 3 was there aswell, and I remember being engrossed with its moody, broody synth soundtrack. The megadrive game, whilst a bit repetitive, is very good gory fun. When I rented the film not to long later, I was disappointed with the departure of Hicks and Newt. After all the amazing build up and heroic development they had in Aliens, it was the ultimate kick in the balls to loose them right in the opening scene. I think Alien 3 is okay overall, but I cant see myself ever sitting down to watch it again soon.
Cracking video. Good work. Adore the mega drive release so much but that timer is a bitch! Thankfully there is a hack for this and recently finished the game. Save states definitely help. ❤❤ Gameboy version is next and have a gamegear coming in June.