Alien Storm
| Alien Storm | |
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Sega Genesis cover art
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| Developer(s) |
Sega (AM1) (arcade version) Sega (AM7) (MD/Genesis version) |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Composer(s) | Keisuke Tsukahara |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Virtual Console, Cloud (OnLive) |
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Arcade
Mega Drive/Genesis
SMS
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | 1st-Person Perspective, 3rd-Person Perspective, Side-Scrolling |
| Review score | |
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| Publication | Score |
| Sega Master Force | 77% |
Alien Storm (エイリアンストーム?) is a 1990 beat 'em up arcade game by Sega. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Master System. The Sega Mega Drive version was also released on Wii's Virtual Console in 2007. The game appeared in Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
A homicidal alien race is invading Earth, and the only thing that stands between them and world domination are a special forces team known as the "Alien Busters", composed of Karen (absent in the Master System version, named "Karla" in some versions), Garth (named "Gordon" in some versions) and Scooter (the robot, named "Slammer" in Master System and PAL versions).
Alien Storm is a side-scrolling beat em up. The game resembles Golden Axe, with a similar artistic style, three playable characters (a man, a woman, and a novelty character) and pick-up or power-up special attacks. The player (one player only on the Master System version, up to two players on the Mega Drive version, three on the arcade version) selects from the three different characters to embark upon a quest to save the Earth from an alien invasion.
All of the Busters are playable from the beginning of the game. There are nine missions to complete (eight in the Mega Drive version) with several stages, and each mission has the player blasting aliens, from the streets to the mother ship, where the mother of all aliens can be found. This task becomes increasingly difficult with each new mission, and the aliens are capable of hiding inside objects such as plants, postboxes, trashcans, drums, and other items. Each mission has an objective such as rescuing people or destroying an UFO.
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