Alien Storm

Alien Storm is a 2 player beat-em-up with some shooting mixed. It was originally released on Arcades in 1990, made by Shinobi Team part of Sega of Japan. In 1991 it got ported by Sega of Japan to Sega Mega Drive, where it got bonus modes, only up to 2 players instead of 3 too. And levels got remixed heavily. Not to the point where it's a different game like ESWAT or Shadow Dancer, but certanly not exactly a same...

23 found this helpful, 2016-12-17

Alien Storm.. classic 16-bit side scrolling beat 'em up. Oh, it has the ocassional rail-shooter sequence to break up the gameplay a bit too. Overall, I give this an "OK", maybe 3/5. There are better brawlers in this collection e.g. Golden Axe and Streets of Rage series. At this point, most people will not be buying these games individually, but getting the collection packs during sales. That's how I recommend you...

25 found this helpful, 2015-12-26

Really amazing to see such piece of history. A game that works as a DLC for this bundle: The SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics. Which is basically a legal emulation bundle. This game is originally from 1990. Very old. And: I'm happy to see it included on Steam. I have two main positives to say about that: The first cool positive: The ROM is included. Which is fantastic for the fans of emulation. We can boot it up...

0 found this helpful, 2022-07-03