Arcade
Alien vs. Predator
DEV
Capcom
REL
May '94
ALSO
About

Alien vs. Predator is one of the most beloved brawlers of all time. In addition to its crossover license, it has an extremely refined and varied combat engine that incorporates projectiles, energy bars, special moves, and freeform combos. Its hour-long campaign is packed with tons of variety and emphasizes fighting huge swarms of enemies with overpowered characters.

Marquee
Story

U.S.A., west coast. San Drad, California.

Emergency! Evacuate all the facilities. Quarantine the city. Danger! Keep out!

72 hours later...

The largest city on the west coast has become...

a living hell!

Eat this! You scum bags! We're cut off. I don't think we're going to make it! Looks that way but...

I won't die alone! So come on, plenty for everyone!

Get down!

It's time to hunt!

Come with me.

Trivia

Alien vs. Predator came out way before the film series of the same name. The storylines are completely different and the only similarity is that a Predator fights alongside with humans.

The Power Loader boss is a reference to the machine that Ripley uses in Alien 2 to attack the Queen Alien.

Release Info
Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom
Released
May '94
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Series
$series
Game
Players
3
Structure
Linear
Difficulty
Hard
Gang size
Gigantic (10+)
Variety
Shooter stages
Playtime
1:00
Combat
Buttons
Attack, Jump, Shoot
Combos
Freeform
Grabs
Contact
Dashing
Button
Enemy H. Bars
+ Name
Item Pickup
Button
Item Stay
Fade
Weapons
Ammo
Death-blow
Health
Friendly Fire
Yes
Char Switch
On Death
Ground Hit
Yes
Revive
Invincibility + knockdown
Restore
End of stage
Style
Art Style
Semi-realistic
Sprites
Huge
Setting
Futuristic
Focus
Hand-to-hand
Music
Rock
Tone
Serious
Numbers
Fighters
3
Stages
7
Enemies
20
Bosses
8
Weapons
20
Lives
2
Continues
1
Extend
?
Arcade
Monitors
1 Raster CRT
Class
CPS II JAMMA
Sound
Amplified Stereo
Resolution
384 x 224
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Combat
Enemy
Grafix
Sound
Flava

Alien vs. Predator is definitely one of the genre's greats, but I don't put it on a pedestal like most other people seem to. It definitely has top-notch, deep freeform combat, huge gangs of enemies, and killer graphics. But for a Capcom game, it's severely lacking in personality, enemy variety, and music.

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