Advertisement for Alien Trilogy by Acclaim for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS computers.
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Advertisement for Alien Trilogy by Acclaim for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS computers.
Released in 1996, Alien Trilogy was one of a vast ocean of Doom and Quake clones released throughout the mid to late 1990s. Despite being a lesser known title (the game, not the movies which are obviously well known), this one was really of above average quality. It was often praised for its frightening atmosphere, sound and above average graphics. Unlike most FPS type games of the time it was also released first on consoles (the PlayStation and Sega Saturn) before being released on the PC. At the time, PCs were generally far superior for this sort of game but Alien Trilogy was quite good on the consoles as well.
While excellent on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation (or PS2), it is still probably best played on a computer. However, the game systems are an easier choice if you happen to have one. Alien Trilogy was re-released only briefly via Throwback Entertainment (who bought the right to all Acclaim games as I understand it) on their Zoom platform (which I had never heard of but it appears to be a GoG like place for downloading DRM free older games fixed for new systems at a low cost) a year or so ago but was only there briefly. I suspect licensing issues given the involvement of the Alien franchise. You might be able to find that version floating out on the internet somewhere obtainable in questionably legal ways…otherwise you would have to have a period DOS computer set up or perhaps DOS Box configured to get the PC experience.
Screen shots above are from the DOS version of the game.