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Aliens

エーリアンズ

Description

This game is based upon the movie "Aliens". You and your partner go and shoot as many aliens as possible in this side-scroller.

Aliens was produced by Konami in 1990.

Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Aliens was produced include: Kyuukouka Bakugekitai, Cosmic Wars, Main Stadium, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - Style 2, Golfing Greats, Lightning Fighters, Over Drive, Parodius Da, and Punk Shot

Specs

Name	Aliens
Developer	Konami (Japan)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6859
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Fighting
Fighting Style	Scrolling Fighter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Aliens Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireJump
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Aliens

Game Play

You and your partner must shoot all the attacking aliens as you progress throughout the many levels of the game. The joystick controls the player movement while the buttons let you shoot from either a standing or crouched position.

Aliens KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.68 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.67

Overall Like	4.50
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	3.80
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 4.38

Gameplay	4.75
Graphics	4.25
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.50

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Aliens Census

There are 15,351 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,707 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,340 machines (7,021 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 148 known instances of this machine owned by Aliens collectors who are active members. Of these, 18 of them are original dedicated machines. 20 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 110 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Aliens machines for sale. There are 8 active VAPS members with a Aliens circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Aliens. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Aliens boards sets.

This game ranks a 41 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Instruction Manual - Aliens Manual — **Instruction Manual**
(14 pages, 1.5 MB File)

Schematics - Aliens Manual — **Schematics**
(4 pages, 18.34 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 217; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 217; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Conversion (a5f23eff807d1f15cfe893744630a6b9)

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