Alien 3

by Nintendo

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• ASIN: B00004SVMN
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,159 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Anyone who loves morvies has to experience the Alien series. anyone who loves video games should experience Alien 3, a game based off of the movie of the same name, on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Ripley must find and free the aliens' captives on Fiorina 161 while wiping out all of the aliens. If they catch her then she's done for! It get pretty complicated, as the planet is very maze-like. You don't want to get lost! The environments in this game are pretty impressive, and the action is very fast-pased, so you won't be bored while playing this game. Do you have the nerve to take on a feared and incredibly hostile alien race?

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best game for NES, October 19, 2001

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Fetus Frank (Broccoli Bob's Tower of Tumors) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alien 3 (Video Game)

This is the best game you can buy for the NES. It features an excellent environment to blast you way through. The aliens are everywhere and you must rescue prisoners in the allotted time and beat the level. It doesn't have James Horners excellent score, but it still has good music to match the environment.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Frustrating game by LJN with awesome music, October 3, 2011

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Iseeu - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Alien 3 (Video Game)

before i bought this game i did watch video reviews over the game and seen how terribly flawed it was, but i really enjoy playing through this game. So far i only got to level 4 before losing all my lives. (up to 9 in configuration menu.) The game does have its fails, such as the B button is jumping, time limit is a stretch and need every second,very slow elevators reaching multiple floors, aliens come out of nowhere and hurt you. This is because the character doesn't stay centered on screen, your character can only run and almost outruns the screen, and you get about 2/3 across the screen before you get attacked by an alien, you don't have time to react! This game is all just trial and error.

I wonder how come no one mentions the music in the game composed by Jeroen Tel. It sounds really good for a nes! Its fast paced and goes very well with the alien theme. You can even listen to all the music in the game in the configuration menu. Next to Sunsoft, LJN games have some cool music (alien 3, wolverine, pictionary,and yes even Friday the 13th has some moody music).
Although terrible controls and bad game design ruin most of them for some people...although Probe software did make some good games and some bad.