Alien Brigade
SCORE: 60
I am so thankful we had the money to
purchase the Atari Collection 1 which included Alien Brigade on the
Atari 7800. I missed this game back in the day. Alien Brigade is a lot
like Operation Wolf on the NES and in the Arcade. The screen moves on
rails in Alien Brigade. We have a cursor on the screen that is where our
gun will shoot. We can shoot bullets have throw grenades. Please note
players have a limited number of grenades within Alien Brigade. More can
be collected by shooting specific items that appear on the screen.
We must avoid shooting the human soldiers in Alien Brigade. The goal is
to shoot the aliens and avoid hurting the humans. As you can expect
there are instances in Alien Brigade where the aliens will use humans as
a shield. This can be frustrating because players can only take so much
damage as well. I found Alien Brigade to be challenging and at times
frustrating. The gun cursor does not always move fast enough to deal
with the threats.
Alien Brigade looks good for an Atari 7800 video game. Alien Brigade
also sounds decent. I like some of the retro sounds within Alien
Brigade. It is neat to see the Atari 7800 was powerful enough to handle
a video game like Alien Brigade. I hope the Evercade continues to
releases Atari 7800 titles so we can get a good feel for them now. The
scrolling and animation in Alien Brigade are pretty good. Vehicles and
characters come from all directions within Alien Brigade.
The issues families need to be aware of within Alien Brigade is blood,
explosions, violence, and more. Alien Brigade is pretty harsh to the
player for shooting civilians. You earn yourself a court martial. Alien
Brigade tells you that your ignored your commanding officers orders. The
thing is Alien Brigade never gave me any directions or orders at the
beginning. So I broke rules the game never told me about in the first
place.
If you are into shooters on rails then you might get into Alien Brigade.
It takes some trial and error to realize who you must save and who you
must shoot. Do not try and go off of color because the aliens and
soldiers have very similiar colors. As a historical gamer I found Alien
Brigade to be very interesting. There are things that could have been
done better. For the price we paid Alien Brigade is worth a few minutes.
- Paul
Graphics: 55%
Sound: 70%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 50%
Family Friendly Factor: 55%
System: Atari 7800/Evercade
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Atari
Rating: ‘NR’ - Not Rated
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