Alien Storm (Amiga)

Description: Manufacturer: Sega / Genre: Arcade / Release Date: 1990

Newest Review: ... jump over them and fire down on them from above or just tear into them up close, with some great animations from each character, including hitting enemies with your gun, lobbing grenades at them and firing a secondary firearm into their gaping maws, or, in Scooter's case, lifting up one leg from the floor whilst your foot remains on the ground and using your leg as a makeshift bazooka. The ... more

... game is full of little touches like this that make it a lot of fun to play. The magic special attacks in golden axe are still here, although instead of magic you employ various high-tech equivalents, such as dropping an atom bomb on your enemies, cal...more

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Alien Storm (Amiga): Golden Axe Meets Aliens (574 words)
by - written on 10/07/09 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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Alien Storm is a classic scrolling beat-em-up very much in the vein of Golden Axe- all the characters are drawn in the same style and the controls and moves are the same too, although obviously the animations and nature of the moves themselves are different. The story revolves around the world being invaded by ghoulish looking aliens, and you get the option to play as one of three characters- a burly guy with a short range laser gun, an athletic woman with a flamethrower or a robot called Scooter who wields an electric whip. The gameplay is exactly the same as Golden Axe, requiring you to dispatch groups of enemies before moving forward, and anyone who has ... Read the complete review

You've just gone and blown 'is bloody 'ead 'orf (906 words)
by - written on 09/07/09 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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After replaying Streets of Rage I/II recently I decided to have a go on this "classic" that was from my childhood again. This game was on a the MegaGames 3 in 1 - Vol 3 cartridge which also includes Super Thunder Blade and Super Monaco GP, and like the Streets of Rage games and Golden Axe games this was a side scrolling beat em up (with added shooting mini-levels). Originally released in 1990 in the Arcade before being ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and the Master System, the game, like many older games, has seen a bit of a revival in budget form on things like the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection disk and the Wii Virtual console. No longer are ... Read the complete review