Alien Storm: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Alien Storm (1990) is a shooter, hack and slash/beat 'em up, arcade video game developed by Team Shinobi, available on Arcade, PS3, C64, ZXS, Linux, Wii, Genesis/MegaDrive, Atari-ST. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 68/100 on IGDB.

What is Alien Storm about?

Alien Storm is a side-scrolling beat 'em up. The game resembles Golden Axe, with a similar artistic style, three playable characters (a man, a woman, and a novelty character) and pick-up or power-up special attacks. The player (one player only on the Master System version, up to two players on the Mega Drive version, three on the arcade version) selects from the three different characters to embark upon a quest to save the Earth from an alien invasion.

All of the Busters are playable from the beginning of the game. There are 6 missions to complete (8 in the Mega Drive version) with several stages, and each mission has the player blasting aliens, from the streets to the mother ship, where the mother of all aliens can be found. This task becomes increasingly difficult with each new mission, and the aliens are capable of hiding inside objects such as plants, postboxes, trashcans, drums, an

Key details

Alien Storm was released in 1990 and supports single player, multiplayer, co-operative. Platforms: Arcade, PS3, C64, ZXS, Linux, Wii, Genesis/MegaDrive, Atari-ST. Developer: Team Shinobi.

Should you play Alien Storm?

Reviews are mixed, but Alien Storm retains a dedicated player base among shooter, hack and slash/beat 'em up, arcade fans.