

Alien vs. Predator is a 1994 beat 'em up video game developed and released by Capcom for the CPS-2 arcade game system. It is based on the science fiction franchise of the same name. Introducing an original fighter to the game: Lt. Kurosawa, the players take control of up to three from the selection of four cyborgs and Predator characters in a battle against the Xenomorph hordes and rogue human soldiers. San Drad, California, has been overrun by the Aliens, and the cybernetically-enhanced Major Dutch Schaefer and Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa have been abandoned by their superiors and are cornered by a swarm of the Alien drones. Before they can be killed, a pair of the Predators appear and destroy the Aliens. The Predators offer an alliance with the two humans in order to stop the Alien infestation. The players take control of up to three of four characters: Dutch, Linn, a Predator hunter, and a Predator warrior, and battle the Aliens through several environments. In the process, the characters discover that the Alien presence on Earth is the result of an experiment headed by a renegade General Bush of the U.S. Colonial Marines in conjunction with the Weyland-Yutani corporation. They destroy the Alien hive by crashing a military ship into San Drad, causing a huge explosion. The Predator warrior then gives his wrist blades to Dutch and Linn in recognition of their skills as warriors, before the Predators depart back into space.
ShooterHack and slash/Beat 'em upArcadeActionScience fictionHorroraliensbloodydeathhand-to-hand combatbrawlerside-scrollingcyborgsteammultiple protagonistsbased on - movieachievementsonlineArcade
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Unpretentious, plot-driven, resolved and earnest.
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Released
- May 20, 1994
- Modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- CP System II (CPS-2)
IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 42 ratings.
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