Alien World

STORY / GAMEPLAY
During a time of legends the world was doomed into darkness. The wizard of evil rules and imprisons your mind inside the body of a ferocious alien that looks similar to the infamous alien of the Alien blockbuster movie! And that was his first mistake because now you own the soul of a warrior. And so begins your action-packed quest to defeat the wizard and regain your human nature. You set forth to rescue your love interest, a beautiful girl named Merdb, held by Feg inside the Cave Of Dreams. The storyline is quite odd for a pure shoot 'em up game! Collecting pods can enhance your firepower, increase the speed of your alien(!) and activate smart Bombs. What may come up as a surprise though, is how gravity negatively affects your alien and forces you towards the hot lava (that means disaster). Overall, Alien World has all the ingredients of a common shooter game.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Amiga version features a few more colors (up to 32) than the ST (up to 26), but in general the graphics are pretty much the same on both platforms. Note that the Amiga version has different background graphics than the ST (but still poor in detail), while the foreground details are exactly the same. Although the scrolling is slow, the game remains fun to play. The soundtrack is far from a thrilling musical experience and not the sort of music you'd leave playing aloud while doing something else. During gameplay, the Amiga version keeps the the intro tune playing (but there are no sound effects) in contrast to the Atari ST version that has sound effects during gameplay but no music.