Adaptation April 2021: Alien 3 (NES, Sega Genesis, and Super NES)

“The ALIENS are fast, spit acid, and are right behind YOU!”

Alien 3 (NES)| Developer: Probe| Publisher: LJN| Released: March 1993

Talking about some of the games based on what may be the worst Alien movie out of the original quadrilogy? Sure, why not. Despite… most of the recent flicks in the series, I still love the franchise, and these games have some interesting trivia, like which one adapts the film’s tragic ending. It may not be the one that you’d think.

The NES, Sega Master System, Genesis, and Game Gear games based on the flick have the same basic premise: As Ripley, you have to run around the levels and rescue the other prisoners and reach the exit under the time limit. Depending on which version you’re playing, this is easier said than done.

Contrary to the flick’s premise, there are numerous aliens wandering around instead of just one, and Ripley is packing heat to deal with them, but because all of the prisoners are trapped in Xenomorph webbing, none of them are free to help her. The Super NES version of the game is a bit more involved because you acquire multiple objectives per level, and you can do them in any order you wish.

Music Monday #3: Best JRPG Battle Themes

Darwin: “We’re finally strong enough to take on THE AWESOME STORE! Let’s go!”

Gumball: “Wait, don’t you kinda want to hear that awesome battle music one last time?”

–The Amazing World of Gumball, “The Console”

Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest

Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest

Publisher/Developer: Konami

Platform: Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console (originally Famicom Disk System)

Released (North America, NES Version): December 1, 1988

Released (PAL Regions): April 27, 1990

Originally Played from: September 18, 2015—September 9, 2016

After the cancellation of Silent Hills and the subsequent deletion of P.T. (the “playable teaser”) from the PlayStation Store, I became paranoid that Konami would delete other games from its library. So I finally bought CII and Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. It would appear that my paranoia wasn’t justified, but it was a good excuse to finally experience these games.

The premise of CII is that Simon became cursed by Dracula after slaying him in Castlevania. Simon must embark on a quest to rid himself of the curse by collecting Dracula’s scattered body parts, reforming his body, and slaying him once again.