Alien Breed (video game)

Alien Breed
Alien Breed box cover
Developer(s)Team17
Publisher(s)Team17
MicroLeague
Producer(s)Martyn Brown
Designer(s)Rico Holmes
Programmer(s)Andreas Tadic
Peter Tuleby
Artist(s)Rico Holmes
Composer(s)Allister Brimble
Platform(s)Amiga, CD32, MS-DOS, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, Vita, PlayStation Mobile
Release1991: Amiga
1993: MS-DOS
Genre(s)Run and gun
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Alien Breed is a top down run and gun video game released in 1991 by Team17 for the Amiga and later in 1993 by MicroLeague for MS-DOS. The game is the first in the Alien Breed series.

Alien Breed is based on the Alien films, specifically Aliens, and also on the 8-bit-era games Laser Squad and Paradroid[1] as well as the Gauntlet arcade game.[2]

  1. ^ "Interview with Rico Holmes of Team 17". Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
  2. ^ "Review of DOS version of Alien Breed at Mobygames". Retrieved 16 April 2007.