If you’ve never played Alien Breed (or its sequels, putting aside the somewhat shaky attempts to clone Doom which pushed the Amiga far too hard) it’s a top-down 2D sci-fi shooter that sees the player infiltrating an alien horde over a series of increasingly difficult levels, both in terms of complexity and the size and strength of the various enemies. Of course, if you’re now playing it on the Vita there’s the added bonus of physical controls, although they’re not quite perfect themselves, but we’ll come back to that.
On the PlayStation Vita (the game runs on the PlayStation Mobile format, so will also work on some Android devices) the game has survived not just intact, but enhanced, carrying with it the changes made recently when a similar reissue was had on the iPhone platform. To us, as kids, Alien Breed was amazing, a chance to recreate pitched battles against xenomorphs from the comfort of our own sofas, staring into a 12 inch CRT thinking this was as good as games were ever going to get. Alien Breed’s roots were – back at its 16-bit outing – and, are – with this latest remix – patently clear: this is a top-down Aliens themed shooter with just enough tweaks and changes for Yorkshire based Team 17 to escape 20th Century Fox nuking them from orbit.
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