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Alien Syndrome (set 1)

 
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Alien Syndrome (set 1)

| 1987
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Developer: Sega
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
Number of Players: 2
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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* FB Alpha

* JFF

* Raine


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Alien Syndrome (c) 1987 Sega.

Alien Syndrome is a overhead-view run and gun game for one or two players in which a number of Mankind's space ships and bases have been overrun by an alien race, who have taken the human inhabitants hostage.

Players control two soldiers named Ricky and Mary and must fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels to rescue their captured comrades. Once a set number of hostages have been rescued, an exit opens and players can pass through it to fight the end-of-level guardian. Once the guardian is defeated, play moves onto the next stage.

A time-bomb is automatically set at the start of each stage, which must then be completed before the bomb's timer runs down. Failure to finish the level in time results in the death of the player characters. Weapon upgrades and maps of the current level are available at certain points and are accessed via hatchways in the wall.

Alien Syndrome consists of 6 full stages plus a 7th final mini-stage, consisting solely of a fight to the death against the game's final, massive guardian.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the Sega "System 16A" hardware.
Game ID: 317-0033

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Alien Syndrome was released in January 1987 in Japan.

Alien Syndrome was sold in a dedicated cabinet by Sega, but was also sold as a conversion kit by Sun Corporation (licensed from Sega) for the America market only.

Donn Nauert holds the record for this game with 2,269,200 points on February 2, 1988.

Soundtrack releases :
[JP] October 10, 1987 - After Burner [Sega Game Music Vol.3] [28XA-109]
Legend of Game Music 2 - Platinum Box [Scitron Digital Contents - SCDC-00473 to 00482 - January 18, 2006]

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hint : Shoot and grab everything as quickly as possible. If you manage to finish a level before the timer reaches 100, you get a 60K bonus.

- SERIES -

1. Alien Syndrome (1987)
2. Alien Syndrome (2007, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP)

- STAFF -

Music by: Tohru Nakabayashi

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Sega Mark III [JP] (October 18, 1987) "Alien Syndrome [Model G-1339]"
Sega Master System [US] [EU] (1988) "Alien Syndrome [Model 7006]"
Sega Master System [AU] (1988)
Sega Master System [BR] (1988) by Tec Toy
Nintendo Famicom [JP] (1988) "Alien Syndrome [Model SAN-AZ]"
Nintendo NES [US] (1988)
Sony PlayStation 2 (July 29, 2004) "Alien Syndrome [Sega Ages 2500 Vol.14] [Model SLPM-62500]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (February 10, 2009) as an unlockable extra in "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection [Model 68034]"
Sony PlayStation 3 [KO] (February 10, 2009) as an unlockable extra in "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection" by SCEI
Sony PlayStation 3 [US] (February 10, 2009) as an unlockable extra in "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection [Model BLUS-30259]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [EU] (February 20, 2009) as an unlockable extra in "SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection [Model 384-40210]"
Sony PlayStation 3 [EU] [AU] (February 20, 2009) as an unlockable extra in "SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection [Model BLES-00475]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [AU] (February 26, 2009) as an unlockable extra in "Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection"

* Handhelds :
Sega Game Gear [US] (1992) "Alien Syndrome"
Sega Game Gear [EU] (1992) "Alien Syndrome [Model 2324]"
Sega Game Gear [JP] (March 19, 1992) "Alien Syndrome [Model T-44037]"

* Computers :
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1988)
Atari ST [EU] (1988)
Commodore Amiga [US] [EU] (1988)
Commodore C64 [US] [EU] (1988)
MSX [EU] (1988)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1989)
Sharp X68000 [JP] (March 25, 1992)
PC [MS-DOS, 5.25"] [US] (1989)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
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00000000 FFCBB0 00000001 FFFFFFFF Infinite Map Time
00000000 FFC131 00000000 FFFFFFFF One Comrade Opens The Exit
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 FFC234 00000005 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 FFC235 00000001 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1
00000000 FFC243 00000000 FFFFFFFF Rapid Fire PL1
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 FFC2B4 00000005 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 FFC2B5 00000001 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2
00000000 FFC2C3 00000000 FFFFFFFF Rapid Fire PL2

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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