Alien Crush
Encyclopedia
Alien Crush is a pinball
video game developed by NAXAT Soft for the TurboGrafx-16
/PC Engine. It was released in 1988. It was later re-released on the Wii
Virtual Console
and on the PlayStation Network.
The game is the first installment in the "Crush Pinball
" series. It was followed by three sequels, Devil's Crush
, Jaki Crush
, and Alien Crush Returns
.
. Essentially, the player is "fighting" against the aliens with their pinball
skills.
The playfield of Alien Crush consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each. The play stops momentarily as the ball shifts from one screen to the next. There are also several hidden/bonus rooms. These hidden rooms mainly involve destroying all the aliens (or several waves of aliens) for bonus points.
The player is given the choice of a fast or slow ball speed and two different music tracks.
Pinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
video game developed by NAXAT Soft for the TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....
/PC Engine. It was released in 1988. It was later re-released on the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
Virtual Console
Virtual console
A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...
and on the PlayStation Network.
The game is the first installment in the "Crush Pinball
Crush Pinball
Crush Pinball is a series of pinball video games developed by Naxat Soft and later Hudson Soft. A common theme amongst all installments in the series that sets them apart from other pinball games is the presence of sci-fi, fantasy or occult themes....
" series. It was followed by three sequels, Devil's Crush
Devil's Crush
Devil's Crush is a pinball video game developed by NAXAT Soft for the TurboGrafx-16. The second installment in the Crush Pinball series after Alien Crush, the game has an eerie occult theme with skulls, skeletons, and demons. It was later followed by Jaki Crush and Alien Crush Returns...
, Jaki Crush
Jaki Crush
Jaki Crush is a pinball video game for the Super Famicom that was originally released in 1992 in Japan.-Summary:This video game is the third in the Crush Pinball series, and was preceded by Alien Crush and Devil's Crush...
, and Alien Crush Returns
Alien Crush Returns
Alien Crush Returns is a WiiWare pinball video game developed by Tamsoft and published by Hudson Soft. It is a sequel/remake to 1988's Alien Crush, and is the fourth installment in the Crush Pinball series...
.
Gameplay
Alien Crush features a science fiction theme reminiscent of the film AlienAlien (film)
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which...
. Essentially, the player is "fighting" against the aliens with their pinball
Pinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
skills.
The playfield of Alien Crush consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each. The play stops momentarily as the ball shifts from one screen to the next. There are also several hidden/bonus rooms. These hidden rooms mainly involve destroying all the aliens (or several waves of aliens) for bonus points.
The player is given the choice of a fast or slow ball speed and two different music tracks.