|  Alien Attack | | Title: | Alien Attack | | Category: | Game/SpaceInvaders | | Release Date: | 1985 | | Language: | English | | Size: | 16K | | Machine: | PAL Only | | Code Type: | Machine code | | Distribution: | Commercial/TA | | Retail Price: | 2.99£ | | Game ending type: | No end (highscore) | | |  | | Released by: | Solar Software Ltd. | | Code by: | Shay, John P. | | Notes: | Also distributed as Alien in the alternative version of Triple Decker 5. Originally released as Galaxions / Galaxion Invaders on the VIC20. Novaload serial: M100006. |
Download:
Alien (Triple Decker 5):
No turbo version:
Triple Decker 5:
External links:
VIC20 release (Galaxions)
User Rating: 2.8/10 (6 votes)
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| | Releases | | Name | Released By | Release Date | Distribution | Product Code | Retail Price | Format | Package | Rarity | Notes | Owned |
| Original release | Solar Software Ltd. | 1985 | Commercial | | 2.99£ | Cassette | | Unspecified | | 3 |
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Cassette Cover (Front) |
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Cassette |
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Cassette (Alternative) |
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| | Waste Of Memory | | Most of the memory slice which has been dedicated to the graphics has been wasted to uselessly keep the main ship from 3D Quasars and the mountain in the background of Monkey Magic. |
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| | Six Titles Debut | Alien Attack has been arguably released at the same time with Quick Draw, Cruncher, Knock Out, Mission Mars and Suicide Run in the very beginning of Solar Software: all the titles show a loader screen in the respective no turbo versions where all the six names are displayed.
As reported in Commodore Horizons 21, Brenda Shay talked about a routine coded by John P. Shay which was capable to convert the games straight from the VIC20 code, then she named exactly these six games.
All these titles have as original starting address $2100. All of the titles have been saved thru Novaload versions on Triple Decker series including some useless memory filled with garbage till $3FFF, although all these games occupy $1001-$3000 only, and starting from a code located in $2050 which awaits some seconds before jumping to the original starting address at $2100.
Alien Attack exists in four different releases: no turbo with loading screen, turbo starting from $2050 named "Alien" (Triple Decker 5 alternative version), turbo starting from $2050 with the same serial but as "Alien Attack" (Triple Decker 5) in two different Novaload numbers.
One of the two Alien Attack turbos on Triple Decker 5 forgets to clear the screen at Novaload, leaving the Novaload string over the titlescreen. |
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