XENOMORPH TIMELINE
Aliens: Alien 2 is a video game released in 1987. Its story takes place around 2179, around the same time as Aliens (2179) and around the same time as Alien 3 (2179). In the Legacy Alien timeline, it comes after Aliens: The Computer Game (around 2179) and before Aliens (1990 Arcade Game) (around 2179).
"Aliens: Alien 2," released in Japan on June 10, 1987, is a side-scrolling shooter developed and published by Square for the MSX. The box shows the English title "Aliens" and the Japanese title "Alien 2." The game never came out outside Japan, and a planned Famicom Disk System version was cancelled. Its music was composed by Nobuo Uematsu.
The player controls Ellen Ripley on a planet overrun by Xenomorphs. She starts with a basic gun. Facehuggers emerge from the eggs, and once a Facehugger is dead, shooting its egg can reveal hand grenades, stronger guns or wings that let her jump higher and further. Snakes also roam the surface.
After clearing the surface, Ripley enters a complex guarded by a giant adult Xenomorph, and the following levels take place inside.
Ellen Ripley shoots her way across an Alien-infested planet and into a complex guarded by a giant Xenomorph in this Japan-only MSX game from Square.
Credits : Square (Developer) Square (Publisher)