History Of Alien Vs. Predator Games Explored

Posted by simoniker on Monday October 13, 2003 @10:59PM from the lettuce-versus-cabbage dept.

Thanks to 1UP for their story exploring the varied history of Alien Vs. Predator games for PCs, consoles, and handhelds, pointing out "...aliens have fought Predators while eating Colonial Marines on half a dozen game platforms with no sign of letting up." Titles featured include Capcom's 2D arcade version, notable for "ridiculous life power-ups, including tossed salads, giant pizza pies with everything, and delicately-garnished plates of sea bream", the first-person shooter Atari Jaguar version, "employing the concept that would later become central to the franchise - the game would be playable from the point of view of all three species", and Rebellion's follow-up PC version, described as "a heck of a game if it's patched to repair the flaws in its initial release."

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AvP was one of the best games out for the Jaguar by BrookHarty · 2003-10-14 04:00 · Score: 3, Insightful

I didnt own a Jaguar, but I rented it soley for AvP. That game had some of the best Gfx, and FPS play that even the PC version dosent even touch. AvP1 for PC was generic, and didnt have the appeal as AvP2 for PC. AvP2 was more dark, faster and had more team play action.

The PC versions just never captured the FPS multiplayer style of game. But reading the history, it does state that the PC release had tons of bugs, and a horrible Initial release. (Ubisoft take note...) I gave up after its initial release because of its bugs, and picked AvP2 on sale because of the bad aftertaste of AvP1.

I dont agree thou, that the Jaguar version was fuzzy and had bad frame rate, if you compare it to Today, maybe... But at the time, the game was indeed a "Show Case game" for the Jaguar and console gamers.

Hopefully, someone gets back to basics, AvP is a good idea, just done badly in the newest incarnations.