We don’t really have any information about it, but it is likely that Alien 64 was a remake or a sequel of Alien Trilogy, a tie-in released in 1996 for psx, saturn and pc. The game was inserted in some release lists for the Nintendo 64, but there was never an official announcement, thus even the authenticity of the screenshots in this page is debatable, because they could be just mock-ups or pics from Alien Resurrection, another playstation title. It could also be possible that some of the assets of the cancelled nintendo 64 version were later reused for Resurrection.
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By the looks of those screen excluding the 3rd and really blurry one these are screen from Alien Resurrection for the playstation. the gun models and level designs are pretty much the exact same if I recall
You are right Jay, i’m not sure if those screens were all from the N64 version, but they were presented as images from the N64 version in a magazine. It’s possible that they were just taken from the PSX version of Resurrection, but as you said, the third one is really suspicious…
The first two pictures are from Alien Trilogy even if the first probably is a beta of the game because the area does not look like any level of the game. The third image came from an ad from Alien Trilogy when the game was first planned to the sega 32x and shows a beta picture of the games’ intro.
Interesting, thanks a lot for the info Aleksey! I still need to update this page, unfortunately there’s so much to do for Unseen64 and never enough free time :(
Didn’t one of the development team from Die Hard Trilogy confirm there were never any plans for Alien Trilogy on the N64?
I’m not sure, maybe another studio was working on it? :O
I’ve yet to have the claim confirmed so take it with a pinch of salt.
Pity the actual coder wasn’t named,it would make further investigation a lot easier.
Acclaim originally annouced Alien Trilogy for the 3DO and with a 1995 release date, when showing off the rendered footage to the press.
Update as new information has come to light :
Acclaims Greg Wright was the person telling the press Alien Trilogy was headed to the Sega 32X, Acclaim later admitting that only the Saturn,PlayStation and PC had the power to do the game they wanted.
3DO Alien Trilogy was only something they at 1 stage considered, they never confirmed it was coming,the press just assumed it was.
Apparently Acclaim’s marketing department were announcing formats and release dates for the game,whilst the motion capture and SGI workstation rendered graphics were being shown off, but the basic gameplay design had still to be finalised at this point.
Sent over press clipping claiming Rebellion AVP was planned for N64
I know what I’m saying this might be crazy. But when I was a kid, I think I might have played a demo version of alien 64 it was labeled as “mazer, alien.n64 demo ver. 1. Unfortunately, I lost it.It was a maze shooting game where there was no clear level, there just endless maze run while being hunted by aliens. You were given a shotgun, a revolver and a automatic rifle useing the d- pad. It was a white panel maze were you moved a 3d shooting like duke nukem 64. With a light white airing mist givening you a sense of uneasiness, capturing a center view. It had a mapping radar on the right bottom corner with layout mapping control of ammo and lifebar be it one up or one down in opposite corners or stacked on the bottom left corner. Frequently appearing black, tall ominous figures.
Which looked like aliens. Each time you would shot one, it would pause in away Look like it blew the chunk of them off and then segue in it’s path to you beeping red in 2 to 3 shots, depending on the weapon you use. Instantly popping a box of ammunition, rounds burn to look like black box with an image with ammo shots and/or shock on shells depending on the gun that you use to finish it. And each time you will clear a zone, it will peer out a red cross healing square.
Going in advanced levels, there would be panels where you have to shoot a white accent box on the panels. In order to open or close them. Which became pretty defermental, to your life if surrounded by multiple aliens, in needed to block a path. In times in higher levels, they would appear a black box for a laser gun, which you can use and add to your arsenal. For a certain amount of rounds, before it disappears, but you cleared a zone with it. You’re able to get a battery of a black box with a image of an lightning bolt to recharge it when holding the laser and if not you’ll get a heal pack.
In the game layout, it’s like a circle, and there are 4 designated area. Is it when you clear first area the hole maze map pops up of the full map blacking out the first area. Unfortunately, I was only able to clear the first area before dying and had to start the game all over again. But before that, I had to put my gamer tag in of 3 letters and like a bracket sheet, you know, arcade machine. Unfortunately, it only saves Player achievement score. Popping you back to game start screen with three options Start Game,Change game options and Scores.