Alien Syndrome, the Video Game by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. [Tokyo, Japan]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Alien Syndrome © 1987 Sega.

The earth command faces a grave crisis. Hideous alien life forms have taken control of Earth's space station and hold its inhabitants hostage. Only 2 brave space troopers step forward to face the challenge. Ricky & Mary must save the hostages and destroy the alien menace once and for all. This overhead shoot'em up game features good graphics & sound as well as simple yet fast gameplay with plenty of weapons to find!

Alien Syndrome was sold in a dedicated cabinet by Sega, but was also sold as a conversion kit by Sun Corporation (licensed from Sega) for the America market only.

Cabinet dimensions : 32,5'' (83cm) Deep x 24'' (63cm) Wide x 73'' (185cm) High.
Cabinet weight : 211 lbs (96 kg).

Sega System 16A hardware

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), N7751 (@ 400 Khz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal (19'')
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 6144

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

Note : this game also runs on Sega System 16B hardware.

Released in January 1987.

Donn Nauert holds the record for this game with 2,269,200 points on February 2, 1988.

Soundtrack releases :
After Burner / Sega Game Music Vol.3 [Alfa Records - 28XA-109 - Oct 10, 1987]
Legend of Game Music 2 - Platinum Box [Scitron Digital Contents - SCDC-00473 to 00482 - Jan 18, 2006]

* Hint : Shoot and grab everything as quickly as possible. If you manage to finish a level before the timer reaches 100, you get a 60K bonus.

1. Alien Syndrome (1987)
2. Alien Syndrome (2007, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP)

Music by : Tohru Nakabayashi

Consoles :

Sega Master System (1987)
Nintendo Famicom (1988)
Sega Game Gear (1992)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 14 : Alien Syndrome")
Sony PlayStation 3 (2009, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection) [as an unlockable]

Computers :

Amstrad CPC (1987)
Commodore Amiga (1987)
Atari ST (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988)
Commodore C64 (1988)
Sharp X68000 (1992)
PC [MS-DOS, 5.25'']

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.