This is especially true if you compare it to modern games. The first thing you’ll notice is that the visuals can seem a bit blocky. It is a bit sad that Team 17 didn’t throw in some goodies for CD-ROM users, but that seems to have been the general trend concerning CD32 releases. The CD32 version doesn’t contain any extras unfortunately. Alien Breed 3D can be installed to a hard drive, which is great if you don’t want to use floppies. That is a fine accomplishment and a testament to the skill of the programmer. This means that the game works well with a 14.7 mHz CPU. One for the Amiga 1200 and one for the CD32. There are two versions of Alien Breed 3D available. The expectations were high.ĭid Alien Breed 3D deliver the goods? Did Team 17 accomplish the difficult task of recreating the atmosphere and playability from the former games in the series? Alien Breed II - Old classic, scary box art! The various Amiga magazines of the time, like Amiga Format and CU Amiga, were filled with previews and information concerning the upcoming game. With such a foundation to build a new game on, things looked quite promising. It was, as the name indicates, based on the old Alien Breed series that captivated players worldwide in the first half of the 1990’s.
They entered the competition with a game called Alien Breed 3D. With Ocean as the publisher, the ball started rolling. Gloom, Breathless, Testament, Nemac IV, Behind the Iron Gate, Fears, Death Mask and many more hit the shelves at local retailers or was available from mail order companies.Team 17, a company known for high quality titles like Superfrog, Project-X and Worms, decided they wanted to be part of the 3D revolution on the Amiga. The users demanded games similar to Wolfenstein 3D and Doom on their Amiga. It was not until the middle of the 1990’s that the Amiga entered the world of texture-mapped 3D gaming.
Review of Alien Breed 3D for the Amiga 1200/4000 and CD32
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