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Alien vs. Predator is a beat 'em up by Capcom on the CPS-2 for the arcade in 1994. The default cabinet for the game allowed for up to three players to play simultaneously, although some smaller cabinets only allowing two-player play were used.

Story

San Drad, California has been overrun by Xenomorphs. Two soldiers were caught in the town during the initial alien outbreak and were abandoned by the rest of their team as well as their superiors, and are cornered by a swarm of xenomorph drones. Before they can be killed, two Predators appear and destroy the xenomorphs, saving the human soldiers. Eventually, it is discovered that the Alien presence on Earth (and the subsequent swarm that overran San Drad) was the result of an experiment headed by an USCM colonel in conjuntion with the Weyland-Yutani corporation. In the end, the Alien Hive on Earth is destroyed in a scene similar to that in the ending of the fourth Alien film, Alien: Resurrection
- A military ship is set on a course that causes it to crash into San Drad, destroying the Alien threat along with a good portion of the western US, if the explosion in the ending credits is to scale.

Characters

The game featured four characters: Two cyborgs, and a pair of Predators. Each character had varying levels of speed, strength, jumping ability and direction, and different attacks.

Predator Hunter -- A young Yautja hunter, who fights for the glory of the hunt. Fights with a Naginata.

Predator Warrior -- An older Yautja warrior, seeking other hunters that have gone missing on Earth. Fights with a Combi-stick, which is an extendable and retractable spear.

Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa -- While her cybernetics may not be readily apparent, the fact the she can face Xenomorphs in hand-to-hand combat and win shows their presence. Fights with a large-caliber pistol and a Katana, as well as several martial-arts moves more at home in a game like Street Fighter. Linn is fast and agile, but low on stamina, and must stop moving to reload her gun. She also has the largest moveset in the game.

Major Dutch Schaefer -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
's character in the original Predator. One arm has been replaced with a cybernetic arm mounting a smartgun
. Powerful but slow, Schaefer dashes forward instead of jumping. He can make use of almost any weapon in the game.

Controls

Alien vs. Predator featured a control setup with an 8-way joystick and three buttons: Attack, Jump, and Shoot. Aside from their hand-to-hand moves, each character also carries a gun. Linn uses a rapid-fire pistol, Schaefer had his built-in smartgun, while the Predators both used their signature shoulder-mounted plasma casters. Guns had semi-limited ammunition, represented by a meter near the bottom of the screen. When the meter depleted, the character was unable to fire until it filled back up. Linn's gun refilled the fastest, but she was completely defenseless while she reloaded her gun. Schaefer and the Predators could still fight while waiting for their guns to cool down.

Alien Morphology

In order to provide a large array of enemies for the players to fight, the game takes some deviations from the established Xenomorph biology. The differences can be explained in their nature as experimental subjects.

Facehuggers, Chestbursters, and Infectoids

One interesting note about the aliens in the game is the effect of their Facehuggers. Their gestation period is fairly long, but unlike other Xenomorph broods, the victim is often reduced to a zombie-like state (known as Infectoids), and will move around and attack intruders. also in some state the infectoids will suddenly pop out chestbursters dying leaving you to fight the chestbursters instead. A fair use of grenades is recommended.

Warrior

The Alien Warriors are typically based on the designs in Aliens, with a humanoid build and ridges along its cranium, and typically a black exoskeleton, although some brown warriors are seen. This breed is also known to spit acid.

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