Familiarity "Breeds"... fondness at #6

Back to my Top Ten... and in at number 6 is Team 17's Alien Breed.

A top-down shooter, you take the role of a lone marine (unless you had a mate along for its brilliant co-op mode) stranded in a remote space station.

Based on the cult Alien films, the game's dreary colour palette and graphics were nothing to write home about but it oozed atmosphere. The aim was to hunt out the elevator on each level that would take you to the next stage (just like my old favourite Toejam and Earl), while collecting keys, ammo and killing the big, bad boss aliens that appeared every now and again.

Roaming the hallways and hangars, you'd suddenly find yourself surrounded hundreds of acid-spitting, dumb-ass aliens. Thankfully, this wasn't too much of a problem as you were armed to the teeth with a powerful arsenal. There was nothing more satisfying than unloading a couple of cartridges into the incoming horde and hearing them whimper in response. Magic.

There were various releases but my preference was the budget Special Edition version available on the Amiga in 1992. Check out the video below from mingo870...