Aliants: The Desperate Battle For Earth!

Box front of Aliants: The Desperate Battle For Earth!

Details

Released
1988
Developer
Starsoft Development Laboratories, Inc.
Publisher
Keypunch Software, Inc.
Genre
Action, Strategy / RTS
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Commercial
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Included in the pack (PDF)

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Title screen of Aliants: The Desperate Battle For Earth!
Title screen
Gameplay of Aliants: The Desperate Battle For Earth!
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Gameplay of Aliants: The Desperate Battle For Earth!
Gameplay

About this game

When Earthlings decided to stop wars and explore the outer space, another menace threaten them. The Aliants species, who came from far space to conquer all and to dominate in universe. And such goal was mostly achieved by them. They conquered Earth, but some human forces were left, and you are one of them.

The game represents the story about humankind savior, you, and is divided on Arcade and Strategical parts. In the start of the game, you should approach hidden Human base "Valley Forge" and land your cruiser. To achieve this, you should in arcade mode keep crosshair in the center of the screen, while it tries to move out of the center.

After landing you should choose your origin and prove yourself in the Simulator, where you in arcade mode should burn with laser gun specific parts of the enemy starship. Completing the goal in Simulator, you will take the rank of Admiral and is ready to the main strategy part of the game.

During strategy, you, sitting in the Lexington Starship, should command your Battle Carriers on the rectangular grid map 10x10, fight with enemy ships, defend your base, and free the base captured by Aliants. It is achieved by giving orders to your units and examining their positions. You should free all captured colonies to win!

Collections

Playlist
CGA Composite
Theme
Sci-Fi