Alien 1982

About

This short text adventure casts the player as the sole survivor of a space disaster involving the luxury liner "Adonis." Stranded on a hostile planet full of monsters after a lifepod landing, the player must reach the planet's only other human occupants and find a way home. The game features a simple two-word parser, lots of "instant death" locations (making mapping important) and relatively few puzzles.

What is happening now

Alien is a classic puzzle-strategy adventure title from 1982 originally released on DOS and Apple II. The game has maintained a presence in gaming culture decades later, though recent coverage of "Alien" branded content largely reflects the broader franchise rather than the original title itself. A limited physical Game Boy release occurred under the "Surfing the Web With the Alien: The Game" banner, bringing the concept to Nintendo's handheld. Meanwhile, the Alien franchise continues expanding across media, with Ridley Scott's latest directorial effort receiving positive reactions for its post-apocalyptic scope, while The Lost Wild, a forthcoming horror title, draws comparisons to both Jurassic Park and Alien: Isolation by combining exploration with persistent threat.