20 Arcade Games That Prove 1986 Was A Landmark Year For Gaming

14. Alien Syndrome – Sega

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The year before had seen the tremendous success of Atari’s Gauntlet and other arcade companies were very keen to cash in on the success of the 4-player dungeon crawler. Sega decided to take the genre into space when they released Alien Syndrome, a strictly 2-player affair that added a couple of elements of its own. 

As well as some standard top down maze-oriented shooting action, you also had to save the hostages and defeat a huge grotesque boss – making it more than just another clone.

 
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Kieren is from England and is a well known figure in gaming circles. As a writer he is probably best known for his work on the award-winning Retro Gamer magazine but over the years he has written for numerous publications and websites. A keen games collector himself, he is also the organiser of several UK-based gaming events and has a big social media presence.