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{{Short description|1993 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title      = Alien vs Predator
|image      = AvpSNES boxart.jpg
|developer  = [[Jorudan]]
|publisher  = {{vgrelease|JP|[[Information Global Service|IGS]]|NA/EU|[[Activision]]}}
|producer   = Tom Sloper
|designer   = Mitoshi Asakawa<br />Y. Furusawa
|programmer = Fumihiro Sugiura<br />Mitoshi Asakawa<br />Yoshiaki Tejima 
|artist     = Hisaya Yabusaki<br />Katsunori Nakabayashi<br />Mitsuru Ishida
|composer   = [[Tenpei Sato]]
|series     = ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]''
|platforms  = [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|released   = {{vgrelease|JP|8 January [[1993 in video gaming|1993]]|NA|September 1993|EU|November 1993}}
|genre      = [[Beat 'em up]]
|modes      = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}

'''''Alien vs Predator'''''{{efn|Also known as {{nihongo|'''''Aliens vs. Predator'''''|エイリアンvs.プレデター|''Eirian vs. Puredetā''||lead=yes}} in Japan.}} is a 1993 [[beat 'em up]] [[video game]] for [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], developed by [[Jorudan]] and published by [[Information Global Service]] in Japan and by [[Activision]] internationally. An [[Alien vs. Predator (arcade game)|arcade game of the same title]] was released by [[Capcom]] eight months later, but the two games are different and their storylines are unrelated to each other.

== Gameplay ==
[[File:SNES Alien vs Predator (Aliens vs. Predator).png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot.]]
''Alien vs Predator'' is a [[beat 'em up]] video game in which the player controls a [[Predator (alien)|Predator]] and must advance through various stages killing all of the [[Alien (Alien franchise)|Aliens]]. The player character may become temporarily invisible and may charge their energy weapons to destroy all onscreen enemies at once.

==Story==
The game is set on the planet Vega 4 in the city of New Shanghai. A work crew performing underground construction discovers a colony of [[Alien (Alien franchise)|Aliens]] which attack them and then quickly moved to the surface. The city is quickly overcome by the Aliens, but the citizens send out a distress signal to Earth which is also received by a passing [[Predator (alien)|Predator]] ship. The Predators decide to hunt the Aliens on Vega 4, seeing them as challenging prey.

The player battles through six stages, fighting various types of Aliens and bosses. Many of the boss enemies are Aliens which have gestated in different types of animals and thus demonstrate characteristics of those animals. These include an aquatic Alien that emerges from a [[dolphin]], a primate-like Alien gestated in an [[ape]], a winged Alien gestated in a [[bat]], and a [[snake]]-like Alien. After battling the Aliens on Vega 4 the player Predator travels to the Orion Nebula for the final stage and battles the Alien queen.

== Development and release ==
''Alien vs Predator'' for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was developed by Jorudan, who had previously worked on games such as ''[[Xardion]]'' and ''[[Musya]]'', with Activision producer Tom Sloper overseeing its creation.<ref name="AVPgstaff">{{cite video game|title=エイリアンvs.プレデター (Aliens vs. Predator )|developer=[[Jorudan]]|publisher=[[Information Global Service]]|date=8 January 1993|platform=[[Super Famicom]]|level=Alien vs. Predator Game Staff|language=ja}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=CRV|url=http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Jorudan|title=Jorudan|work=Game Developer Research Institute|date=July 13, 2007|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611004452/http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Jorudan|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Mitoshi Asakawa and Y. Furusawa serving as designers while Fumihiro Sugiura, Yoshiaki Tejima and Mitoshi Asakawa worked as programmers.<ref name="AVPgstaff"/> Hisaya Yabusaki, Yasuhiko Kikuchi, Kozo Igarashi, Nobuki Kimishima, Katsunori Nakabayashi, Mitsuru Ishida, Takanori Wada and Y. Arai were responsible for the pixel art.<ref name="AVPgstaff"/> The soundtrack was composed by [[Tenpei Sato]].<ref name="AVPgstaff"/> Other members also collaborated in its making.<ref name="AVPgstaff"/> Both [[Rebellion Developments]] co-founder Jason Kingsley and former [[Atari Corporation]] producer James "Purple" Hampton have stated in recent interviews that a port was planned for the [[Atari Jaguar]], but Hampton felt it did not represent the franchise's universe and characters properly, resubmitting the project to both [[20th Century Fox]] and Activision into a [[Alien vs Predator (Atari Jaguar game)|first-person shooter]] instead.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-alien-vs-predator/|title=The Making Of... Alien Vs Predator|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|issue=133|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=February 2004|pages=114–117|access-date=2020-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531022546/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-alien-vs-predator/|archive-date=2013-05-31|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Making Of: Alien Vs Predator|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|issue=57|publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]]|date=December 2008|pages=28–31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wallett|first=Adrian|url=http://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/james-hampton/|title=James Hampton (LucasArts/Atari) – Interview|website=arcadeattack.co.uk|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=2020-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706104603/http://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/james-hampton/|archive-date=2018-07-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_cnF33N66U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/5_cnF33N66U |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|work=[[YouTube]]|date=October 30, 2019|author=Hans Reutter|title=PRGE 2019 - Making Alien Vs. Predator for the Atari Jaguar - Portland Retro Gaming Expo 4K|access-date=2020-11-03}}{{cbignore}}</ref> According to Tom Sloper, conversions for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and [[Personal computer|PC]] were also under development by [[Realtime Associates]] but both versions were ultimately scrapped by Activision, who were unhappy with their production.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross-Shaw|first=Alex|url=https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2011/06/two-games-that-werent-and-sadly-never-will-be/|title=Two Games That Werent (and sadly never will be)|work=Games That Weren't|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=2020-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919033731/https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2011/06/two-games-that-werent-and-sadly-never-will-be/|archive-date=2020-09-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Alien vs Predator'' for the Super Nintendo was first released in Japan by Information Global Service on January 8, 1993.<ref name="FamSNESavp"/> The game was then released by Activision in North America in September 1993 and later in Europe on November of the same year.<ref name="SNESGamesavp">{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.com:80/consumer/gameslist/manuals/snes_games.pdf|title=Super NES Games|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920223937/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/snes_games.pdf|archive-date=2008-09-20|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} The Japanese version, titled ''Aliens vs. Predator'', has several  gameplay differences compared to the international version such as the Predator moving slower, though players can make him run by tapping the direction button twice and sporting an orange color, whereas the Predator in the international version moves faster but is unable to run and sports a brown color, as well as the charging meter for the player's energy weapon being shorter. The Japanese version includes a two-player versus mode in which one player controls a Predator and the other controls an Alien; this mode is absent from the international release.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
|GR         = 47.25%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/563511-alien-vs-predator/|title=Alien vs. Predator for Super Nintendo|work=[[GameRankings]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=2019|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209013843/https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/563511-alien-vs-predator/|archive-date=2019-12-09|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Fam        = 22/40<ref name="FamSNESavp">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/weekly-famitsu-no.-212-213-january-8th-15th-1993/page/n38/mode/1up|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: エイリアンVS.プレデター (SFC)|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|issue=212–213|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]]|date=January 1993|page=39|lang=ja}}</ref>
|NP         = 3.325/5<ref name="NPSNESavp">{{cite magazine|title=Now Playing - Aliens vs. Predator (Super NES)|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|issue=51|publisher=[[Nintendo of America]]|date=August 1993|pages=100–101}}</ref>
|rev1       = ''[[Aktueller Software Markt]]''
|rev1Score  = 3/12<ref name="ASMSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Klugkist|first=Martin|url=https://archive.org/stream/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.04#page/n131/mode/1up|title=Konsolen: Kinder, Frühstück! - Aliens vs. Predator (SNES)|magazine=[[Aktueller Software Markt]]|issue=74|publisher=Tronic Verlag|date=April 1993|page=130|lang=de}}</ref>
|rev2       = ''[[:it:Computer+Videogiochi|Computer+Videogiochi]]''
|rev2Score  = 79/100<ref name="C+VSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Cardillo|first=Paolo|url=https://archive.org/stream/computer-videogiochi-24#page/n99/mode/1up|title=Super NES - Review: Alien vs. Predator|magazine=[[:it:Computer+Videogiochi|Computer+Videogiochi]]|issue=24|publisher=[[:it:Gruppo Editoriale Jackson|Gruppo Editoriale Jackson]]|date=March 1993|page=100|lang=it}}</ref>
|rev3       = ''[[GamesMaster (magazine)|GamesMaster]]''
|rev3Score  = 15%<ref name="GMSNESavp">{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamesMaster_UK_004.pdf&page=80|title=Review Shorts - Alien Vs. Predator (SNES)|magazine=[[GamesMaster (magazine)|GamesMaster]]|issue=4|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|date=April 1993|page=80|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630200810/https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:GamesMaster_UK_004.pdf&page=80|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev4       = ''[[:fr:Joypad (magazine)|Joypad]]''
|rev4Score  = 64%<ref name="JpadSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last1=Huyghues-Lacour|first1=Alain|last2=Prézeau|first2=Olivier|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=1784&album=oui|title=Super Famicom: Limace Contre Acide! - Aliens vs Predator|magazine=[[:fr:Joypad (magazine)|Joypad]]|issue=18|publisher=[[:fr:Yellow Media|Yellow Media]]|date=March 1993|pages=104–105|lang=fr|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701004119/https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=1784&album=oui|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev5       = ''[[:de:M! Games|MAN!AC]]''
|rev5Score  = 31%<ref name="M!SNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Forster|first=Winnie|url=https://archive.org/stream/MANIAC.N004.1994.02-DURiAN#page/n34/mode/1up|title=Spiele-Tests - SN - Alien vs. Predator|magazine=[[:de:M! Games|MAN!AC]]|issue=4|publisher=Cybermedia|date=February 1994|page=35|lang=de}}</ref>
|rev6       = ''[[:de:Mega Fun|Mega Fun]]''
|rev6Score  = 33%<ref name="MFSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Noak|first=Philipp|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=14173|title=Test Super Nintendo: Alien Vs Predator|magazine=[[:de:Mega Fun|Mega Fun]]|issue=16|publisher=[[:de:Computec Media Group|CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG]]|date=January 1994|page=45|lang=de|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701030651/https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=14173|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev7       = ''[[Europress#Europress Impact|N-Force]]''
|rev7Score  = 39/100<ref name="N-FSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Millichamp|first=Rob|url=https://archive.org/stream/N-Force_No_10_1993-04_Europress_Impact_GB#page/n43/mode/1up|title=Reviewed! SNES: Aliens vs. Predator|magazine=[[Europress#Europress Impact|N-Force]]|issue=10|publisher=[[Europress Impact]]|date=April 1993|page=44}}</ref>
|rev8       = ''[[:de:Play Time|Play Time]]''
|rev8Score  = 41%<ref name="PTSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=E.|first=R.|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cd/PlayTime_DE_1993-06.pdf|title=Marios Magic: Alien vs. Predator (Import/SNES)|magazine=[[:de:Play Time|Play Time]]|issue=24|publisher=[[:de:Computec Media Group|CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG]]|date=June 1993|page=84|lang=de|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702185238/https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cd/PlayTime_DE_1993-06.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev9       = ''[[Power Unlimited]]''
|rev9Score  = 83/100<ref name="PUSNESavp">{{cite magazine|title=Review - Alien vs Predator - Super Nintendo|magazine=[[Power Unlimited]]|issue=5|publisher=[[VNU Media]]|date=January 1994|lang=nl}}</ref>
|rev10      = ''[[:ja:Theスーパーファミコン|The Super Famicom]]''
|rev10Score = 58/100<ref name="TSFSNESavp">{{cite magazine|title=ザ・テストプレイ - エイリアンVSプレデター|magazine=[[:ja:Theスーパーファミコン|The Super Famicom]]|volume=4|issue=1|publisher=[[SB Creative|SoftBank Creative]]|date=8 January 1993|page=22|lang=ja}}</ref>
|rev11      = ''[[Super Play]]''
|rev11Score = 28%<ref name="SPSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Brookes|first=Jason|url=https://archive.org/stream/Superplay_Issue_06_1993-04_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n56/mode/1up|title=Import Review - Aliens vs Predator|magazine=[[Super Play]]|issue=6|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|date=April 1993|page=57}}</ref>
|rev12      = ''[[:de:Total (Zeitschrift)|Total!]]''
|rev12Score = 4- (D-)<ref name="T!SNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Anton|first=Michael|url=https://www.ninretro.de/img/scans/snes/Alien_vs_Predator_TO_10-93.jpg|title=Test - SNES: Aliens vs. Predator|magazine=[[:de:Total (Zeitschrift)|Total!]]|issue=5|publisher=X-Plain-Verlag|date=October 1993|page=48|lang=de|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702210420/https://www.ninretro.de/img/scans/snes/Alien_vs_Predator_TO_10-93.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev13      = ''[[:de:Video Games|Video Games]]''
|rev13Score = 63%<ref name="VGSNESavp">{{cite magazine|last=Neumayer|first=Manfred|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=18808|title=Rom Check - Super Nintendo: Monsterduell - Aliens vs. Predator|magazine=[[:de:Video Games|Video Games]]|issue=22|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=September 1993|page=84|lang=de|access-date=2020-06-30|archive-date=2020-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702022636/https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=18808|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

''Alien vs Predator'' on the Super NES was met with mixed critical reception since its release.

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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/563511-alien-vs-predator ''Alien vs Predator''] at [[GameFAQs]]
* [https://www.giantbomb.com/alien-vs-predator/3030-1297/ ''Alien vs Predator''] at [[Giant Bomb]]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/alien-vs-predator_ ''Alien vs Predator''] at [[MobyGames]]
* [https://www.avpcentral.com Alien vs Predator Central]

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