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{{Short description|1993 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Alien 3: The Gun
|image = Alien 3 The Gun.jpg
|caption =
|developer = [[Sega]]
|publisher = Sega
|designer =
|released = [[1993 in video gaming|1993]]
|genre = [[Rail shooter]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
|arcade system = [[Sega System 32]]
|alt =
}}'''''Alien 3: The Gun''''' is a 1993 [[rail shooter]] [[arcade game]] released by [[Sega]]. It is based on the film ''[[Alien 3]]'', but focuses on two space Marines.

==Gameplay==
''Alien 3: The Gun'' is a [[rail shooter]] in which the player uses a large [[light gun]], modeled after the [[M41A Pulse Rifle]] featured in ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'', to kill various [[Alien (creature in Alien franchise)|Alien creatures]] such as [[Alien (creature in Alien franchise)#Facehugger|facehugger]]s and soldiers, unlike the film, which featured only three Aliens (including a facehugger, an alien runner and a queen chestburster). The player controls a US Colonial Marine who is tasked with reaching the prison colony featured in the film, in order to rescue prisoners who are under attack by the Aliens. The game is played across seven levels, and features various [[Boss (video gaming)|boss enemies]], including a giant facehugger. Power-ups, such as a flamethrower, are available to the player throughout the game.<ref name=AGR/><ref name=AGO>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9473&tab=overview|title=Alien 3: The Gun – Overview|last=Thompson|first=Jon|work=AllGame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114222507/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9473&tab=overview|archive-date=2014-11-14|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref>

==Plot==
One or two players can take the role of a pair of United States Colonial Marines in an altered version of the film's storyline. The action begins with an escape from the spaceship ''Sulaco'' before proceeding to the surface of Fiorina 'Fury' 161, where players must take down hordes of Aliens as well as an army of Weyland-Yutani Corporation troops sent to retrieve specimens by any means necessary. Levels are based on sets from the film and take players through the Mess Hall, Infirmary, Lead Works and more. The game ends when the players defeat the unidentified man, only to be met with more troops, who soon open fire at them.

==Reception==
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Alien 3: The Gun'' on their November 1, 1993 issue as being the most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 November 1993|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref> The game was well-received by video game critics. Retrospectively, Stephen Kleckner of [[GamesBeat]] wrote positively about ''Alien 3: The Gun'', including it in his "must-play" list of ''Alien'' titles and opining it is better than 2006's light gun game ''[[Aliens: Extermination]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/10/07/games-of-the-alien-series-part-2-the-must-play-edition/view-all/ |title=Games of the Alien series, Part 2: The 'must play' edition {{pipe}} GamesBeat {{pipe}} Games {{pipe}} by Stephen Kleckner |publisher=Venturebeat.com |date=2014-10-07 |access-date=2015-07-22}}</ref> According to ''[[Retro Gamer]]'', the "terrifying and glorious" ''Alien 3'' "went leagues beyond the other shoot-'em ups, such as ''[[Lethal Enforcers]]''."<ref>''Retro Gamer'' issue 76 page 24.</ref> Jon Thompson of [[All Game Guide]] gave it four stars out of five, calling it an "exciting" shooter "that does the movies proud, creating a horror-filled, action-packed atmosphere that should impress both die-hard and casual fans".<ref name=AGR>{{cite web|last=Thompson |first=Jon |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9473&tab=review |title=Alien 3: The Gun - Review - allgame |date=2014-11-14 |access-date=2015-07-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114222508/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9473&tab=review |archive-date=November 14, 2014 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/alien-the-gun ''Alien<sup>3</sup>: The Gun''] at [[MobyGames]]
*[http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6849 ''Alien 3: The Gun''] at The International Arcade Museum

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[[Category:1993 video games]]
[[Category:Alien (franchise) games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Arcade-only video games]]
[[Category:Light gun games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Sega System 32 games]]
[[Category:Sega arcade games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games set in prison]]
[[Category:Video games set on fictional planets]]
[[Category:Rail shooters]]

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