Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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**EPILEPSY WARNING** ? The ending goes hard with rapidly changing colors. I dunno if that can bother some people.

Alien Storm is a stange beat em' up from Sega. If the credits are anything to go by (and the in-game easter eggs), it seems to be the 4th project from the guys that made Shinobi, Golden Axe, and Altered Beast. Not a bad pedigree.
But for me, this game is a pain until you memorize a good chunk of the shooting gallery segments. They're the hardest parts of the game, and it's easy to get overwhelmed if you're just reacting to everything. You only have one life and your health never gets refilled, so you can't afford to take any unnecessary damage. It can be pretty frustrating to die from failing the memorization check, but once you get over that hump, the game is fun enough. It moves at a good pace, and it's fairly short for a beat em up. So while it sucks to die, restarts never felt like a slog. I do think this is one of the hardest beat em ups I've played so far though - these games almost never require so much memorization for a clear, and mistakes are punished pretty hard. I'm glad I got the clear tough, I thought this run was over well before the final stretch.

0:00 Intro
0:32 Mission 1
2:10 Mission 2
6:17 Mission 3
13:08 Mission 4
19:18 Mission 5
20:56 Mission 6
23:52 Ending

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Beat 'em Ups (e.g. Final Fight): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfI6IYca_kvMhpG1GR9sk8OYiWQMZZTgl
2D Action (e.g. Metal Slug): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfI6IYca_kvNFjpnJ59Th6N0IU1PSpD3d
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