Alien Crush 1988

Is it still worth playing?

A 1988 pinball game for the TurboGrafx-16 takes its look from the Alien films, with walls like vertebrae, targets shaped like jaws and skulls and a many eyed creature in the background. The table spans two screen sized areas that swap as the ball moves between them, each with its own pair of flippers. Hitting certain lit targets opens secret tables with their own enemies, and clearing them earns bonus points. Three creatures sometimes cross the screen and can be shot for points. Before playing you pick a fast or slow ball and one of two music tracks. It was the first game of the Crush Pinball series. Two flippers on each screen, a choice of ball speed and secret tables to find are still all there is to learn.