Ludography
Better Dead Than Alien cover

1988 · Arcade · Shoot 'em up

Better Dead Than Alien

Prepare to do battle as you and galactic hero Brad Zoom face the most revolting life forms ever to pollute the universe.

Released
1988
Platforms
AmigaAtari STAtari ST/STECommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXMS-DOS
Genres
ArcadeShoot 'em upShooter
Developers
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Publishers
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Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
United Kingdom

About

Better Dead Than Alien is a fixed shooter published in 1988 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and MS-DOS by Electra.

A fixed shooter allowing some vertical movement, the player takes control of hero Brad Zoom's ship in his quest to save civilization from aliens. The game is full of humor and the intro screen is in magazine style.

Keywords

  • space invaders
  • vertical scrolling

Media

Better Dead Than Alien screenshot 1

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Atari ST/STE31 December 1988Europe
MS-DOS31 December 1988Europe
Amiga31 December 1988Europe
Commodore C64/128/MAX31 December 1988Europe

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