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Summary

Alien vs. Predator drops you into a frantic, side‑scroll beat ’em up that feels like a polished, arcade‑sized Final Fight. You can pick from four fighters – Major Dutch Schaefer, Lt. Linn Kurosawa, a Predator Hunter and a Predator Warrior – and the cabinet even lets three of them team up at once, swapping characters on the fly. Each hero brings a distinct melee tool (katana, naginata, spear or Dutch’s cyber‑arm) plus a ranged weapon that refills on its own, so you’re constantly juggling close‑quarters slashes with timed shots.

The stages are packed with Xenomorph swarms, rogue soldiers and the occasional power‑up: grenade launchers, flamethrowers, and even food for a quick health boost. The joystick’s eight directions and three‑button layout keep the action tight, while the on‑screen ammo meters add a subtle resource‑management layer. Visually, the game shines with crisp sprites and flashy special effects that earned it perfect scores from GamePro and a spot among the top arcade units in both Japan and North America.

Behind the scenes, Capcom built the title around an abandoned film script, swapping the comic’s Machiko Noguchi for the original Lt. Kurosawa and re‑uniting Dutch Schaefer from the 1987 Predator movie. Though a 32X port was planned, the arcade version remains the definitive AVP experience.

Storyline

In the arcade classic Alien vs. Predator, the action opens in San Drad (also called San Dorado), California, which has been overrun by Xenomorphs. Major Dutch Schaefer and Lieutenant Linn Kurosawa of the United States Colonial Marine Corps find themselves abandoned by their superiors and cornered by a swarm of Alien drones.

A pair of Predators suddenly intervene, wiping out the Aliens and proposing an uneasy alliance. The player fights through seven stages, ultimately destroying the Alien hive and uncovering a bio‑war project run by renegade General Bush of the Weyland‑Yutani corporation. Boarding Bush’s military ship as it lifts off, they halt his breeding program; Bush curses them, and the surviving Alien Queen kills him.

After the Queen’s defeat, the team programs the ship to crash into San Drad, causing a massive explosion that eradicates all Alien life on Earth. The Predator Warrior rewards Dutch and Linn with his wrist blades before departing, and a puzzled Linn asks why the Predators helped, receiving only a vague answer that leaves the duo wondering if they’ll have to face the hunters again.

Edited by Maya Carter