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The Top 7... alien invasions

Get ready to get your ass handed to you by a twisted menace from across the galaxy... seven times over

Words: Christian Nutt, GamesRadar US

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3. Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992, Super Nintendo)

Contra was always the most convincing picture of alien invasion to a generation of kids drunk on the high-octane Alien and Predator films, twitching fingers on the fire button. The huge, grotesque creatures, two lone-wolf soldiers plowing through increasingly screwed-up levels... there's a lot to be said for atmosphere, and when the giant boss creatures burst through walls or vomit fire, Contra III delivers.

Shiny and slick, and full of massive challenge and endless carnage, it perfectly boils the steroid-addled '80s vision of an alien invasion down into an intense blast-fest.

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thebigmo1 - 1 year 3 months ago

first not that i care

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thebigmo1 - 1 year 3 months ago

first not that i care

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Smeggs - 1 year 3 months ago

Yay, Half-Life. Y'know, I can't belive this but after play HL1 I belive I liked it more than its sequels O_O...Not that the sequels weren't the bomb.

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The_Tingler - 1 year 3 months ago

Halo 2 - yes, but then they screwed it up but then just going to another boring Halo for the rest of the game.

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BooyaBuda - 1 year 2 months ago

you forgot earthbound

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Predator428 - 1 year 2 months ago

Kind of a short article...

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Marioninja1 - 1 year 2 months ago

I love Half-life 2 and all the sequels, mostly 2, never played the first though

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Princeton12 - 1 year 1 month ago

Ummmm... Let's not forget Resistance and Gears of War!!! I mean come on...

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BooyaBuda - 1 year 28 days ago

Resistance is not an alien invasion

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ryno - 1 year 9 days ago

then how do you explain the giant ships in Resistance 2

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BooyaBuda - 1 year 2 hours ago

ryno they explain it in the first one it was a virus thing created in russia

and i guess the ships are a way of moving thier guys over seas since the new game is all about the cheamara invading north america

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Blackbird1156 - 11 months 5 days ago

Gears of war wasn't and alien invasion. the Locust was there the whole time. Unless your talking about the humans invading

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ryno - 11 months 5 days ago

oh right

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jakery22 - 7 months 3 days ago

technically the locust are the good guys in gears of war it was the humans that invaded and the locust just got tired of there war and emulsion stealing so fought back

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Satanshadow94 - 7 months 21 hours ago

Jackery22 I hate to do this to a Fellow H.I.M. fan but you have no say in Gears because your a ps3 gamer and don't think I'm not loyal to sony but right now it is about monney so unless sony pulls their head out of there asses anyways PS3 gamers can't coment on the games of 360, PC on the other hand go ahead

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BeastlyB - 5 months 22 days ago

When I started reading this article I knew HL was gonna b #1

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RedOutlive10 - 5 months 15 days ago

I really enjoyed how there's a whole story in Half-Life's background, I remember the Nihilanth often mentions unknown parties, and implies there's something else controlling them, as the Combine are a far superior force than what was faced in Xen. Well played, Valve.

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