<s>
Alien	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1984	O
hybrid	O
strategy/adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Concept	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Argus	O
Press	O
Software	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
science	O
fiction	O
horror	O
film	O
Alien	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alien	B-Application
is	O
an	O
omniscient	O
menu	O
driven	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
starts	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
crew	O
members	O
being	O
killed	O
by	O
the	O
alien	B-Application
,	O
which	O
mirrors	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
Kane	O
when	O
he	O
gives	O
birth	O
to	O
the	O
alien	B-Application
in	O
the	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
moves	O
the	O
characters	O
around	O
on	O
a	O
map-grid	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
ship	O
as	O
they	O
search	O
for	O
the	O
alien	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alien	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
game	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrospectively	O
,	O
Stephen	O
Kleckner	O
of	O
Thunderbolt	O
wrote	O
positively	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
it	O
in	O
his	O
"	O
must-play	O
"	O
list	O
of	O
Alien	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
