<s>
Alien	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	B-Application
maze	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
published	O
by	O
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1979	O
Alien	B-Application
film	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Doug	O
Neubauer	O
who	O
is	O
credited	O
in	O
the	O
packaging	O
as	O
"	O
Dallas	O
North.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Neubauer	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
1979	O
's	O
Star	B-Application
Raiders	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alien	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
first	O
officially	O
licensed	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
Alien	B-Application
film	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
crew	O
pursued	O
by	O
three	O
aliens	B-Application
in	O
the	O
hallways	O
of	O
a	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
alien	B-Application
eggs	O
laid	O
in	O
the	O
hallways	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
dots	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
armed	O
with	O
a	O
flamethrower	O
which	O
can	O
temporarily	O
immobilize	O
the	O
aliens	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
"	O
pulsars	O
"	O
(	O
like	O
the	O
power	O
pills	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
)	O
occasionally	O
appear	O
which	O
turn	O
the	O
tables	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
human	O
to	O
overpower	O
the	O
aliens	B-Application
.	O
</s>
