<s>
Alien	B-Device
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Hill	O
in	O
1982	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
borrows	O
heavily	O
from	O
concepts	O
in	O
the	O
1979	O
film	O
Alien	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Alien	I-Device
is	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
crew	O
of	O
a	O
ship	O
must	O
deal	O
with	O
a	O
hostile	O
alien	B-Device
species	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Alien	B-Device
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
crew	O
of	O
seven	O
people	O
who	O
are	O
on	O
a	O
spaceship	O
with	O
an	O
alien	B-Device
that	O
is	O
running	O
loose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
object	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
capture	O
or	O
kill	O
the	B-Device
alien	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crew	O
can	O
employ	O
stun	O
guns	O
or	O
lethal	O
weapons	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
neutralise	O
the	B-Device
alien	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
objects	O
in	O
the	O
room	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
attempting	O
to	O
capture	O
an	O
animal	O
or	O
attacking	O
an	O
alien	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
crewmember	O
may	O
refuse	O
to	O
attack	O
the	B-Device
alien	I-Device
or	O
to	O
enter	O
a	O
restricted	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
instructs	O
a	O
crewmember	O
to	O
attack	O
the	B-Device
alien	I-Device
early	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
may	O
also	O
receive	O
the	O
message	O
regulations	O
forbid	O
killing	O
of	O
creatures	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
otherwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
alien	I-Device
will	O
attempt	O
to	O
kill	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
crew	O
that	O
encounter	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	B-Device
alien	I-Device
kills	O
a	O
crewmember	O
,	O
the	O
remaining	O
crew	O
will	O
re-assemble	O
on	O
the	O
bridge	O
to	O
"	O
discuss	O
the	O
situation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
alien	I-Device
will	O
also	O
metamorphose	O
during	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
becomes	O
more	O
lethal	O
as	O
it	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	B-Device
alien	I-Device
will	O
also	O
begin	O
to	O
multiply	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnny	O
Wilson	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
 '	O
The	B-Device
Alien	I-Device
 '	O
is	O
an	O
interesting	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
which	O
will	O
take	O
many	O
hours	O
of	O
gaming	O
to	O
master	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variables	O
in	O
number	O
and	O
locations	O
of	O
aliens	B-Device
,	O
rate	O
of	O
metamorphosis	O
,	O
and	O
identity	O
(	O
or	O
existence	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
android	O
crew	O
member	O
offer	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
an	O
above-average	O
shelf	O
life.	O
"	O
</s>
