00:00En 1979, director Ridley Scott unleashed a cinematic nightmare that would spawn an enduring legacy.
00:07Alien, the film, starring a then-unknown Sigourney Weaver as the iconic Ellen Ripley,
00:13was a cultural phenomenon, so much so that it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
00:20in 2002.
00:22The story pits Ripley against the Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the terrifying Xenomorph, a hostile alien species.
00:28The franchise expanded with sequels in 1992 and 1997, and prequels like Alien Covenant, which explored the origins of the
00:37Xenomorphs.
00:38The universe even crossed over with the Predator franchise.
00:41The world of video games was not immune to the Xenomorphs' terror.
00:46The first adaptation, Alien for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, was a strategy game where players managed the crew
00:53of the Nostromo.
00:54A notable feature was the crew's emotional responses, where fear could paralyze them.
01:00In 1990, Konami released Aliens, a side-scrolling arcade shooter.
01:05Alien Trilogy in 1996 for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn was a first-person shooter, based on the first three
01:13films.
01:13Other notable titles include Aliens Infestation for the Nintendo DS in 2011,
01:19Aliens, Colonial Marines in 2013, and the critically acclaimed survival horror game, Alien.
01:26Isolation in 2014, which tasked players with outsmarting a single Xenomorph.
01:31The franchise's influence continues to this day, a testament to the terrifying power of Scott's original vision.
01:38The franchise's influence is a very important part of the Xenomorphs' version of the Xenomorphs' version.
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