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Alien 3 came out for the Sega Genesis in 1992, published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was part of that wave of movie tie-in games that tried to capture the look and feel of the film on 16-bit hardware. You step into the boots of Ellen Ripley, who has crash-landed on the maximum-security prison planet Fury 161. The setting is a grim industrial complex of corridors and ventilation shafts, now infested with the alien creature.

You control Ripley from a side-scrolling perspective, moving screen by screen through the prison's industrial levels. Your main goal is to rescue the surviving inmates and lead them to safety while also destroying the alien eggs before a rescue ship arrives. The gameplay involves running, jumping across platforms, and using a limited supply of weapons like flamethrowers and pulse rifles to fend off facehuggers and adult xenomorphs. You must also activate security systems and locate keycards to unlock new areas. The pacing is tense, and the difficulty is unforgiving; enemies respawn, your health depletes quickly, and the alien is a constant, lethal threat. Navigating the maze-like facility with the clock ticking creates a feeling of desperate survival.