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Alien Crush

Alien Crush is a 1988 pinball video game developed by Compile for the TurboGrafx-16. The game is the first installment in the Crush Pinball series, and was followed by three sequels: Devil's Crush, Jaki Crush, and Alien Crush Returns. Alien Crush was later re-released via emulation on the Virtual Console for Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U, and for…

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Genre
Pinball
Developer
Compile
Mode
Single-player
Platform
TurboGrafx-16
Publishers
JP: NAXAT Soft · NA: NEC
Release
JP: September 14, 1988 · NA: August 29, 1989

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Alien Crush

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Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
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Alien Crush

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related to Reception · 18
Alien Crush → Alien, Captain Blood, Computer, Fame, Famitsu, Gaksch, Gold Hall, It, Julian Rignall, Lapworth, PC Engine Fan, Power Play's Martin Gaksch, Purple Saturn Day, Rignall, The Games Machine's Warren, This, TurboPlay's Donn Nauert, Video Games Mean Machines
related to Retrospective coverage · 16
Alien Crush → Alien-themed, Crush Pinball, Eurogamer's Kristan Reed, GameSpot's Aaron Thomas, Giger's, Hardcore Gaming, IGN's Lucas, In, Kurt Kalata, Nevertheless, Nintendo Life's Corbie Dillard, Retro Gamer's Darran Jones, Retrospective, This, This Turbo, Thomas
related to Sequels · 14
Alien Crush → Compile, Crush Pinball, Devil Crash MD, Devil's Crush, Dragon's Fury, Hudson Soft, Jaki Crush, Japan, Japanese, Naxat Soft, Sega Genesis, Super Famicom, Technosoft, TurboGrafx-16
related to Games list · 9
Alien Crush → Alien Crush Returns, Devil's Crush, Mega Drive, Super FamicomDragon's Revenge, Tamsoft, Tengen, TG16Devil's Crush, TG16Jaki Crush, WiiWare
related to External links · 7
Alien Crush → Alien CrushGamespot's Alien Crush, Console Alien Crush SiteIGN's, Crush Pinball Archived, Hudson's Official SiteNintendo's Virtual, Review, ReviewHard Core Gaming, Wayback Machine
related to Gameplay · 6
Alien Crush → Alien, Essentially, Should, The, There, These
Publishers · 2
Alien Crush → JP: NAXAT Soft, NA: NEC
Release · 2
Alien Crush → JP: September 14, 1988, NA: August 29, 1989
Developer · 1
Alien Crush → Compile
Genre · 1
Alien Crush → Pinball

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crush alien pinball game gameplay series devil's title bonus games compile turbografx-16 table developed jaki later design reminiscent two screens

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Alien CrushDeveloperCompile1.00infobox
Alien CrushGenrePinball1.00infobox
Alien CrushModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Alien CrushPlatformTurboGrafx-161.00infobox
Alien CrushPublishersJP: NAXAT Soft1.00infobox
Alien CrushPublishersNA: NEC1.00infobox
Alien CrushReleaseJP: September 14, 19881.00infobox
Alien CrushReleaseNA: August 29, 19891.00infobox
Alien CrushSeriesCrush Pinball1.00infobox
Alien Crushis a1988 pinball video game developed by Compile for the TurboGrafx-160.90text
Captain Bloodinstance ofThe Games Machine's Warren Lapworth found its graphical design unusual and original when compared to titles0.80text
Purple Saturn Dayinstance ofThe Games Machine's Warren Lapworth found its graphical design unusual and original when compared to titles0.80text

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