10 Film Scenes from the 80s Versus Their Tie-in Video Games

What did Ripley’s fight with the alien queen look like in the arcades?

Or Arnie’s confrontation with an 8-bit Predator?

Ryan takes a look… Inevitably, the movie magic survived in some games better than others.

And, of course, its all accompanied by that killer line, Get away from her you bitch… Ah, the 80s.

Can the game possibly capture the harrowing quality of Stones account?

The game:Well, no.

The game ends with you chucking hand grenades at a fuzzy recreation of Sgt Barnes.

We know this because we tried it several times.

Oceans game is a good deal more varied than the arcade tie-in, produced by Data East.

), Buzz Saw, and Captain Freedom (Jesse Ventura).

Ill be back, Arnold hisses or thats what we think he said.

Occasionally, the screen will turn purple and youll have to avoid the Predators gun sight.

You then have a few seconds to run to the end of the screen before the Predator explodes.

And thats it within eight minutes or so, the game ends.

Pulse-pounding it is not.

The game:Hills action banquet becomes a plodding walk-and-punch side-scroller courtesy of Ocean.

Now thats what we call recycling.