Alien Gate

Publication is recorded by Philips Interactive Media, Inc. The recorded date of publication is 1993. It is associated with Netherlands. Recorded genres are action game and shoot 'em up. It is recorded in the collection of Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

• Title — Alien Gate • Developer — SPC Vision • Publisher — Philips • Artist — Niklas Malmqvist • Producer — Franc Beernink Rob Hormann • Programmer — Stefan Posthuma Tim Moss • Platforms — CD-i • Released — 1993 • Genre — Fixed shooter • Modes — Single-player

Alien Gate is a fixed shooter. Each stage consists of the player's ship facing off against a giant head that spawns several smaller enemies. Once all the required enemies are defeated, the player must defeat the head as a boss. The background gives the impression of a vertically scrolling shooter, but the attackers stay in position relative to the player's ship. There are 25 stages and 14 different enemy types.

Alien Gate was developed by Dutch studio SPC Vision. It was co-designed and programmed by Stefan Posthuma and Tim Moss while Niklas Malmqvist provided the graphics. The code and graphics were all written using the Atari ST. The project began as a demo provided to publisher Philips who were so impressed that they commissioned a full release as well as a five-game contract with the developer. Moss had come to SPT from a British university as an intern. Alien Gate was put together during that six week period and Moss was asked to return for a permanent position. The group disbanded upon the failure of the CD-i. Posthuma subsequently took a job at the Canadian developer Gray Matter while Moss returned to England to work for Argonaut Games.