History VideoGame / AlienVsPredatorCapcom

''Alien vs. Predator'' is an arcade-only BeatEmUp by Creator/{{Capcom}} released in 1994. (Other, not directly related ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' games share this title, including one released the same year for the UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar.)

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** Played straight with the aliens, wherein Royal Guards are practically [[BossInMooksClothing minibosses]] in their own right, with the Alien Queen being the toughest [[IncrediblyLamePun mother]] of them all.
** Subverted with the human enemies. The Corporal enemies are stronger than the Sergeants, despite the latter having a higher rank, and General Bush, the one in charge of the Colonial Marines [[spoiler:even ends up being dead courtesy of the Alien Queen [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe ripping him in half]].]]

* ConrtactualBossImmunity: The Power Loaders and the Alien Queen can't be grabbed, only grab you instead.

''Alien vs. Predator'' is an arcade-only BeatEmUp by Creator/{{Capcom}} released in 1994. (Other, not directly related ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredator'' games share this title, including one released the same year for the UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar.)

** Played with for Linn. She can fire dozens of rounds from her pistol, but eventually she has to stop and reload.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: You face the Queen Alien in the ''fourth'' stage of the game. You end up fighting human enemies over the next two stages, until the Xenomorphs start showing up again. [[spoiler:It turns out the Queen was NotQuiteDead, and comes back as the FinalBoss.]]

* EvilIsNotAToy: Normally a gist with Weyland Yutani when it comes to Xenomorphs, only this time they commissioned a general of the USCMC to bring live specimens for them.

* BladeOnAStick: Each Predator wields one, which Dutch and Linn can pick up if they happen to get knocked out of the Predators' hands.

* TheGhost: Despite the logo being present inside the containers used for storing captive Xenomorphs, no WY personnel are ever encountered, not even a representative from the group.

* AbsenteeActor: This is one of the few ''[=AvP=]'' games where the Synthetics are not present.

* BewareMyStingerTail: Many Xenomorph types can use their tails to attack, especially the Arachnoid class. The Alien Queen even impales the General with this before killing him, a move which she can also use on you in the final battle if you're not careful once she jumps above the ceiling.

* FlunkyBoss: All the bosses come with some Mooks during the fight, with the exception being the DuelBoss[=/=]DualBoss above. In the final battle against the Alien Queen, she summons {{Degraded Boss}}es ''and'' EliteMooks midway through the fight!
* TheGhost: Despite the logo being present inside the containers used for storing captive Xenomorphs, no WY personnel are ever encountered, not even a representative of the group.

** Subverted with the human enemies. The Corporal enemies are stronger than the Sergeants, despite the latter having a higher rank, and the Corrupt General even ends up being TheUnfought courtesy of the Alien Queen [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe ripping him in half]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Mad Predator, due to being infected with a chestburster like those [[NotUsingTheZWord infectoids]].

* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: The infectoids are human hosts carrying chest bursters that behave and act like zombies. And although they carry Pulse Rifles, they do not use it.

* InvulnerableAttack: The usual CastFromHP type seen in Beat-Em-Ups, used to get you out of a tricky situation or (if you have the cash to spare) spammed relentlessly to get you through the game.
* ItsAWonderfulFailure: In the continue screens, human characters get an Alien creeping upon them, while the Predators start their SelfDestructMechanism.

** Linn ''[[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa.]]''

** The Power Loaders, despite its clunky movements can ''backdrop you''.

* {{Animesque}}
* ArmCannon: Schaefer has a cybernetic arm with a [[{{BFG}} Smartgun]] mounted on it.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: The Corrupt General. After fighting his squad of mooks, you come face to face with him... and then he is impaled and bitten in half by the NotQuiteDead Alien Queen.

* ColonyDrop: The heroes destroy the alien hive in the city by making the BigBad's ship crash into it.
* {{Cyborg}}: Dutch has a huge mechanical arm. The only reason you can tell Linn's a cyborg is when she starts slinging Xenomorphs around.
* DeadpanSnarker: One funny moment of this in the Japanese version on the malfunctioning elevator:

* DiscOneFinalBoss: You face the Queen Alien in the ''fourth'' stage of the game. You end up fighting human enemies over the next two stages, until the Xenomorphs start showing up again. It turns out the Queen was NotQuiteDead, and comes back as the FinalBoss.
* DuelBoss: The Mad Predator, who is fought alone without any mooks helping it (in 1-player mode). If you have two or three players, this becomes a…
** DualBoss: Where you will have to fight ''two'' Mad Predators.
** DyingAsYourself: The Mad Predator commits seppuku after defeat by the player, to prevent the chestburster from coming out. Sadly, the chestburster [[SenselessSacrifice makes it out]] and chews his corpse in the following cutscene. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome No, you do not kill the chestburster on screen.]]

* EnemyMine: The Predators only team up with the human characters because the Xenomorph population on Earth suddenly exploded to an alarming degree. Once the end credits roll, they acknowledge the humans as fellow warriors...but then menacingly point their tri-dot aiming lasers at them before leaving for outer space.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: The mutated infested soldiers called infectoids.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Guess what the Corrupt General wants to do with the Xenomorphs?
* {{Expy}}: In addition to the eponymous characters on the title, there are even protagonists that share similarities from the films they're based on. Dutch Schaefer is the more obvious reference ([[ActorAllusion mixed with the strength]] of the [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800]]), while Linn Kurosawa is based off of Ripley's cunning (thus the high "skill" stat) and Creator/SigourneyWeaver's black belt. [[Creator/{{Capcom}} Okay]], the last one was [[VideoGame/FinalFight blowing smoke]], but still. Parallels could also be drawn with Machiko Noguchi, the protagonist of the original ''ComicBook/AlienVsPredator''.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Predators Warrior and Hunter fit this as they fight aliens while on Dutch's side.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Just before the FinalBoss fight, the Queen impales the Corrupt General and then [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe rips him in two]] in direct homage to a similar scene in ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. The Queen can also impale you with her tail as one of her moves, and it is ''very painful''.

* ItsPersonal: The Predators after being forced to kill their infected comrade.
* KamehameHadoken / KiManipulation: Linn has one special move where she charges, then unleashes Ki.

* MiniGame: The "Break the elevator before it hits the ceiling" sequence.

* NotQuiteDead: The Alien Queen.
* OddballInTheSeries: Not that this is a [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames bad thing]] mind you, but seeing KiManipulation, Predators speaking [[AliensSpeakingEnglish fluent English]]; and fighting along side cyborg ninjas is probably about as weird as the franchise has ever gotten.

* {{Overheating}}: Using a character's ranged weapon (Schaefer or either Predator) will drain a meter that slowly refills. If the meter drains completely, the weapon overheats and can't be fired again until it cools down.
** Linn's meter doesn't refill, as it represents the ammo in her pistol. Once it's empty, she stops moving and reloads.
* PercussiveMaintenance: When the heroes arrive at the malfunctioning cargo elevator, the following exchange happens:
-->'''Dutch:''' "I know how to handle this." ''(punches the terminal, elevator starts moving)'' "See? American Know-How."
** And when it stops, it is done again on the other console.
** Lampshaded in the multiplayer:
-->'''Linn:''' "You guys do nothing but smash..."

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Marine enemies will normally pick up either a Pulse Rifle, a knife, or a Smartgun if disarmed, but if they have nothing to pick up, they'll promptly flee. Given who they're facing, can you blame them?
* [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Game]]: In the cutscenes, there are ''three'' Predators. We never learn the deal with the third. (One could argue it's the Mad Predator, but he's alive at the end...)

* TheUnfought: The Corrupt General, due to being ripped in half by the Alien Queen.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: A small one in the third stage, where the game becomes something akin to a ShootEmUp and you have to aim to shoot the aliens. Thankfully, you have no cooldown meter!
* UseYourHead: The Smashers are green Xenomorphs with hardened skulls that will try to headbutt the player.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Schaefer and the Predators use wrestling moves. Linn inverts this because her only throw must be performed in the air.
** The Power Loaders can ''backdrop you''.

* ZergRush: Most of the weaker Xenomorphs attack in this fashion.

* FlunkyBoss: All the bosses come with some Mooks during the fight, with the exception being the DuelBoss[=/=]DualBoss above. Taken UpToEleven in the final battle against the Alien Queen, wherein she summons {{Degraded Boss}}es ''and'' EliteMooks midway through the fight!

** The Predator Warrior, as the more experienced elder of the Predator pair, resembles the [[Film/{{Predator}} Jungle Hunter]], [[CompositeCharacter although he does employ the combistick introduced in Predator 2.]] The Predator Hunter shares the [[Film/{{Predator2}} City Hunter's]] armor color and status as a younger Predator looking to prove himself.

** The Predator Warrior, as the more experienced elder of the Predator pair, resembles the [[Film/{{Predator}} Jungle Hunter]], [[CompositeCharacter although he does employ the combistick introduced in Predator 2.]] The Predator Hunter shares both the [[Film/{{Predator2}} City Hunter's]] armor color and status as a younger Predator looking to prove himself.

** The Predator Warrior, as the more experienced elder of the Predator pair, resembles the Jungle Hunter from the first film, although he does employ the combistick introduced in Predator 2. The Predator Hunter shares both the City Hunter's armor color and status as a younger Predator looking to prove himself.

* The Predator Warrior, as the more experienced elder of the Predator pair, resembles the Jungle Hunter from the first film, although he does employ the combistick introduced in Predator 2. The Predator Hunter shares both the City Hunter's armor color and status as a younger Predator looking to prove himself.

* ItsAWonderfulFailure: In the continue screens, humans characters get an Alien creeping upon them, while the Predators start their SelfDestructMechanism.