Sabertooth Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 (edited) Welcome to the official topic for Alien Abduction Edited November 9, 2023 by Sabertooth Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Release Date: May 5, 2023 Retail: $8.99 Developer(s): John Van Ryzin Publisher: John Van Ryzin Synopsis : Want a surprise? How about a new game from the legendary creator of Activision's H.E.R.O., John Van Ryzin? Wish granted! Welcome Alien Abduction, a new 2600 game exclusive to the Atari VCS! 20 Levels, 140 Play Screens, 16 Obstacle Types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 (edited) This was an utter surprise release. A new 2600 game by John Van Ryzin released exclusively on the AtariVCS! I have it and it's just what you'd want and expect in all of it's 16K goodness! No word yet on a physical release. Edited May 6, 2023 by Sabertooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 This looks really awesome. A spiritual successor to HERO. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, RickR said: This looks really awesome. A spiritual successor to HERO. Honestly, it plays like a sequel to H.E.R.O. with different sprites to avoid licensing issues. It's really cool to seen this kinda digital release in the modern VCS. Well done @Davpa and team for making this happen. It's a big win! Edited May 7, 2023 by Sabertooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) Just a note from Twitter RE a temporary locking of Alien Abduction: There is an issue with a new encryption we had to put on the file due to piracy attack. To make sure the games are secure we can't roll it back. The game will be down for a short time until we can fix all this. You can thank a jerk on YouTube for the drama. This is why we can't have nice things. 😒 Edited May 12, 2023 by Sabertooth RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 Dang! Offer a game for $9 and it still gets pirated??? That's pretty low. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 There was an update to the game and it's now fully playable again. If you value original content from these creators, please support this FANTASTIC game. Do not download the leaked 2600 ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted July 6, 2023 Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 Picked this up on the VCS store yesterday evening. Having never tried HERO, I wasn't sure what I was getting into - woof, it took several tries to get the hang of, ha! Once I was into the groove, it was a great time! Great game mechanics in place which I haven't come across on other 2600-era titles. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted November 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) PSA: Alien Abduction has been removed from the Atari VCS store and is no longer available for purchase. The six month exclusivity deal for distribution expired and the developer, John Van Ryzin, requested that the game be removed from the store. Atari is in contact with the dev to bring it back. Here are some facts: 1) If you purchased the game and it's currently downloaded to your VCS, you will have no trouble launching the game. (Personally confirmed by yours truly) 2) If you purchased the game and deleted it from your VCS, you will need to contact Atari Customer Support and they can push the game to your system. 3) Folks that did not purchase the game are not able to do so at this time. The VCS storefront is not sophisticated enough to hide a de-listed game from those who did not purchase the game while allowing those who did purchase to retain easy access for re-download. That's not ideal, but you are still able to get the game back through Customer Support. This is the second VCS title that this has happened to. The first was Tailgunner, whose devs closed operations and did not have a mechanism to split ongoing royalties and so requested that the game be removed. That game is also unavailable for purchase or re-download without connecting with Customer Support. This is sure to be a bummer to some folks who for whatever reason did not move to purchase the game over the last six months. Hopefully Atari are able to bring it back for non-exclusive distribution. However, there is another excellent H.E.R.O. homage in the store by way of A.R.T.I. that is available for purchase today, if you have to scratch that particular itch. Edited November 4, 2023 by Sabertooth Smell Dawg, Justin, RickR and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted November 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 I wanted to share a response video that @Davpa posted on AA, which provides further context on the delisting. Smell Dawg and RickR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) That EKing/Frank/Whatever character sure stirred up as much drama as he/she could. Props to Davpa for all the transparency on the matter! Thank you for posting this here. Edited November 8, 2023 by Smell Dawg Sabertooth and TrekMD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) Davpa just posted in Discord that Alien Abduction is back on the VCS store! No further details given. Edit 11/9/2023: "...it was a simple misunderstanding of the contract. Sadly, it went offline longer due to some email lag." -Davpa, VCS Discord Edited November 9, 2023 by Smell Dawg sramirez2008, TrekMD and Sabertooth 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 Cool. I can buy it now. I wasn't able to due to the zip code bug! sramirez2008, Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Smell Dawg said: Davpa just posted in Discord that Alien Abduction is back on the VCS store! Purchased! Hopeful for a cart release. I’ve purchased Berzerk Enhanced and would have purchased Save Mary. Edited November 9, 2023 by sramirez2008 Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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