Aliens: Extermination is a 2006 first-person light gun shooter developed by Play Mechanix and published by Global VR for arcades. Set after the events of Aliens, the game puts you in the boots of Colonial Marines returning to LV-426 and the ruins of Hadley’s Hope to wipe out the Xenomorph infestation once and for all.
Designed as a co-op arcade experience, Aliens: Extermination is an on-rails shooter where up to two players use mounted pulse rifle–style guns with force feedback to blast through waves of Aliens and hostile Weyland-Yutani synthetics. The cabinet features a large screen and force-feedback weaponry, amplifying every shot and impact on screen.
Players battle through multiple locations in and around Hadley’s Hope and the LV-426 colony, including outdoor approaches, defense perimeters, warehouses, tunnels and hive interiors. Power-ups replenish health, ammo, grenades and heavy weapons like missile launchers and flamethrowers, while branching objectives and boss fights keep stages varied across repeat playthroughs.
A selection of concept art pieces created for Aliens: Extermination, including early designs for new Xenomorph variants, environmental layouts and Weyland-Yutani combat androids.
Years after the destruction of Hadley’s Hope, two Colonial Marine squads are deployed back to LV-426 to investigate signs of life and eliminate any remaining Xenomorphs. Landing at the North Lock, they push through swarms of Drones, Facehuggers and leech-like creatures infesting the ruined colony
As they advance, the Marines must disable a malfunctioning perimeter defense grid, fight through warehouses and control centers, and confront reprogrammed Weyland-Yutani synthetics and combat loaders turned against them. Their route eventually leads into the depths of a newly formed hive and an underground cavern where an airborne Alien “Dragon” variant appears as a major boss threat.
The campaign culminates in an assault on an illegal Weyland-Yutani research facility, where the Marines discover horrific experiments, new Xenomorph strains and a surviving Alien Queen. After a multi-stage battle and a nuclear detonation, the Marines appear to escape aboard their dropship—though the sight of Xenomorphs clinging to the hull leaves their ultimate fate uncertain