''Alien Incident'' () is a 1996

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. It was developed by Finnish game developer

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and published by GameTek for

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Plot

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, Benjamin Richards is at his uncle's mansion to bear witness to his newest invention, the " Worm Hole Spawner". Upon activation, a wormhole brings an alien spaceship into the Solar System. The aliens kidnap Benjamin's uncle, whom the player must rescue in addition to stopping the alien threat.

Development

The game was initially developed by Bloodhouse (before the company merged with Terramarque to form Housemarque) and it was known during development as ''Leokadia''. In January 1994 a six-person team had developed the game for nine months and it was due for release in Fall 1994 for PC and later for

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. The game came out in 1996 for PC and the Amiga 1200 version was cancelled.

Reception

'' Pelit'' gave the game 92 out of 100.

References

External links

* {{Housemarque 1996 video games Adventure games Cancelled Amiga games DOS games DOS-only games GameTek games Halloween video games Housemarque games Point-and-click adventure games Single-player video games Video games about alien abduction Video games about extraterrestrial life Video games developed in Finland Video games scored by Jonne Valtonen Video games set in country houses