- credit
- Dave Sanders — Design
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- Joe Schober — Software
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- Brian Dominy — Software
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- David Thiel — Sound
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- David Thiel — Music
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- James Aaron Rees — Mechanics
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- Kelly Mazurowski — Dots/Animation
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- Garret Popek — Art
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- Aurich Lawson — Art
- gameplay_feature
- Multi-Level Playfield
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- Flippers ×4
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- Pop Bumpers ×3
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- Slingshots ×2
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- Spinning Targets ×2
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- Magnets ×2
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- 3-Bank Drop Targets
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- Kick-Out Holes
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- Scoops
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- Multiball
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Heighway Pinball, Ltd.
- ipdb_id
- 6420
- ipdb.image_urls
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- ipdb.notable_features
- Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Spinning targets (2), Magnets (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out hole (1), Scoop (1), Multiball. A large LCD in center playfield is flush with playfield surface. A smaller LCD is vertically mounted on upper playfield. Pop bumpers have color-changing lamps. Magnetic ball-grabber extends out of Xenomorph's mouth at top of playfield. Illuminating cabinet side panels easily slide in and out by the operator. Playfield glass lifts out in its own metal frame. Playfield side walls have art. Automatic plunger. Has voice; an operator-selected Family Mode option removes profanity. Almost all playfield switches are inductive switches (not micro-switches) that are hidden below the top surface of the playfield.
Factory-installed illumination:
Backbox - all lamps are non-color-changing LEDs.
Playfield - all lamps, including GI*, are individually addressable, fully color changing LEDs.
Cabinet - side panels and front have all non-color-changing LEDs.
*Prototype and early production games used GI lamp "towers" with 5 LED elements (one pointing in each cardinal direction, plus one pointing straight up). Later games switched back to regular single-element LED's for GI.
This Limited Edition differs from Heighway Pinball, Ltd.'s 2017 'ALIEN (Standard Edition)' in that it comes equipped with different backglass art, different illuminating cabinet side panels, illuminated EL (electroluminescence) blades inside cabinet artwork, shaker motor, two beacons as a backbox topper, and bright lime green powder-coated metal trim and legs.
- ipdb.notes
- Unusually, the backglass on this game displays the words "Limited Edition". The numbered plate above the backglass indicates 500 were made but this quantity has not been confirmed as the manufacturer ceased operations in early 2018, apparently during production. An informal estimate of approximately 200 was offered to us by a former employee. We have no information as to whether or not the produced games were numbered in sequence.
Dennis Nordman did the initial playfield design but left the company at this stage. Dave Sanders took over the design and reportedly changed it considerably although not entirely. Garret Popek designed, sculpted, and fabricated the Xenomorph and Facehugger models. Reportedly, Matt Riesterer also did sculpting but we have been unable to confirm this.
Price when new: $8,150.00.
These optional items were offered by the manufacturer at extra cost:
27-inch backbox LCD (replicates the display on the playfield) $550
Non-reflective playfield glass $210
Joe Schober told us this game shipped in 2017 but he's not sure of the month, possibly in May.
A preceding version of this Limited Edition game (not shown here) had backglass art by Brian Allen and which displayed the words "35th Anniversary Edition" instead of "Limited Edition". It did not provide for a backbox LCD in the game. Brian informed us that he did only that backglass and did not do any other artwork on that version or on this Limited Edition version. While one or more examples exist, the 35th Anniversary Edition version did not go into production.
- ipdb.toys
- Xenomorph head
Facehuggers (2)
- player_count
- 4
- technology_generation
- solid-state
- theme
- Science Fiction
- theme
- Licensed Theme
- year
- 2017