Alien’s Return

Alien's Return is a 1983 maze game for the Atari 2600, developed by Gem International Corporation and sold by ITT Family Games. The same game was also sold as Go Go Home Monster, Col 'N, E.T. Go Home and, under a German title, UFI und sein gefährlicher Einsatz ("UFI and his dangerous mission"). You can play it here in your browser, with nothing to install.

Play Atari 2600 Alien’s Return online

  • ← ↑ ↓ → Joystick
  • Space Fire
  • F12 Reset
  • F11 Select
  • F4 / F9 Difficulty

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How to play Alien’s Return online

  • Move the alien: arrow keys
  • Start a new game: F12 (the console’s Reset switch)
  • Save and load your progress: Ctrl + 0–9 saves to a slot, Alt + 0–9 loads it

Gameplay

A small alien has crash-landed on Earth. To fly home it needs the four missing parts of its spacecraft. You guide it from room to room pressing buttons, hoping one of them makes a ship part appear in a corner of the screen. Collect the part and search again until you have all four. Guardians chase you through the rooms and try to trap the alien.

Versions and history

Little documentation survives: collector databases list the cartridges, but no manual or programmer credit is on file. The Alien’s Return label came from ITT Family Games, while the Go Go Home Monster and Col ‘N releases carried the Home Vision name, and these were PAL cartridges for the European market.

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