BAD NEWS FOR ALIENS.ASSAULT pounds 34.99 PLAYSTATION Leave your brains on hold and flex your button-bashing fingers because mindless scrolling shoot-'em-up violence is back. And what an adrenalin booster it is. This type of game, which requires little better than a swift eye and fast reactions, has always been an explosive favourite in the arcades. Strangely, few have been released for the sophisticated PlayStation, until now. Hideously-mutated alien creatures are causing havoc through the city of Arcadia and the player controls either male or female armed troopers Reno Washington or Kelly Doyle. There is a wide range of weapons, including flamethrowers, smart bombs and lasers, and the name of the game is alien destruction. There are 40 massive 3D stages to complete, which get increasingly difficult and faster. One or two players can blast away simultaneously. The gameplay is about as simple as you can get - kill everything in sight. 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