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Alien Highway: Encounter 2

Highway Encounter is a strategy/action game played from a 3D isometric perspective in which you must successfully chaperone a bomb along a long, straight stretch of highway and into the alien base at the end…

31 December 1986

Alien Highway: Encounter 2 is a puzzle developed by Vortex Software, released 31 December 1986 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Alien Highway: Encounter 2 is

Alien Highway: Encounter 2 is a puzzle game developed by Vortex Software and released in 1986. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Highway Encounter is a strategy/action game played from a 3D isometric perspective in which you must successfully chaperone a bomb along a long, straight stretch of highway and into the alien base at the end of it. There are thirty screens to pass through and most are filled with hazards that threaten to block your progress (such as barrels) or destroy you (aliens and explosive mines). Players control a robotic "Vorton" (resembling a dalek from Doctor Who) and one of the things that provides Highway Encounter with its unique appeal is that the bomb is constantly being pushed onwards by your extra lives - four more Vortons, who accompany you along the highway. A key strategic element to the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Alien Highway: Encounter 2 launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.

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When did Alien Highway: Encounter 2 come out?
Alien Highway: Encounter 2 was released on 31 December 1986 for ZX Spectrum.

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