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The Alien was written to frighten my wife and children, Christmas 1979. The XXth Century Fox film of the same name had just been released: as a matter of fact I had been a technical consultant on the presentation of the spacecraft instruments, having a strong interest in the field of aviation and simulation.

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© 1981 John Race

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Race, J. (1981). The Alien. In: The Alien, Numbereater and other Programs for Personal Computers. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05175-5_12

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