• Genre: Electronica
• Active: '90s

Biography

Alpha Team was a one-off techno group formed in the early '90s. Their only recorded single was a techno version of the Speed Racer theme song in 1991, "Go Speed Go." ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide

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Game Description

Intended for children ages eight and up, LEGO Alpha Team focuses on strategy and team work as players lead six special force agents, each with specific powers and abilities, in an effort to thwart the evil Ogel's plan to dominate the world through mind-control. Operating from a third person perspective, players control experts Dash (motion), Radia (lasers), Charge (electrical), Crunch (explosives), Cam (motors), and Flex (ropes) as they try to disable the DOOM (Device for Ominous Orb Manufacturing) machine.

More than 40 missions require planning and skillful execution to solve puzzles involving precise placement of action tiles (jumping, movement, slides, bombs, trampolines and so forth), avoiding Ogel's zombies, and dodging environmental hazards such as sharks, fog, green goo, and flowing lava. Players receive briefings on objectives and hints from their robot helper Tee Vee prior to each mission in this combination point-and-click and keyboard control adventure.

LEGO Alpha Team missions are played in a linear fashion, with each successful completion unlocking the next mission. Action takes place in four locations: Ogel's Island, Goo Caverns, Deep-Sea Orb Factory and the Doom machine compound. Each mission consists of two modes of play (Build and Go), with increasingly more difficult chain-reaction tasks required as players advance through the levels. ~ All Game Guide

Roots & Influences

LEGO Alpha Team is based in the LEGO world, with action and puzzle elements. The puzzle elements involve moving directional tiles in such a way to move your character safely towards the goal of each level. This form of gameplay has been seen previously in ChuChu Rocket! and Star Wars: Pit Droids. ~ Matthew House, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Company 1: Digital Domain

Senior Producer: Daniel Rismann

Lead Game Designer: Tom Mott

Game Designer: John Mamais

Software: Bob Soper, Thomas Miller IV, Jonathan Webster

Additional Software: Raul Quezada

Art Director: Chris Guzman

Artist: Anthony Carrillo, Corey Comstock, Travis Eastepp, John Ployhar, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Carmine Scotch

Production Coordinator: Bret Goldhorn

Conceptual Artist: Bill Benecke, Tanja Richter

Music and Sound Design: Beat Revolution

Voice of Tee Vee: Oliver Fredericks

Voice of Ogel: Oliver Fredericks

Tester: Tim Coolidge, Jeremy Hall, Jason Hartz, Stephen Skelton, David Smith, Bryan Useo

Company 2: LEGO Media International

Worldwide Managing Director: Mark Livingstone

Global Head of Product Development: Chris Nicholls

Producer: Alan Weiss

Global Head of Quality Assurance: Kevin Turner

UK Tester: Nick Bodenham, Karl Fentiman, David Land, Neil Delderfield, Matthew Marriner

Quality Assurance Manager: Andrew Pang

Quality Assurance Project Lead: Eric Workman

US Tester: Madeleine Klein, Jason Watkins, Cesar Castro, John Delaney, Heidi Heffelfinger, Theresa Labin, Amalia Rothschild, Chris Stickel

Localization Manager: Isabelle Martin

Localization Coordinator: Michelle Richmond

Head of Logistics: Nic Ashford

Logistics Controller: Robert Boyle

Global Brand Director: Petra Bedford

Marketing Manager: Helen Nicholas

Global Sales Director: Leah Kalboussi ~ Matthew House, All Game Guide