Coffee Crisis is a classic console-type fighting game released in 2017 by Mega Cat Studios. The game pits residents of a quiet town against aliens in a grand battle to win dominance over Earth. The pixilated game is a refreshing addition to new titles that hark back to a console-dominated gaming era.

The Story
The story is set in a fictional Pittsburg, recently invaded by a group of aliens called Smurgliens. For some reason, the aliens decide that the town?s coffee factory, the Black Forge, should be their base. Now it?s up to Nick and Ashley, the two baristas at Black Forge, to fight against the alien threat and save the planet.

Characters and Setting
The game offers several interesting characters to play with. In general, characters are broken down into aliens, pro-alien humans, and the baristas who want to save their factory (and Earth). The two main fighters are the baristas, who are tough and all ?metal? and fight off aliens using hand-to-hand combat.
The aliens are joined by a country music singer, who support their invasion, and a mind-controlled elderly couple who get in the way of the baristas. The regular Smurgliens look like something out of an Area 55 documentary. These little aliens have two different overloads, one that swivels constantly and a tech-minded blob.

The game offers three locations to fight the aliens: a town location in Pittsburgh, inside the Black Forge coffee factory, and on Mars, where the aliens apparently come from and which could be eith...