There were a couple of roleplay threads over in the old Fanfiction thread. Spam got particularly bad in that section though and I had to lock it but I created a new fanfiction forum (this one) for anyone to continue writing stories/roleplay but I guess people had moved on by then. Now that I've seemed to of been able to eradicate the spam/bot problem though I've now unlocked the old fanfiction section "School Library". Feel free to start some new RPG threads or see if you can liven back up the old ones.
As for actual games, I've dabbled with the thought of making some games. A whole RPG would of course be too big a task. But some small Macromedia Flash games are possible, I've done some in the past for work and will probably just change the graphics for one sometime to be more Alien 9 themed. But I am extremely busy with work etc. so I don't think I could do it sadly. Maybe someday in the future though.
I do remember someone maybe saying they were going to make an Alien game using some RPG maker/engine but that was back in 2004 and I haven't heard anything since.
But theres alot of existing engines/makers out there. If you just wanted a game whereby you talk to characters and make decisions based on what they say (mainly a characetr development type game) then the following engine is very good:
http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Home_Page
RenPy is good for simple 'interactive/visual book' style games that are character driven. So essentially its like a MUD due to being dialogue heavy with just some graphical element (you could always use edited images from the anime so long as you credit the creators and dont gain any profits).
First things first though, make sure you've got a solid script. And maybe think about interactive points where the dialogue or plot could take a different path (and then join back onto the same path again or not if you want multiple endings). The RenPy instructions might be useful, even if you don't use their engine their method of converting a dialogue script to a game could be useful. Once you've got a story and an idea of the kind of interaction you want then you can consider if you use something like RenPy or a RPG maker or a simple webpage "click the links" or a web game application in Flash etc.
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