The fist, pistol, and shotgun are unchanged. The pulse rifle was the most common weapon in the movie, while the shotgun only makes one appearance, being carried by Cpl. Hicks (Michael Biehn) "for close encounters" during the Marines' first incursion in the atmospheric processor where it is also borrowed by Pvt. Hudson. However, the shotgun tends to be the most widely used in Aliens TC due to the availability of shotgun shells. Furthermore the pulse rifle ammo is very weak against most of the aliens, as it is equivalent to the chaingun needing 14 bullets to bring down Pinky demons, and as Pinky-based aliens are the most numerous enemies in Aliens TC this frequently means that players have to conserve ammo very carefully (similar to the part in the film when the characters escape the med labs).