Popular games published by company Alternative Software Ltd.
You are in control of Gilbert (most unusual, you had better make the most of it!) He can walk, jump, float and swim around Drill and can protect himself from the various weirdo creatures that will try to stop him by "snotting" at them (YUK!).
Operation Fireball is a horizontal scrolling shooter viewed from above at an elevated angle, with the screen scrolling constantly from left to right as you use various modes of transport to get to a base to blow up a submarine. Between each mode of transport is a small animated scene as you move from one to the next and the modes are car, speedboat, ski, motorbike and helicopter. You must shoot or avoid the enemy in various vehicles or on skis, as well as avoid obstacles like rocks, oil patches and trees. Helicopters fly overhead and drop bombs while missiles fly from the right to the left and can only be avoided. If you are hit by anything then you lose part of a shield gauge but when not being hit increases it and if it empties then it is game over.
A puzzle game from the early nineties. Collect crystals and avoid hostile aliens.
Cowboy game for the c64.
Phar Lap: Horse Racing Challenge will let you experience the thrill and thunder of racing with the pride and prestige of building your own stable of champions. Online Racing and Betting game modes allow you get straight into the action with friends, share and download horses with the community via the Horse Creator, or build a dynasty of thoroughbred champions to restore your family legacy in Story Mode.
A clone of the classic arcade game Missile Command, published by Alternative Software in 1988 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
Kids TV favourite Postman Pat aims to stamp his authority on the games scene by delivering a first-class licensed game. Your job is to guide Pat and his van around a particularly busy day of work.First you go to the post office where Mrs Goggins will give you the letters or parcel to be delivered.You will also have to help herding Peter Fogg's sheep, and do all this against a time limit. The game includes a rendition of the show's music, as well as two difficultly levels - according to the inlay the easy version is for children, and the harder one for 'the serious gamer'.
In one-player mode there are 34 levels, accessed via passwords, 3 lives, and lots of powerup weapons. If one player completes the level, both advance to the next one (like Lotus 2, funnily enough. I guess I ought to think of a similarity to Lotus 3, just to complete the set). There's also the standard Death Match mode.
Play different pinball tables based on characters from the children's television show
Game based on the comic of the same name for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.
