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Company created in 1986 by Dave Palmer (former founder of Alligata) and Roger Hulley, running from Sheffield and Pontefract, until 1988 when Dave Palmer left to found Hi-Tec Softare.

A budget games company which went into the fray in the late 80's, with a mixture of its own games and re-releases. They were immensely popular on the Electron which was starved of Superior's later releases, they also managed to get a lot of re-release deals with companies such as Domark, Mastertronic and the like.

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Knockout

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An interesting, if boring twist on the Breakout theme, you have to destroy the walls which are advancing from the bottom of the screen, before they get to the top. It's easy enough although it does get harder, however it is so boring, all you have to do is press space to get the ball to drop onto the bricks.


Lander

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Another old Electron User type-in game, this really shows. All it is is a version of Lunar Lander with sideways thrust as well as vertical thrust. The graphics are quite good but it is obviously a type-in game as there is not really much to it.


Lunar Invasion

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Manic Mole

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Boring platform game in which you have to jump around and reach the top of the screen. The graphics are very bland mode 2 and the gameplay is terrible, its really hard to jump anywhere because of the way the character jumps.


Microball

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This, surprise surprise, is actually a half decent game!! It is a pinball game, and the graphics are neatly done, the gameplay isn't half bad - is this really an Alternative game :-)


Missile Jammer

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This is probably the worst of all the Alternative games - mostly because it is so impossible to play! You have to stop missiles from hitting the city by getting the jammer in the way of them, however if you let 3 through then you lose, and they come so quickly that you dont get a chance. Its a good idea I guess, but it is so impossible to get anywhere!


Money Maze

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Pac-man Clone, the only trouble is it's way too slow to be any good. The graphics are ok, but the gameplay could be much better if there were power-pills like in the original, as there seems to be no way to hurt the ghosts.


Mr Freeze

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Strange game, seems to be a sort of Pengu hybrid. You have to crush the monsters by sliding blocks over them, its quite a hard game and very frustrating. The graphics though seem to be way above the usual level of Alternative games!


Night Strike

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Another incredibly rubbish game, you have to guide a helicopter around a maze, to land on the helipad - hardly original and hardly entertaining. The graphics are incredibly slow, and the authors don't seem to know how to turn the cursor off...oh dear.


Parachute

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Simple game in which you have to save parachutes from drowning by catching them in your raft. The graphics look ok, but its very dull gameplay that poses the problem here. Not bad for a triple decker game though.