Alternative Software Ltd.

COMPANY

Pontefract,West Yorkshire,England, UK

A British budget games company which went into the fray in the late 80's, with a mixture of original titles and re-releases of other developers and publishers software.

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A British budget games company which went into the fray in the late 80's, with a mixture of original titles and re-releases of other developers and publishers software.

Developed Games

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Suburban Commando (Game)

31 December 1993

A 1993 computer game based on the Hulk Hogan-headlined film of the same name.

AMI​ PC​ C64​

Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue (Game)

31 December 1992

Paperboy like action adventure game. Officially based on the BBC TV series.

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +3

BMX Ninja (Game)

31 December 1988

Players control a plodding "ninja" who is on a bicycle for some reason.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Bully's Sporting Darts (Game)

31 December 1993

Darts wouldn't be the same without Bully!

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +3

Ready Steady Go (Game)

31 December 1988

Sports game for ZX Spectrum, in the style of Track and Field. Events are hurdles, canoeing, cycling, and soccer penalty saving.

SPEC​

Endzone (Game)

31 December 1990

Early text based American Football simulation. This menu driven manager game puts you in charge of one of the teams of the NFL in a quest to make it to the Superbowl.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Reckless Rufus (Game)

Unknown Release

A puzzle game from the early nineties. Collect crystals and avoid hostile aliens.

C64​ SPEC​ C128​

Thomas the Tank Engine's Fun with Words (Game)

31 December 1990

Educational game with Thomas the Tank Engine.

AMI​ CPC​

Night Walk (Game)

31 December 1988

Night Walk is an action platformer taking place in a cemetery at night

AMI​ AST​

Aftermath (Game)

31 December 1988

A clone of the classic arcade game Missile Command, published by Alternative Software in 1988 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

PSA World Tour Squash 2015 (Game)

22 May 2015

Squash simulator for Wii.

WII​

Rugby League Team Manager 2015 (Game)

19 June 2015

Rugby League Team Manager

PC​

Published Games

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Liberator (Game)

31 December 1987

A Uridium clone written by D. R. Gamon for Commodore 16.

C16​

Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau (Game)

31 December 1984

C64​ MSX​ SPEC​

Postman Pat (Game)

31 December 1988

AMI​ AST​ C64​ +1

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Pinball (Game)

1 July 1995

Play different pinball tables based on characters from the children's television show

AMI​ PC​ CD32​

Postman Pat 2 (Game)

31 December 1989

Postman Pat is doing his round on foot due to his van being broken, and helps out the locals on the way.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Dalek Attack (Game)

3 October 1992

Dalek Attack was one of the very first games released based on the hit British Sci-Fi TV show Doctor Who. Released in 1992 on various platforms, players took the role of several incarnations of The Doctor to defeat his arch nemeses, The Daleks.

AMI​ PC​ AST​ +2

Count Duckula: No Sax Please - We're Egyptian (Game)

31 December 1990

Count Duckula has travelled to Egypt in the hopes of finding a mystical Saxophone.

CPC​ AST​ C64​ +1

Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue (Game)

31 December 1992

Paperboy like action adventure game. Officially based on the BBC TV series.

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +3

Popeye 3: WrestleCrazy (Game)

31 December 1992

Popeye tries his hand at slamming people to the mat.

AMI​ CPC​ C64​ +1

Thomas the Tank Engine (Game)

31 December 1990

Inagural game based on the popular English children's telly program.

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +3

Popeye 2 (Game)

31 December 1990

The sequel to the Popeye computer adventure game.

AMI​ CPC​ AST​ +1

Fiends (Game)

31 December 1987

A single-screen shoot'em up for Commodore 16.

C16​

Company details

Name

Alternative Software Ltd.

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

Pontefract,West Yorkshire,England, UK

Website

http://www.alternativesoft.co.uk/

Aliases

Developed Games

• Suburban Commando (Game)
• Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue (Game)
• BMX Ninja (Game)
• Bully's Sporting Darts (Game)
• Ready Steady Go (Game)
• Endzone (Game)
• Reckless Rufus (Game)
• Thomas the Tank Engine's Fun with Words (Game)
• Night Walk (Game)
• Aftermath (Game)
• PSA World Tour Squash 2015 (Game)
• Rugby League Team Manager 2015 (Game)
• Dead or Alive (Game)
• Eliminator (Game)
• Rugby Union Team Manager 4 (Game)
• Magic Rufus (Game)
• Microball (Game)
• Classic Arcadia 3 (Game)
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Published Games

• Liberator (Game)
• Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau (Game)
• Postman Pat (Game)
• Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Pinball (Game)
• Postman Pat 2 (Game)
• Dalek Attack (Game)
• Count Duckula: No Sax Please - We're Egyptian (Game)
• Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue (Game)
• Popeye 3: WrestleCrazy (Game)
• Thomas the Tank Engine (Game)
• Popeye 2 (Game)
• Fiends (Game)
• Count Duckula 2 featuring Tremendous Terence (Game)
• Death Mask (Game)
• The Official Father Christmas (Game)
• Turbo Girl (Game)
• Classic Arcadia & Baby Arcadia (Game)
• S*M*A*S*H*E*D (Game)
• The Quivering (Game)
• BMX Ninja (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Thomas and Friends (Franchise)
• Postman Pat (Franchise)
• Count Duckula (Franchise)
• Popeye (Franchise)
• Rugby Challenge (Franchise)
• The Trap Door (Franchise)
• Adrian Mole (Franchise)
• Army Moves (Franchise)
• Danger Mouse (Franchise)
• Doctor Who (Franchise)
• Don Bradman (Franchise)
• Freddy Hardest (Franchise)
• Game Over (Franchise)
• Marvel (Franchise)
• Rogue Trooper (Franchise)
• The Munsters (Franchise)
• Yogi Bear (Franchise)

People

• John P. Shay (Person)
• Andrew Braybrook (Person)
• D. R. Gamon (Person)
• Rik Mayall (Person)

Characters

• Thomas (Character)
• Postman Pat (Character)
• Berk (Character)
• Bluto (Character)
• Boni (Character)
• Count Duckula (Character)
• Drutt (Character)
• Olive Oyl (Character)
• Popeye (Character)
• Wimpy (Character)
• Abraham Van Helsing (Character)
• Adrian Mole (Character)
• Boo Boo (Character)
• Burger (Character)
• Captain Rover Pawstrong (Character)
• Corn (Character)
• Danger Mouse (Character)
• Dawson (Character)
• Death (Character)
• Dracula (Character)

Concepts

• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Lives (Concept)
• Pixel Art (Concept)
• Adapted from Television (Concept)
• Single-Screen Level (Concept)
• 8-bit (Concept)
• Anthropomorphism (Concept)
• ASM Hit (Concept)
• Rugby (Concept)
• Rugby Player (Concept)
• Death (Concept)
• Explosion (Concept)
• Instant Death (Concept)
• Instant Kill (Concept)
• Kid Friendly (Concept)
• Nameless Location (Concept)

Locations

• Space (Location)
• New Zealand (Location)
• United Kingdom (Location)
• Australia (Location)
• Castle (Location)
• England (Location)
• Greendale (Location)
• Mars (Location)
• South Africa (Location)
• Afghanistan (Location)
• Airplane (Location)
• Amusement Park (Location)
• Bangladesh (Location)
• Bathroom (Location)
• Bedroom (Location)
• Caribbean (Location)
• Cemetery (Location)
• Egypt (Location)
• Forest (Location)
• France (Location)

Objects

• Spaceship (Object)
• Tree (Object)
• UFO (Object)
• Door (Object)
• Ladder (Object)
• Rugby ball (Object)
• Banana (Object)
• Crucifix (Object)
• Explosives (Object)
• Grenade (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Laser (Object)
• Letter (Object)
• Plasma Cannon (Object)
• Rock (Object)
• Train (Object)
• Van (Object)
• Window (Object)
• Asteroid (Object)
• BMX (Object)