Monday, July 15, 2002
Geek cred meets 80’s nostalgia!
When I was young and my only computer was an Apple ][, I got ahold of an insanely interesting game called Alter Ego. Essentially a vignette-based “life simulator,” it came in both male and female versions and let you play out a virtual life as someone else, from birth to death. To date, I still think that these games were the most unique, most compelling computer games I’ve ever played. It makes me think I probably would have become a big RPG geek if I hadn’t become such an introvert.
Anyways, some surfing today revealed a web-based version of the game, which started out as a direct port but apparently has now had all sorts of new vignettes added into it. Additionally, there’s a Yahoo! group that has the DOS versions of the original games to download. Very cool.
[thanks Miranda]
Comments
welp, after playing through the game last night, i can’t say that any of the vignettes struck me as new. perhaps the new vignettes are a feature for those who want to host their own game, and the one at this site is true to the original.
Evil. You are evil. This game is evil. The people who kidnapped, tortured & killed me as a child are also evil.
I am the author of Alter Ego. I am always amazed at how much attention this game gets, even 20 years later. Evil? Sure, as evil as life itself!
You fool. Once again, you have caused my demise.