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[Kearnsy]

This is pretty cool. In that online version. If you tinker whilst cooking in the right way and you character is determined and smart you can sell you recipe to McDonalds for $500,000!!! :Brain:
Considering you can do this in early adulthood. My guy is rich and has never worked a day in his life!
(if only that were me!)

Hmmm
1. On Abandonia there are no suggestions for good games to play if you like Alter Ego, that's a shame.
2. You can't make everything to go how you want it, a good simulation should allow more freedom but because it's so old I'll ease up on it. (For example: In Birth & Infancy stage you can't keep the character from being toilet trained or from having their bottle taken away. xD)

[jeppe93]

I downloaded it here from Abandonia and there are files missing... someone already said it but... Help me!
also the "alter ego male" part is in the female directory... and of course the other way round'
i noticed it while thinking i was playing male, i was called a a "good girl" :tai:

[Riotgirl]

I remember this game when it was first released as it was one of the games from my C64 days that I never played and always wished to play.

Fast foward almost 20 years later, and after using a C64 emulator (*cough*), I finally had the chance to play Alter Ego. I found it utterly compelling and quite thought provoking, even though it was quite linear and 'coerced' you into certain actions i.e. it is extremely hard, if not impossible, to live one's life as an utter bum.

The vignettes were well-written, contained drama, humour and pathos in equal measure. Not many games force you to reflect upon your choices in your real life and give you cause to wonder the possibilities if maybe one made different choice; whether such choices would affect one's character.

Alter Ego fills me with nostalgia because the gaming industry back in the 80s was full of creativity. Whilst the games industry has completely changed from all recognition from those simple times and we now experience full-blown multimedia experiences, I've learnt to appreciate how simplicity can sometimes be extremely rewarding.

Regards,
Riotgirl

[The Fifth Horseman]

Yeah, back then it was more about gameplay then "bling". Nwadays it's right the other way round...

[sunwife]

This game´s not such a big deal...as someone said before, there´s not much freedom to take the decisions you really want...and, again, as someone already said, it gets you a bit depressed and afraid of getting old...but maybe it´s because you didn´t do whatever you like with your character; that´s something the game doens´t permit at all, so don´t worry (too much) ...

Man this game is great... to bad my character tried to run away from a child molester and got killed *starts a new game*

[Lili Hardin]

Hey! I keep having the alter ego man! I opened all the files which could be opened and I'm always a man! And it doesn't work with DOS, I always have a message error... I wanna play the alter ego woman, please somebody help!

[TedStudley]

does anyone know how to edit the saves for Alter Ego?

Hey, how to launch the game actually??? I'm using Windows XP Pro. If i can't launch the game using windows, then where could i just find an emulator for DOS. thanks for helping.