- Alligata
Alligata was a computer games developer and publisher based in
Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s.The company was founded by Mike Mahoney and Dave Palmer around 1982. They produced games for a number of
home computer s including theCommodore 64 ,BBC Micro ,Acorn Electron andZX Spectrum . They also published budget priced software under the Budgie label.Dave Palmer left in October 1986 to set up the budget label "
Alternative Software ". Mike Mahoney also left in 1988 with the company releasing its final games in 1989.Notable games
* 1983 "
Aztec Tomb " (C64 )
* 1983 "Here Comes The Sun" (ZX Spectrum )
* 1983 "Blagger " (C64,BBC Micro ,Acorn Electron ,MSX ) A version was also released through "Amsoft " for theAmstrad CPC
* 1983 "Bug Blaster" (C64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
* 1983 "Lunar Rescue " (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
* 1983 "Guardian" (C64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
* 1984 "Loco" (C64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit)
* 1984 "Son of Blagger " (C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro)
* 1985 "Who Dares Wins" (C64)
* 1985 "Jack Charlton's Match Fishing" (C64, ZX Spectrum)
* 1985 "Blagger Goes to Hollywood" (C64)
* 1986 "Who Dares Wins II" (C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC)
* 1986 "Night World" (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
* 1987 "Livingstone, I Presume" (C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC) UK release of Spanish "Opera Soft " game "Livingstone, Supongo"
* 1987 "Addicta Ball" (C64, MSX,Amiga ,Atari ST ) An unreleased version was developed for the ZX Spectrum
* 1989 "Repton Mania" (ZX Spectrum) Ports of the first 2 "Repton" games from "Superior Software "Budgie label
Alligata published budget games under the Budgie label from 1985. When a typical Alligata game would cost around £6.95, Budgie games sold for only £1.99 in order to compete with the likes of budget software pioneer
Mastertronic , already selling games at that level. Almost all titles were original rather than re-issues of Alligata games. Probably the most well known game is space shoot 'em up "Video's Revenge" (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron) with others including "Convoy" (ZX Spectrum), "Super Sam" (ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC), "Raskel" (C64) and "Shuffle" (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron).External links
* [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Alligata+Software+Ltd$&loadpics=on "Alligata" at "World of Spectrum"]
* [http://www.beebgames.com/games.php?company=13&start=1 "Alligata" at the "BBC Games Archive"]
* [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Budgie+Budget+Software$&loadpics=on "Budgie" at "World of Spectrum"]
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