Alf the First Adventure (AST)
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Alf the First Adventure is the only Alf game on an Atari computer. It has been compared to Pac-Man.
Alf's Melmacian friends have crashed on Earth, and cats have hidden the spaceship parts. In four levels, Alf must carry four cats, two boxes and the garage key, one after another, to Willie's garage. To collect cats, Alf must eat pizza and gets 16 seconds. When the dog catcher grabs Alf three times in one level, Willie puts Alf on a leash and the game ends. When Willie catches Alf directly, the level and the three bails start from scratch; only the clock is kept: After 24 hours, the dog catcher nabs Alf's friends instead and the game ends as well.
The Atari ST version was ported from Alf the First Adventure (DOS). You can finally use a joystick, but Alf only goes sideways when perfectly aligned, and the game speed changes unexpectedly. It is particularly fast when about three characters move on screen at the same time.
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Music
All sound consists of high-pitched square waves with no kind of envelope, only clicks. The music instantly becomes a real pain in the ears, and once the first level starts, you will be relieved to be able to press the M key to turn it off. You can also press the S key to toggle the four jingles. They tell you when Alf runs into a pizza or garbage can, but when he runs into a cat, part or key, it merely shows on the bottom left and you may miss it. The sound effect upon pressing a key comes from the operating system. The game tries to turn it off upon start, but does it wrong.
This is one of few Atari ST games to support monochrome monitors. This also affects the sound, since the programmer synchronized it with the screen refresh. He did write code to speed up all sound by 40% on color monitors, but it is never called.
Recording
All songs were recorded from the game in Hatari v2.2.1 with:
- RGB
- Mono
| # | Title | Composer | Arranger | Length | Listen | Download |
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| 101 | Theme | Unknown | Unknown | 0:22 | Download | |
| 102 | Get Ready | Tommy Walker | Unknown | 0:00 | Download |
| # | Title | Composer | Arranger | Length | Listen | Download |
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| 201 | Theme | Unknown | Unknown | 0:20 | Download | |
| 202 | Get Ready | Tommy Walker | Unknown | 0:00 | Download |
Credits
- Ripper: Professor Chaos
- Recorder: Professor Chaos
- Game Credits:
- Not Credited Composer: Unknown
- Not Credited Composer: Tommy Walker
- Not Credited Arranger: Unknown
- Not Credited Foley Artist: Unknown
- Not Credited Programmer: Unknown
(No source. Game lacks audio credits.)
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Game Rip
Audio Devices
This game uses the computer's built-in YM2149F chip.
An official PAL release is not known.
Releases
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Links
- mobygames.com/game/1643/alf-the-first-adventure/ - MobyGames.
- gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ast/199938-alf-the-first-adventure - GameFAQs.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF:_The_First_Adventure - Wikipedia.
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