However, these additional icons are only activated in later stages of the game. There are additional icons at the left and right border of the game area which serve to display the status or have other functions, as e.g. After playing through the situation the icon disappears from the screen and some months of game time will pass. If the chosen mood does not fit the chosen action, the programme will notify you and ask for a new decision. a situation is described and during its course the player can decide for one mood and one action. Behind each icon there is an experience, i.e. if it is about forcing one's point, playing the main role in a theatre piece or writing an article for the C64-Wiki (a little humor).Įach part of life is displayed by a network reminding of a flow chart consisting of different icons. In other situations it can happen that the programme decides according to the character values, where an action is successful or not, e.g. So if you decide as an infant to drink a bottle of cleaning agent, this will be unfavourable to your physical condition. These personality values contain attributes such as credibility, assertiveness, pyhsical health etc., that have an influence on the course of the game and can change depending on the decisions made. For this you either answer a questionnaire consisting of some yes/no answers or you let the computer decide the values randomly. No matter what you decide for - before the actual game begins you need to decide for the characteristics of your character. Rainer Wahnsinn, 41, entrepreneur, single, proud owner of a car, a yacht and a watch.

Alternatively, you can also start the game in a freely selectable part of life. It starts - how could it be any different - with birth and ends with death from infirmity or respectively also earlier from an illness or accidents. The game is divided into seven parts of life: infancy, childhood, adolescense, young adulthood, adulthood, middle adulthood and old age.

Favaro (Ph.D.), enables the player to simulate the life of an imaginary person - his/her 'Alter Ego' - by making decisions in a great number of more or less daily situations. The game that was co-developed by psychologist Peter J.

8.2 Screenshot comparison of different conversionsĪlter Ego is an adventure in multiple-choice style by Activision from 1986.

Alter ego game guide