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{{disambig|the 1986 game|the 2010 game|[[Alter Ego (2010)]]}}
 
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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/664780/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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{{mm}} [https://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=akq48hw07yjvietq Interactive Fiction Database entry]
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==Availability==
 
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{{ii}} [https://www.playalterego.com/ A browser-based version which can be played once for free is available.]
  
 
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Alter Ego
Alter Ego cover
Developers
Choose Multiple
Engines
Remake ChoiceScript
Release dates
DOS May 1, 1986
Windows July 21, 2017
macOS (OS X) July 21, 2017
Linux July 21, 2017
Alter Ego on Wikipedia

This page is for the 1986 game. For the 2010 game, see Alter Ego (2010).

General information

Interactive Fiction Database entry
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Demo available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A browser-based version which can be played once for free is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\Engine.config[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 8086
Intel 8088
System memory (RAM) 128 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA

Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References