Login | Register
Alternate Reality: The City cover art

Game dossier

Alternate Reality: The City

Available now

A non-linear first-person RPG of exploration, morality, and survival in an alien-dimension city.

The briefing

About this game

Alternate Reality: The City is a first-person role-playing game set in a strange yet familiar city in an alternate dimension. After being abducted from Earth, the player must explore the city, uncover clues about their captors, and find a way home.

The game features skills, statistics, experience points, shops, and other locations to visit. A moral evaluation system tracks whether the character becomes good or evil, influencing how the surrounding environment reacts to their actions.

Encounters can be handled through turn-based combat or by attempting to trick, charm, or bribe opponents. Its non-linear structure also allows players to take jobs to improve specific skills or simply pass the time.

Details

  • Developer: Paradise Programming
  • Publisher: U.S. Gold
  • Release date: December 31, 1984
  • Genres: Role-Playing; Role-playing (RPG)
  • Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, iOS, Mac, MS-DOS, and TRS-80 Color Computer