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ALFREDO'S PERILOUS PITFALL
Program by Richard Deroacher
Text by Dave Moorman
Alfredo began as a little Apple
Guy, a mere 64 pixels of high-res
graphics for the Apple II computer --
published on the orginal Softdisk
Monthly disk magazine back in the
early Eighties. The people at
Softdisk, Inc. refused to waste
anything and succeeded to port little
Alfie from the over-hyped Apple II to
the clearly superior C-64. (A [lot] of
LOADSTAR's content in the first couple
of years was brought over from
Softdisk Monthly.)
Remember, back then most any
animation on a computer screen was a
miracle. Alfredo is a tiny 8x8 pixel
character -- but his adventures still
have a certain charm. The Magicians of
Maine (Tim Vlk and Richard Deroacher)
took on the challenge of giving
Alfredo yet another Adventure (on
issue 197). Richard then added his own
Adventure to the Saga on issue 199.
And Our Unfortunate Protagonist
now comes to you in a "remake,"
enhanced with a musical score that I
find absolutely delightful!
Today, if I were taking on an
Alfredo Adventure, I would probably
use sprites for the character, and a
bunch of TBS screen files made with
Mr.MICK. And yet, would the increased
detail really make Alfie better? Did
"talkies" improve Charlie Chaplin? Was
the remake of [The Stepford Wives]
really better than the 1978 version?
(OK, it was -- but you get my point. I
hope!)
Anyway, here is Alfredo, in all
his black and white, stick figure
glory, caught in a world of perpetual
peril.
DMM