Alligata

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Alligata was a computer games developer and publisher based in Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s.

The company was founded by Mike Mahoney and Dave Palmer around 1982. They produced games for a number of home computers including the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and ZX Spectrum. They also published budget priced software under the Budgie label.

Dave Palmer left in October 1986 to set up the budget label Alternative Software. Mike Mahoney also left in 1988 with the company releasing its final games in 1989.

[edit] Notable games

1983 Aztec Tomb (C64)
1983 Here Comes The Sun (ZX Spectrum)
1983 Blagger (C64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, MSX) A version was also released through Amsoft for the Amstrad CPC
1983 Bug Blaster (C64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
1983 Lunar Rescue (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
1983 Guardian (C64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
1984 Loco (C64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit)
1984 Son of Blagger (C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro)
1985 Who Dares Wins (C64)
1985 Jack Charlton's Match Fishing (C64, ZX Spectrum)
1985 Blagger Goes to Hollywood (C64)
1986 Who Dares Wins II (C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC)
1986 Night World (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)
1987 Livingstone, I Presume (C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC) UK release of Spanish Opera Soft game Livingstone, Supongo
1987 Addicta Ball (C64, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST) An unreleased version was developed for the ZX Spectrum
1989 Repton Mania (ZX Spectrum) Ports of the first 2 Repton games from Superior Software

[edit] Budgie label

Alligata published budget games under the Budgie label from 1985. When a typical Alligata game would cost around £6.95, Budgie games sold for only £1.99 in order to compete with the likes of budget software pioneer Mastertronic, already selling games at that level. Almost all titles were original rather than re-issues of Alligata games. Probably the most well known game is space shoot 'em up Video's Revenge (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron) with others including Convoy (ZX Spectrum), Super Sam (ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC), Raskel (C64) and Shuffle (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron).