On this basis, many readers have assumed (sometimes unconsciously) that the life you lead in Alter Ego is the life of a white American. It takes on significant assumptions about what the life of an ordinary American in 1986 would be like.įor example, in this game, no one discriminates against you on the basis of your ethnic background or the color of your skin. The Life of an "Ordinary" American in 1986Īlter Ego tells the story of the life of an "ordinary" American, as Dr. Instead, we're preserving it as an artifact of electronic gaming history.
We've decided not to attempt to update the content of Alter Ego. The current edition includes an updated interface and fixes bugs in the original version of the game, but the content of the game (the writing) hasn't changed from the original 1986 version of the game. The current edition of the Alter Ego game is a production of Choose Multiple LLC. It was published in 1986 for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Apple II, and Macintosh. Alter Ego was originally written by Peter J.