Adventures of Alfredo
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Adventures of Alfredo, or Alfredo's Arduous Adventures was the original non-interactive computer animation series that featured a lovable trial-ridden stick-figure anti-hero named Alfredo. Alfredo is something of a cross between Mr. Bill, Wile E. Coyote, Aeon Flux, and Stick Figure Death Theatre. Alfredo's darkly humorous adventures were chronicled on the electronic magazines Softdisk (For the Apple II) and Big Blue Disk (For the IBM PC). Alfredo was the brainchild of Mike Nuzzo from Westfield, N.J. Mike programmed all of the Alfredo Adventures when he was still in Junior High School.
[edit] Episodes
Listed here, in their entirety, are Alfredo's Arduous Adventures.
- Alfredo's Lost Cause
Summary: Alfredo Episode 1 starts with our protagonist returning home from taking a casual stroll. Mere yards from his front door, the ground opens up beneath his feet. Alfredo falls a great distance and lands in a heap. Having survived such a large fall, Alfredo begins running through the cave, and dives into an underground lake. He reaches the next clifftop by touching a live wire (plainly marked with a sign indicating "Live Wire"), slides down a steep incline, and manages to open another chasm beneath his feet. Catching onto a springy clothes-line, he goes Hand-over-hand into the next tunnel. With daylight now in plain sight (the next screen shows the exit door, plainly marked "Exit"), a pair of walls spring up, trapping Alfredo in a small room. The walls begin closing in, but strong stick figure that Alfredo is, he puts his arms out and stops the inevitable crushing... for a good three seconds. The end.
Duration: ~30 seconds.
Appearance: Alfredo's very first episode was featured on Big Blue disk number 7, as well as Softdisk publication number 36. It was also included on Softdisk 96, as a nostalgic look to the past, before premiering the final episode.
- Alfredo's Transport Troubles
Summary: Alfredo Episode 2 starts, interestingly enough, with our protagonist returning home from taking a casual stroll in the countryside. The ground also opens up under his feet, and Alfredo falls into an elevator shaft. He lands on a platform that descends into a cave, where he realizes he must again, run through. Sliding down and running up hills, falling down chasms into underground lakes and waterfalls, and escaping from crushing devices are par for the course. This time, however, Alfredo is assaulted by pneumatic presses which push him this way and that. He finally falls into what seems to be a teleportation device, and is sent offscreen. Where has our anti-hero gone? What will become of him? Find out in the next exciting installment of Alfredo's Arduous Adventures. To Be Continued.
Duration: ~1:00
Appearance: This episode appeared on BBD#8, as well as SD#43.
- Alfredo's Laser Lament
Summary: None.
Duration: ~1:25
Appearance: BBD#9, SD#44
- Alfredo's Digestive Dilemma
Summary: None.
Duration: ~2:30
Appearance: BBD#10, SD#45
- Alfredo's Crushing Curiosity
Summary: None.
Duration: ~1:45
Appearance: BBD#11, SD#46
- Alfredo's Whopping Wattage
Summary: None.
Duration: ~2:00
Appearance: BBD#12, SD#47
- Alfredo's Fiery Fiasco
Summary: None.
Duration: ~1:40
Appearance: BBD#16, SD#48
- Alfredo's Hulking Hubris
Summary: None.
Duration: ~2:00
Appearance: BBD#17, SD#49
- Alfredo's Nuclear Nuisance
Summary: None.
Duration: ~1:50
Appearance: Nuclear Nuisance appeared on BBD#25, as well as SD#51.
- Alfredo's Mor?iferous M??tality
Summary: None.
Duration: ~3:30
Appearance: This episode appeared on BBD#32 as "Alfredo's Mortiferous Mentality", as well as SD#53 (possibly as "Alfredo's Moriferous Mortality").
- Alfredo's Faulty Finale
Summary: None.
Duration: Unknown.
Appearance: The Faulty Finale appeared on SD#55. The Big Blue Disk issues that contained this episode, as well as the final two episodes (Miserable Moniker and Stupendous Surprise), have not been discovered with certainty.
- Alfredo's Miserable Moniker
Summary: A computer animated cartoon adventure in which Alfredo must change his name...
Duration: Unknown.
Appearance: This episode appeared on Softdisk issue 71. This episode also appeared alongside the very first episode, Alfredo's Lost Cause, on Softdisk issue 96
- Alfredo's Stupendous Surprise
Summary: In this episode Alfredo happens upon a house with a birthday cake upon a table which he decides he'll blow out. The birthday cake screams, "Help Mommy!" and a giant birthday cake appears and the insanity continues from there through completely unpredictable situations!
Duration: Unknown.
Appearance: The final episode of Adventures of Alfredo appeared on Softdisk issue #98.
