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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Distributor(s) | Tonka Corp. |
| Producer(s) | John Sauer John Emerson |
| Programmer(s) | Kevin T. Seghetti Jinda Pan |
| Artist(s) | George Kanalias |
| Composer(s) | Randy Roseberry |
| Platform(s) | Sega Master System |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | Gamespot 8.5/10[3] |
| Media/distribution | 2-megabit cartridge |
ALF[4] (アルフ), is an action video game for the Sega Master System.[5] It was first published on December 31, 1989 in the USA and Canada. It was programmed by the American company Nexa, a division of Sphere, the music in the game is composed by Randy Roseberry. The game was developed and published by Sega.
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The game represents an action-adventure video game similar to Maniac Mansion or King's Quest. The player, playing as ALF, must collect the necessary items and solve some simple tasks to help the protagonist to repair his spaceship.
Specific levels in the ALF that are directly based on the television show simply do not exist. However, the game consists of several locations, which the player can move into at any order: Alf's house, street, basement of the house, Alf's backyard, and a pond in the backyard. As in any quest for the passing game must collect various objects: a stick of salami, which can be used to deal with the bats, scuba gear, allowing to plunge to the bottom of the pond, etc. Some items can be found as you progress through the game, part - buy in stores, selling before this treasure trove.
Opponents in the game a bit and most of them, except bats, it is impossible to destroy, but instead to avoid contact with them, jumping them or dodged to the side at the right time. At some points the game becomes a typical arcade-style video game, for example, when Alf eluded cyclists on the street or scuba diving and predatory fish in the pond.
The game begins with the protagonist of the game - worldwide known as the alien named ALF, who lives on planet earth together with the American family who sheltered him from his shipwreck. The goal - to help mend his spaceship, he needs to meet with his friends - Skip and Rhonda, who are expecting ALF back on Mars.[3]
The programmers of ALF are Kevin T. Seghetti and Jinda Pan. Seghetti also participated in the development of video games like: Tetris for computers as Amiga, Monopoly for Sega Master System, Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers (Mega Drive, 1994) and Stormlord for the Mega Drive, and among the games, programming who participated Jinda Pan: Monopoly for Sega Master System, DOS-version games Vette! and Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation.
ALF was the second video game based on the eponymous television series. The first game was ALF: The First Adventure, released in 1987 for computers Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and DOS. Initiates stranger Alpha computer games came out after that still at least twice: ALF's US Geography and ALF's Thinking Skills - both came out in 1993 for DOS.
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| Publication | Score |
| Allgame | [6] |
| Gamefaqs | 8.5/10[3] |
| Defunct Games | 55%[7] |
| Game Freaks 365 | 2/5[8] |
In most of the reviews received ALF fairly low ratings. Criticism was leveled at virtually all aspects of the game: graphics, music creation, management and gameplay. Many tips for the cause of many deficiencies were identified in the rush of their release and the limited budget.
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