Alter Ego (1986 video game)

Alter Ego
The cover art shows a collage of portraits drawn in different art styles. The logo shows "Alter Ego" written in a plain font, with the "o" stylized as a Mars symbol.
Cover art for the male version; the female version's cover is almost identical, but its logo is stylized to contain a Venus symbol.
Developer(s)Activision
Publisher(s)Activision
Designer(s)Peter J. Favaro
Platform(s)Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Mac
Release
  • NA: 27 April 1986
  • EU: 22 December 1986
Genre(s)Social simulation, role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Alter Ego is a role-playing video game developed and published by Activision in 1986. It was created by Peter J. Favaro for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Apple II, and Macintosh. The game allows the user to make decisions for an imaginary person (being therefore the player's alter ego) and shows what possible consequences these decisions could have on that person. Alter Ego was released in both male and female versions, each using a different set of experiences.