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Alligata Software Ltd.

Logo: Alligata Software, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Computer games developer and publisher

Alligata Software Ltd. was a computer games developer and publisher based in Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s. The company was founded by brothers Mike and Tim Mahony and their father J.R. Mahony in 1983. They produced games for a number of home computers including the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, ZX Spectrum and Dragon 32.2 It ceased to exist in 1988.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1982Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersSheffield1
  • Founded inSheffield1
  • Legal formlimited company1

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Alligata Software Ltd. was a computer games developer and publisher based in Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s.2

Products and brands

Aztec Tomb - 1983 (C64)

Here Comes The Sun - 1983 (ZX Spectrum)

Bug Blaster - 1983 (C64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)

Lunar Rescue - 1983 (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)

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Blagger - 1983 (C64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, MSX, Commodore 16); a version was also released through Amsoft for the Amstrad CPC

Loco - 1984 (C64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit)

Son of Blagger - 1984 (C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro)

Who Dares Wins - 1985 (C64)

Jack Charlton's Match Fishing - 1985 (C64, ZX Spectrum)

Blagger Goes to Hollywood - 1985 (C64)

Who Dares Wins II - 1986 (C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, MSX, Amstrad CPC)

Night World - 1986 (BBC Micro, Acorn Electron)

Kettle - 1987 (C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC)

Livingstone, I Presume? - 1987 (C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC); UK release of Spanish Opera Soft game Livingstone, Supongo

Addicta Ball - 1987 (C64, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST)

By Fair Means or Foul - 1988 (C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC); a Superior/Alligata release

Repton Mania - 1989 (ZX Spectrum); ports of the first 2 Repton games - a Superior/Alligata release

From Wikipedia’s article on Alligata, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1988Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1982Founded Founded in Sheffield1

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