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Alternative Software

Logo: Their website:- http://www.alternativesoft.co.uk/about.html, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

British software developer and publisher

Alternative Software is a British software developer and publisher founded in 1985. From the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, the company published well over a hundred games, primarily for the 8-bit computer formats in the budget (£1.99 to £3.99) market. These included both original titles (e.g. MC Lothlorien's Pro Mountain Bike Simulator) as well as reissues of other developers' and publishers' software such as River Rescue which it acquired from the liquidation of Creative Sparks Distribution.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1

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Alternative Software is a British software developer and publisher founded in 1985.2

Corporate structure

Alternative Software sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Alternative Software Pontefract
    • Winner Subsidiary · United Kingdom

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Alternative Software reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Winner

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Winner

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1985Founded Founded1

Sources

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