Last Eichhof, The

zafo999 · 17-09-2007, 09:20 AM

There was a shareware or maybe freeware DOS game that I played maybe ten years ago. It was packaged on a shareware games compilation CD (like the kind they used to sell at WalMart for $5). The compilation was called "The Complete Encyclopedia of Games" and was put together by a company called Microforum.

The game itself was a beer-themed top-down space shooter in the vein of Galaga. Except instead of flying a spaceship, you controlled a beer bottle that shot bottle caps upward toward enemies that were either beer bottles or big pitchers of beer or weird plate things. I recall some voice in the game and it was all German. So the game may have been German-made. You could spend your points buying "wingmen" which took the form of smaller bottles of beer. And I recall that the background music for the shopping portion of the game was the riff from Pink Floyd's song "Money".

Does anybody know what this game is called and if it's available anywhere on the internet?

Ermuli · 17-09-2007, 03:25 PM

Damn! I remember playing this game, but the name eludes me now. I must have it on my discs somewhere. I'll do a search.

dosraider · 17-09-2007, 03:49 PM

Meheh, reminds me of Astrobeer, not a bottle but a beertruck therein.
Can find it @
http://www.mrgoodbeer.com/games/
*site seems OK to post here, is all about beer games*

Scroll down a bit, it's a 1 Mb download.
Runs in XP.

*Luchsen* · 17-09-2007, 07:56 PM

You should look at this German beer game site. LOL

zafo999 · 17-09-2007, 08:45 PM

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Wow, I didn't know there were this many beer games! The one I was thinking of is on here, too! It's the first one on the list! "The Last Eichhof"

Awesome, thanks!

*Dave* · 17-09-2007, 09:51 PM

Is the game easy to understand even if is German?

*Luchsen* · 17-09-2007, 10:47 PM

Last Eichhof, The | 1993 | Alpha Helix | [FREEWARE]

It's in English.

*Dave* · 18-09-2007, 11:55 AM

I told you my German isn't good LOL
Thanks, moved to Freeware section!

Beltona · 19-09-2007, 11:36 AM

Ow man, that game was pretty awesome, the music and the sound effect are really funny, Haha those crazy Germans :P

zafo999 · 20-09-2007, 06:21 AM

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Last Eichhof, The | 1993 | Alpha Helix | [FREEWARE]

It's in English.

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Damn, why do I remember it being completely in German? Also, I remember "Money" being in the game, when apparently it's not. I wonder where I got that from.