History Videogame / AmericanMcGeesAlice

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Throughout his life allegations of pedophilia plagued both Lewis Carroll and his family. The truth of the matter has never been verified, as the only primary source, Carroll's Diary, was altered by the family after his death. American firmly believes the rumors, to the point he was genuinely upset Lewis Carroll's picture was included in the final game.[[spoiler:Exaggerated in the sequel where Professor Bumby is a deeply unsubtle expy of Carroll. In a direct parallel with Carroll's life Bumby becomes obsessed with the daughter of his College's Dean. However, again, actual evidence of any misconduct by Carroll was never proven. Bumby however...]]

* MakeMeWannaShout: The Boojum only attacks by screaming, which would not only damage, but also push Alice backwards, potentially [[BottomlessPits off the platform to her death]].

* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Possibly justified, since American [=McGee=]'s Alice is very different from Creator/LewisCarroll's, but even so it has been said of the game that if you're going to put your own name in the title, it's better if people actually know who you are. The game had amazing graphics for its time, and it was heavily publicized that it was built on the then-cutting edge id Tech 3 UsefulNotes/GameEngine that powered ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena''. American [=McGee=] had been a designer for Creator/IdSoftware and worked on the earlier ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' games, as well as its predecessor franchise ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''. A good portion of the target audience -- 3D action gamers -- were well aware of who he was. American [=McGee=], however, was actually ''not'' a fan of having his name in the title, he wanted to call the game just ''Alice''. According to him, it was the publishers who wanted to put his name in the title, since "made by one of the masterminds behind Doom" would carry more weight with gamers than "a dark version of Alice in Wonderland". He got his wish with the second game, which is ''not'' called ''American [=McGee=]'s VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns''. It still has "An American [=McGee=] Game" in smaller letters at the bottom of the case.

* UpdatedRerelease: The PC version had an updated version of the first ''Alice'' as a pre-order bonus for ''Alice: Madness Returns'' and was bundled bundled as part of the ''Complete Collection'', which touched up some of the game's textures, added compatibility fixes for modern systems, Xbox 360 controller support, and native widescreen options. Unfortunately, this updated version of the game as well as the ''Complete Collection'' was pulled from all digital distribution platforms. American [[=McGee=]] himself has stated his intent to re-release all the ''Alice'' games on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Xbox One, and the Switch, though time will tell if this happens.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Alice can summon them with her dice. The lesser and greater demons are your standard horned, winged fair, but the middle ones are bizarre worm creatures that throw fireballs. The Land of Fire and Brimstone also introduces Fire Imps that rush at Alice with pitch forks.

* BladeOnAStick: The various mook Cards wield creative pole weapons reflecting their suits, eg: morning stars for the Club soldiers, Tridents for Spades and so on.