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3''Alpiner'' is a 1982 [[ScalingTheSummit mountain-climbing]] game for the TI-99/4A Home Computer. The player races to climb six peaks of increasing height: Mt. Hood, Matterhorn, Kenya, [=McKinley=], Garmo and Everest. Obstacles to ascent include trees, brush fires, wild animals, avalanches, and the Abominable Snowman.
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6* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: At the top of Mt. Everest is the Abominable Snowman--on skis!
7* DeathMountain: The entire game.
8* HardModeFiller: The eighteen levels consist of the same six mountains repeating with faster falling hazards and decreasing time limits.
9* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "Anitra's Dance" by Edvard Grieg.
10* ScalingTheSummit: Your goal as a mountain climber in the game.

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