Who Dares Wins II

• Title — Who Dares Wins II • Developer — Alligata • Programmer — Steve Evans • Publisher — Alligata Tynesoft • Platforms — Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, C16 / Plus/4, MSX, ZX Spectrum • Released — November 1985 • Genre — Run and gun • Modes — Single-player

• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot (Atari 8-bit) The main character is a lone soldier sent into enemy territory, wielding a gun and five grenades. The player must capture eight enemy outposts against massive opposition. The player can blow up vehicles and rescue prisoners in each level. If the player takes too long, the prisoners are executed by firing squad.

Who Dares Wins II was a modified version of Who Dares Wins, an earlier Alligata release for the Commodore 64. This had been withdrawn almost immediately after release following legal action from Elite Systems due to similarities between it and the arcade game Commando. (This similarity had been noted at the time by Computer Gamer magazine who described Who Dares Wins as an "accurate reproduction" of Commando. The original game was also retrospectively acknowledged by GamesThatWeren't as "a blatant copy".) Elite held the official license for home conversions of Commando and- according to the company's Steve Wilcox- considered that Who Dares Wins would hurt sales of their official version. After approaching Alligata to notify them of the legal situation and being rebuffed, Elite sought legal advice and obtained an Anton Piller order, leading to Alligata's supplies of the game being sequestered. As a result, few copies of the original Who Dares Wins made it out before withdrawal, with some having been sold via a computer show before the official release date and the game having been confirmed as being briefly available elsewhere before it was taken off shelves. Following the withdrawal, Alligata modified Who Dares Wins with cosmetic and layout changes to get around the legal order and issued the updated version as Who Dares Wins II.