Play The Alpine Encounter Online

I first came across The Alpine Encounter in a collection of MS-DOS classic games, though it was never widely released by a major developer. It fits right into that era of experimental platformers where developers were still figuring out what worked, often resulting in games that were more interesting than polished.

You control a lone hiker making their way up a treacherous mountain, navigating screen by screen while avoiding environmental hazards and hostile creatures like yetis. The main goal is simply to reach the summit, but getting there involves careful jumps, pushing rocks to create paths, and timing your movements to avoid falling ice or sudden avalanches. The pacing is deliberate, almost slow, which makes every mistake costly; the difficulty comes from the unforgiving level design and limited lives. It feels like a constant, tense negotiation with the mountain itself.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".