The Last Eichhof

"Frei bier!"

- one of the voiceclips in the game, taken from "Bring Me Edelweiss" by Edelweiss

The Last Eichhof is a freeware shoot 'em up game created by Swiss developer Alpha Helix (consisting of Tritone, Tweety and Zynax of Dark System) for MS-DOS in 1993. The gameplay consists of controlling a bottle of Eichhof Lager and attempting to destroy beers from rival companies.

Plot
NOTE: This text is taken from the "story of the game" screen.

𝔏 ong time ago, as far as beer is concerned, everything was just fine. There were plenty of little breweries, and there was almost no competition between them.

In the first half of this century, time changed and the economical (sic) situation became quite bad. A lot of breweries produced only a weak lager beer because there wasn't enough raw material.

Now, time is much better, but a few breweries still produce almost only lager and become bigger and bigger...

It's up to you to save the brewery of Eichhof (with its great beers) from the imperium of "big beers".

Good luck!

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Catchy soundtrack, including the Back to the Future theme song, Ennio Morricone's "Bad Orchestra" from Once Upon a Time in the West and Pink Floyd's "Money".
 * 2) Interesting concept.
 * 3) Simple but enjoyable gameplay.
 * 4) Wacky sound effects, including the quote from The Phantom of the Opera when you're at the main menu, samples from "Bring Me Edelweiss" and "Schnaps Bonus", both by Edelweiss (an Austrian house music group) from their self-titled album, and the fanfare from the Columbia Pictures Television logo.
 * 5) Free to download.
 * 6) Clearing the intro level "Easy Start" will award you $5.20.