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Alasdair Beckett-King, Application Systems Heidelberg · Published by Application Systems Heidelberg · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 91% positive (202 reviews) · Metacritic 80 · 12 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Nelly Cootalot is the stupidly named pirate adventurer with a heart of gold. Uncover corruption and wanton punning in this HD revival of a classic freeware adventure game.
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Adventure, Indie · 2019 · More under £5 games
Embark on Nelly Cootalot's humorous quest to fight corruption as a beloved pirate adventurer. Created by Alasdair Beckett-King, this HD revival offers an indie twist on classic freeware fun.
About this game
Nelly Cootalot
Nelly Cootalot is the stupidly named pirate adventurer with a heart of gold. Uncover corruption and wanton punning in this HD revival of a classic freeware adventure game.
The revenue of the game - after fees and taxes are deducted - will go to the RSPB, a British charity taking care of our feathered friends (birds).
Story
Nelly Cootalot, fearsome pirate and lover of tiny and adorable creatures, is charged by the spirit of a dead buccaneer to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fleet of birds known as spoonbeaks. Her adventure will bring her face to face with the nefarious Baron Widebeard as she uncovers corruption and wanton punning in the Barony of Meeth.
Key Features
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! is your opportunity to:
Rescue endangered and unusually named wildfowl.
Acquire morally dubious items on behalf of minor aristocrats.
Intercept the private correspondances of a daredevil pilot.
Come to the aid of downtrodden supernatural beings.
Be confused by obscure colloquialisms.
Borrow facial hair from long-dead pirates.
Wantonly misuse the word 'borrow'.
Background
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! was originally released by Alasdair Beckett-King hundreds of years ago in 2007. The game started out as a birthday present for his girlfriend and got wildly out of hand. In 2016, he even made another Nelly game called Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet.
The HD remastering of Spoonbeaks Ahoy! brings the original game back to life, with a streamlined interface and loads more pixels and voice over (!) for the first time. Read the details below!
Alasdair has been tweaking and polishing (and breaking and fixing) Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! for many months now. 1920x1080 HD resolution and a FULL VOICE OVER in English are the obvious highlights. Here is the full list of the improvements we've made to the original 2007 game.
New resolution
The game now runs in full 1920x1080 HD, (as well as other widescreen resolutions). This is flipping massive compared to the tiny, square original graphics (see trailer video).
Full voice acting (English only)
Extremely cheap voice acting by Alasdair Beckett-King, real Nelly and literally no one else. Think of it as a director's commentary where he got to do a load of dodgy accents. (Yes, this feature CAN be switched off.)
Support for more operating systems
Full support for macOS and Linux as well as all recent Windows systems.
Other improvements
Streamlined point & click interface.
Improved launcher app.
Bad jokes replaced with good jokes (we wish).
New "business" model
Revenue goes to the birds.
We've put a lot of work into this remastered edition. However, Spoonbeaks Ahoy! is a shorter game than „The Fowl Fleet“, and the original was freeware. So we've decided to make this release super, super-cheap.
The revenue of the game - after fees and taxes are deducted - will go to the RSPB, a British charity taking care of our feathered friends (birds).
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
In 2013 Alasdair ran a successful Kickstarter to fund a new stand-alone Nelly game (Nelly Cootalot – The Fowl Fleet). With the support of over 1000 backers, Alasdair teamed up with Application Systems Heidelberg in 2014. With ASH on board, the project rapidly grew in scale, adding cross-platform support, text localisation, German voice acting and tons more animation in glorious High Definition.
The Fowl Fleet isn't a sequel to Spoonbeaks Ahoy! It is a new Nelly story and it is not necessary to play one to understand the other.
The budget for the new game grew from the modest Kickstarter haul to a six figure sum, with a team of 45+ people across 4 countries. Blimey, we've been busy!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor: 700 MHz
- Memory: 64 MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 5.2
- Storage: 1500 MB available space
- Sound Card: All DirectX-compatible sound cards
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Lost Treasures Adventure Bundle
Lost Treasures Adventure Bundle Follow pirate heroine Nelly Cootalot in her quest to save endangered waterfowl and seek the treasure of the Seventh Sea. And help Henry Dijon - archaeologist of the future - discover lost treasures in the legendary city of Mutropolis. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33051363/706a1e659327c9692e71b29d015224bc7b490d89.png Buy the bundle here: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/8551/Lost_Treasures_Adventure_Bundle/ Mutropolis has launched MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33051363/933bf921bfb0b6e851fb1db82b9669b8d88e6875.jpg After five years of hard work by Bea and Pablo (Pirita Studio, Madrid) the new mystery point & click adventure Mutropolis finally has launched. Here are some reactions by the press the product has received: one of the best adventure games that have appeared in recent years - 100/100 itc.ua, Yuri Melkov An enjoyable adventure and a first class debut for Pirita Studio - 85/100 ragequit.gr, George Dembegiotis Exciting detective story with great characters and lots of love for archaeology. - 75/100 4players.de, Maja Verfondern Mutropolis is an absolute recommendation for any point-and-click lover. - 8/10 indieplanet.de, Christina Knauf interesting puzzles, good humor and a good audio/visual setting 9/10 forum.przygodomania.pl, Urszula Kuchmistrz a good choice for all fans of point-and-click and logic games 92/100 omegascopio.com.br, Julia BarcelosRead full article on Community Announcements (ASHGAMES)AnnouncementsOfficial
Deluxe Bundle available
Ahoy, you landlubbers! We have created a bundle containing The Fowl Fleet and Spoonbeaks Ahoy! so you can get all Nelly stories even cheaper! Buy the Deluxe Bundle or add the missing piece at a discountRead full article on Community Announcements (ASHGAMES)AnnouncementsOfficial
Ready to Launch, Captain!
Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD will be launching on May 23rd 2019! Put it on your wishlist so that you don't miss it!Read full article on Community Announcements (ASHGAMES)AnnouncementsOfficial
Game content finalized
Getting ready to ship, captain! Alasdair has been tweaking and polishing (and breaking and fixing) Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! for many months now. 1920x1080 HD resolution and a FULL VOICE OVER in English are the obvious highlights, but read on for a full list of the improvements we've made to the original 2007 game. New resolution The game now runs in full 1920x1080 HD, (as well as other widescreen resolutions). This is flipping massive compared to the tiny, square original graphics (see trailer video). Full voice acting (English only) Extremely cheap voice acting by Alasdair Beckett-King, real Nelly and literally no one else. Think of it as a director's commentary where I get to do a load of dodgy accents. (Yes, this feature CAN be switched off.) Support for more operating systems Full support for macOS and Linux as well as all recent Windows systems. Other improvements Streamlined point & click interface. Improved launcher app. Bad jokes replaced with good jokes (I wish). New "business" model Cheapest price ever. ABK's year 1 revenue goes to the birds. We've put a lot of work into this remastered edition. However, Spoonbeaks Ahoy! is a shorter game than The Fowl Fleet, and the original was freeware. So we've decided to make this release super, super-cheap. We won't announce the price yet, but we're looking at an amount so small, the publisher will find it hard to discount it. But that didn't seem like enough. So, for 1 year after launch - after fees and taxes are deducted - Alasdair's share of revenue will go to the RSPB, a British charity taking care of our feathered friends (birds).Read full article on Community Announcements (ASHGAMES)
