Retro arcade game
I don't know if I've asked this before or not but can anyone remember this old arcade game?
I can't remember the name of it but it was around about the pacman and space invaders time so very early on. It was a series of squares that you had to lead your bug around, once you'd been around all sides of the square it blocked in to complete the level. The levels got more and more complicated as they had more squares on and then your bug got chased by something else which tried to block your route around. I was the undisputed queen of this at Disc n' Tape and I want to find it again. Anyone got any idea what I'm talking about? |
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I think it was called caterpillar if I remember rightly Gayle.
But I am sure some wise one will either shoot me down in flames or agree with me. |
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Doesn't sound familiar, sorry.
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Wasnt it called CENTIPEDE?
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Yep that was the one I was thinking of (centipede, caterpillar they are both multi legged insects starting with c anyone can mix them up :D)
Sorry Gayle. |
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I remember one similar called Gloop
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Qix.....my goodness that takes me back some years. I used to play that on my old Nintendo gameboy.......I bought a whole load of multigames in Gibraltar and that was on one of them......I used to love it.
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Gayle, there is a program called MAME which allows you to play all these old games on your PC/Phone/PDA/ etc
There is a few grey issues about copyright on teh games themselves (Referred to as ROMs) as some are legal(that old that they are classsed as abandonware) but some are definately a bit dodgy |
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i have a similar quest, i remember from the late 70s, or 80s, a game that at the time was in the duke of wellington pub, when cliff n cath ran the pub, i seem to remember their son being somewot of an expert at the game 9I wonder why!).
The game was simple in that you guided a yellow balloon through various tunnels/passageways, the balloon was constantly rocking to and fro, swinging from side to side as you guided it through various obsticles and screens. It was a facinating game, that took many attempts to progress through the levels, graphics were quite basic, but game play was excllent. Anybody remember the name of this game? Know where i can get hold of it? Would be intersted to hear about other peoples experiences or knowledge etc |
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It was similar in principle to Qix but not quite. The squares were already laid out (it wasn't one big square but a few different sized ones laid out) you just had to follow the paths around - in Qix it's one big square that you have to fill in.
Thank you for everyone's help on this. |
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thanx guys, ive checked out the link, but the game in question is not on there, even though it was from that time, it was yellow, it swung to and fro, you guided it through various levels, and various obstacles, all the time keeping it from hitting the sides, or it would pop, and u would loose it! I rewmember on one level, a mans face would appear, with big, fat cheeks, he would try to blow your balloon off course, and into the sides. i have seen similar things, or games with similar qualities, but never exactly the game that i used to play, im almost sure it was a taito classic?
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