Game Details

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Splat!

Genres: Puzzle, Arcade

Released on: Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

Developers: Incentive Software , Incentive Software

Publishers: Incentive Software , Amsoft

Themes: Action

Game Modes: Single player

Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

Platform Release Dates:
Platform Release Date
ZX Spectrum December 31, 1983
Commodore C64/128/MAX December 31, 1984
Amstrad CPC December 31, 1985

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About:

The player guides Zippy, an X-shaped sprite, around a maze, viewed top-down, with solid walls, hazards and collectable rewards. The view of the maze scrolls randomly right, left, up or down. The object is for the player to survive for a period of time without making contact with either an edge of the playing area, represented as a brick walls, or hazards including water and spikes, all of which lose a life. If the player survives they receive a score bonus for completing the level and they proceed to the next level, which is a continuation of the maze, with less interval between scrolling steps and a shorter level duration. The first level lasts about two minutes, and by the seventh and final level this is down to about forty seconds. Points are awarded for collecting plums and clumps of grass, some of which are invisible. Completing a level of the game triggers a voice saying "Yippee!". On the ZX Spectrum release this was remarkable due to it overcoming the Spectrum's rudimentary sound capabilities. It was a very early use of digitized speech sound effects in home computer games.

Story:

No storyline available