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{{Short description|1983 video game}}
{{Infobox CVG| title = Ah Diddums
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|developer = [[Imagine Software]]
|publisher = [[Imagine Software]]
|publisher = [[Imagine Software]]
|designer = David H Lawson
|designer = David H. Lawson<ref name=giantlist/>
|released = '''1983:''' ZX Spectrum<br>'''1984:''' C64<ref name=lemon>{{lemon64 game|name=Ah Diddums|id=71}}</ref>
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|released = [[1984 in video gaming|1984]]
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]
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|modes = [[Single-player]]
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|platforms = [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]]
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|modes = [[Single player]]
|ratings = N/A
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|platforms = [[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
|media = Tape
|requirements = 16K
|input = [[Joystick]] and [[computer keyboard|keyboard]]
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'''''Ah Diddums''''' is a computer game for 8-bit home computers released by Imagine in the ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) in 1984.
'''''Ah Diddums''''' is a computer game released by [[Imagine Software]] for the [[ZX Spectrum]] in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine<ref name='WoS'>{{WoS game|name=Ah Diddums|id=0000112}}</ref> and the [[Commodore 64]] in 1984.<ref name=lemon/>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The player controls the a [[Teddy Bear]], who is trying to escape the toy box it finds itself in to enable him to confort his crying baby owner. Teddy's job is to arrange building blocks in a certain order allowing him to escape the Toy box. On escaping a box Teddy finds himself in another harder toy box.
The player controls a [[teddy bear]] who is trying to escape a toy box in order to comfort his crying baby owner. Teddy's job is to arrange building blocks in a certain order on the shelf at the top of the screen,<ref>[http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide13.htm CRASH - The Online Edition - Issue 3 Contents]</ref> allowing him to escape the toy box. On escaping one box, Teddy finds himself in another toy box, whose escape is more difficult; there are 99 toy boxes in total from which to escape.<ref name='ZXComputing'>{{cite news | first = Peter | last = Shaw | title = Ah Diddums | date = Aug–Sep 1983 | url = http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ZXComputing/Issue8308/Pages/ZXComputing830800072.jpg | work = ZX Computing | pages = 72 | access-date = 2011-07-26}}</ref>


==Reception==
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[[Category:1984 video games]]
''Ah Diddums'' won "Best Original Game" at the ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' 1983 Golden Joystick Awards.<ref name='WoS' />

==References==
{{reflist|refs=<ref name="giantlist">{{cite web |last1=Hague |first1=James |title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers |url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/}}</ref>
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[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:Fictional teddy bears]]
[[Category:Golden Joystick Award winners]]
[[Category:Imagine Software games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games about bears]]
[[Category:Video games about sentient toys]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]


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Latest revision as of 22:05, 6 December 2024

Developer(s)Imagine Software
Publisher(s)Imagine Software
Designer(s)David H. Lawson[2]
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
Release1983: ZX Spectrum
1984: C64[1]
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Ah Diddums is a computer game released by Imagine Software for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine[3] and the Commodore 64 in 1984.[1]

Gameplay

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The player controls a teddy bear who is trying to escape a toy box in order to comfort his crying baby owner. Teddy's job is to arrange building blocks in a certain order on the shelf at the top of the screen,[4] allowing him to escape the toy box. On escaping one box, Teddy finds himself in another toy box, whose escape is more difficult; there are 99 toy boxes in total from which to escape.[5]

Reception

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Ah Diddums won "Best Original Game" at the Computer and Video Games 1983 Golden Joystick Awards.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ah Diddums at Lemon 64
  2. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  3. ^ a b Ah Diddums at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
  4. ^ CRASH - The Online Edition - Issue 3 Contents
  5. ^ Shaw, Peter (Aug–Sep 1983). "Ah Diddums". ZX Computing. p. 72. Retrieved 2011-07-26.


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