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|caption = Cover art of ''Ah Diddums''
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|publisher = [[Imagine Software]]
|designer = David H Lawson
|designer = David H. Lawson
|released = 1983<ref name="mobygames"/>
|released = 1983 (ZX Spectrum)<br>1984 (C64)<ref name=lemon>{{lemon64 game|name=Ah Diddums|id=71}}</ref>
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]<ref name="mobygames"/>
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Commodore 64]] <br> [[ZX Spectrum]]
|platforms = [[ZX Spectrum]] (original)<br>[[Commodore 64]]
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'''''Ah Diddums''''' is a computer game for the [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[Commodore 64]] home computers released by [[Imagine Software|Imagine]] (in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]) in 1983.<ref name='WoS'>{{WoS game|name=Ah Diddums|id=0000112}}</ref>
'''''Ah Diddums''''' is a computer game released by [[Imagine Software|Imagine]] for the [[ZX Spectrum]] in 1983<ref name='WoS'>{{WoS game|name=Ah Diddums|id=0000112}}</ref> and the [[Commodore 64]] in 1984.<ref name=lemon/>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==

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Cover art of Ah Diddums
Developer(s)Imagine Software
Publisher(s)Imagine Software
Designer(s)David H. Lawson
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum (original)
Commodore 64
Release1983 (ZX Spectrum)
1984 (C64)[1]
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Ah Diddums is a computer game released by Imagine for the ZX Spectrum in 1983[2] and the Commodore 64 in 1984.[1]

Gameplay

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 in the shelf at the top of the screen,[3] allowing him to escape the toy box. On escaping one box Teddy finds himself in another toy box, escape from which is more difficult; there are 99 toy boxes in total from which to escape.[4]

Reception

Ah Diddums won "Best Original Game" at the Computer and Video Games 1983 Golden Joystick Awards.[2]

References

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