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

Ah Diddums is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers released by Imagine (in the UK) in 1983.[2]

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 c d Ah Diddums game overview at MobyGames
  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.