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Ah Diddums

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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.