Wanted: Monty Mole
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| Wanted: Monty Mole | |
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| Developer(s) | Peter Harrap (Spectrum), Antony Crowther (C64) |
| Publisher(s) | Gremlin Graphics |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 |
| Media | cassette |
| Input | keyboard, joystick |
Wanted: Monty Mole is a platform game that was published in 1984 by Gremlin Graphics. Versions were released for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers.
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[edit] Gameplay
The player controls the titular mole who has to travel around a coal mine collecting pieces of coal and other miscellaneous objects whilst avoiding various nasties and the infamous crushers. The style of gameplay is typical of platform games of the 1980s. The ZX Spectrum version is a flick-screen game whilst the Commodore 64 version uses scrolling.
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[edit] Sequels
Wanted: Monty Mole spawned four sequels. These are Monty is Innocent (1985), Monty on the Run (1986), Auf Wiedersehen Monty (1987) and Impossamole (1990).
One special version was the 1987 Moley Christmas that was only published as a cover tape on Your Sinclair.[1]
[edit] Trivia
- The game's loading-screen contains what appears to be a caricature of the then-miners' union leader Arthur Scargill. There is also a reference in the game's documentation to the final screen containing "King Arthur" sitting on his throne.
- Monty sports a monocle and would continue to do so up until Impossamole.
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