Wanted: Monty Mole

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Wanted: Monty Mole
Developer(s)	Peter Harrap (Spectrum), Antony Crowther (C64)
Publisher(s)	Gremlin Graphics
Platform(s)	ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
Release date	1984
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	cassette
Input methods	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.

Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Images 3 Sequels 4 Trivia 5 External links

[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.

[edit] Images

ZX Spectrum version

Commodore 64 version

[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).(2001).

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.

• The tune that plays when Monty loses a life is the background music to the beginning of the Ripping Yarns episode: The Testing of Eric Olthwaite.

[edit] External links

• Wanted: Monty Mole at MobyGames
• Wanted: Monty Mole at World of Spectrum

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