Ah Diddums

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
Release date(s) 1983[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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ah Diddums game overview at MobyGames
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ah Diddums at World of Spectrum
  3. CRASH - The Online Edition - Issue 3 Contents
  4. Shaw, Peter (Aug–Sep 1983). "Ah Diddums". ZX Computing. p. 72. Retrieved 2011-07-26.