Top Banana (video game)

Top Banana
Developer(s) Miles Visman, Karel Dander, Sophie Smith
Publisher(s) Hex
Distributor(s) Hex Worldwide
Platform(s) Acorn Archimedes, Commodore Amiga, CDTV, Atari ST
Release date(s) 1991
Genre(s) Platform
Distribution floppy disk/ CD

Top Banana is an environmentally-themed platform game produced by Hex and Psycore for the Acorn Archimedes in 1991 and ported to the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in 1992. The chief artist and coder was Miles Visman, with supporting graphics and sound by Karel Dander, and supporting graphics by Sophie Smith, Robert Pepperell and Matt Black. The game was released using recycled cardboard packaging, and is regarded as an early example of environmentally aware computer gaming.

Gameplay

The heroine, KT, must travel through psychedelic levels while jumping across platforms and throwing lovehearts to convert planet-damaging enemies into energising fruit. The enemies include Corprats, Popstars, Chainsaws and Bulldozers.[1]

In November 1992 the game was included in Hex's release Global Chaos CDTV on the then new CD-ROM medium, combining the game's music with vocals by Biz Markie on one CD.

See also

References

  1. Davies, Jonathan (March 1992). "Game Reviews - Top Banana". Amiga Power (Future Publishing) (11): 72, 73.