Preppie! (video game)
| Preppie! | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Star Systems Software |
| Publisher(s) | Adventure International |
| Designer(s) | Russ Wetmore[1] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 8-bit family |
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| Genre(s) | Overhead view action |
Preppie! is an action video game for the Atari 8-bit family. The game was created by Russ Wetmore as a video game clone of Frogger and published by Adventure International in 1982.
Gameplay
Preppie!'s gameplay follows the design established by Frogger: crossing lanes of traffic, then maneuvering across water by jumping on floating objects. The frog is recast as a preppy, and the setting moved to a country club where traffic consists of golf carts and reel mower-pushing groundskeepers, and canoes occupy the water (in addition to alligators and logs).
Instead of simply crossing from one side to the other, as in Frogger, the goal is to retrieve a golf ball from the top of the screen, then return it to the bottom of the screen. When all golf balls have been collected, the level is over. There are ten levels in all.[2]
History
Preppie! was followed by Preppie! II, created also by Wetmore, in 1983. The sequel is a maze game.[3] In January 2016 Russ Wetmore released the source code of Preppie!, Preppie II and Sea Dragon to the public on the Internet Archive.[4]
References
- ↑ "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ↑ Kinnamon, Mike (January 1983). "Preppie! For Atari". COMPUTE! (32): 140.
- ↑ Mozejko, Michael. "Preppie! II". Retro Gamer.
- ↑ Three Atari 8-bit games source code have been released on commodore.ninja by Paulo Garcia (on Jan 5, 2016)
Bibliography
- Yuen, M.T. (May 1983). "Preppie! II review". Softline. Vol. 2 no. 3. p. 42.
- "Computer '83 (Preppie! review)". Video Games. Vol. 1 no. 4. January 1983. p. 64.
- "Atari Christmas (Preppie! review)". Softside. Vol. 6 no. 35. 1983. p. 90.
- DeWitt, R. (January 1983). "Preppie! review". Antic the Atari. Vol. 1 no. 5. p. 78.
- Reichmann, M. (December 1982). "Preppie! review". InfoAge. Vol. 1 no. 7. p. 29.
- Olney, D. (March 1983). "Screenplay (Preppie! review)". Personal Computer World. Vol. 6. p. 153.
- "Preppie! review". Computers & Electronics. No. 21. March 1983. p. 102.
- Burns, D. (April 1983). "Antic Pix Ten (Preppie! review)". Antic the Atari. Vol. 2 no. 1. p. 57.