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HORACE
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Many theories exist as to what
manner of beast Horace actually is. Part ghost? Part animal?
Part mutant? One this is for sure, he's a rather spooky, tiny
armed and large headed chap that must eat his way through
four mazes, whilst avoiding park keepers!
His first adventure introduced Horace in 1982 in 'Hungry
Horace': a typical maze/pacman modification which was basic
and didn't push any speccy boundaries in it scope. Nonetheless,
Hungary Horace was an early introduction for speccy fans and
an indication of the possibilities of Spectrum gaming- even
on the Spectrum 16k.
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| First Appeared |
1982 |
| Publisher |
Beam Software |
| Memory |
16k |
| Average
Price |
£5.95 |
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| Type |
Platform |
| Players |
1 x Player |
| Up / Down |
Q and Z |
| Left /
Right |
I and P |
| Appearances |
3 |
| Pokes |
Unavailable |
| Role |
Task Manager |
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 It
could be said that Horace was not the most difficult of maze
clones, but it was still fun and ranks high on my own collection
to this day. Quite a few similar games appeared during the first
few years of the speccy's life, but several thousand games later,
this little fellow was quickly surpassed by better graphics,
better gameplay and more intricate game designs. |
Appearances:
Hungry Horace
Horace And The Spiders
Horace Goes Skiing
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 Horace
And The Spiders
Our second installment of Horace. Slightly more tricky than
his first installment, but still easy to complete within a
relatively short time and a modicum of patience.
Horace must jump over spiders and jump onto webbed ropes,
swing across to the other end of a cavern and onto the next
stage. Unfortunately the stages are limited to only three
and Horace must return to complete the stages once again only
the next time with increased difficulty.
On the final screen, he must then trap the red spiders by
creating holes and jumping on them to kill them. After swiftly
dispatching all the spiders, Horace is then free to start
the stages once more.
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- Horace Goes Skiing Cover -
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 Horace
Goes Skiing.
At the first level, Horace must buy his skis, by traversing
a 'frogger-style' road and then back again, making sure to
avoid the heavy and speeding traffic.
A ski hut, selling skis, is placed precariously at a busy
motorway where Horace can pick up his skiis.
Incidentally, if anyone knows what type of creature our
Horace hero actually is, then I am open to suggestions and
I will happily post them on the Comments Page.
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