Ah Diddums Explained

Developer:Imagine Software
Publisher:Imagine Software
Designer:David H. Lawson
Released:1983: ZX Spectrum
1984: C64
Genre:Action
Modes:Single-player
Platforms:ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64

Ah Diddums is a computer game released by Imagine Software for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine and the Commodore 64 in 1984.

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 on the shelf at the top of the screen,[1] allowing him to escape the toy box. On escaping one box, Teddy finds himself in another toy box, whose escape is more difficult; there are 99 toy boxes in total from which to escape.[2]

Reception

Ah Diddums won "Best Original Game" at the Computer and Video Games 1983 Golden Joystick Awards.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide13.htm CRASH - The Online Edition - Issue 3 Contents
  2. News: Peter . Shaw . Ah Diddums . Aug–Sep 1983 . ZX Computing . 72 . 2011-07-26.