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| | == Description == | | == Description == |
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| − | '''''WRIGGLER''''' is based around maggot racing other maggots. The player controls a maggot and has to escape a maze consisting of 256 screens. The maze is divided into sections: garden, underground, hell, planet surface, the dungeon. | + | '''''WRIGGLER''''' is based around a maggot racing other maggots. The player controls a maggot and has to escape a maze consisting of 256 screens. |
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| − | is a game set on an extensive map of over 250 locations, of which | + | The maze is divided into sections consisting of: |
| − | the six pictured show only an example. There are many routes you may take, but
| + | * Scrubland |
| − | to successfully complete the game you must expect to go through four basic
| + | * The Basement |
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| + | * Hell |
| | + | * The Dungeons |
| | + | * Underground |
| | + | * Planet Surface. |
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| − | 1) THE GARDEN - a complex maze out of which you will probably not find your way
| + | Your goal is to complete the marathon while maintaining your energy by eating food and avoiding the ants and the spiders. |
| − | until you have played the game several times...
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| − | 2) THE SCRUBLAND - where you can relax a little and try to bring your energy
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| − | back to scratch ...
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| − | 3) THE UNDERGROUND - miles of stretching labyrinths containing among else
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| − | moving floors and rising heads which you must carefully balance on to cross
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| − | crevasses or climb walls. One slip and you may end up in HELL...
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| − | 4) THE MANSION with THE LI FT SHAFT- an intricate web of corridors around a
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| − | seemingly bottomless shaft. You will need not only the lift but also the right
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| − | key to the right doors - and one may lead to the Planet Surface ...
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| − | As your play progresses you will encounter new and varied creatures, learn
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| − | about the value and importance of different objects and their influence on
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| − | your energy and score. Your way to the finish will never be the same as each
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| − | game is set up differently. But there is a way and perhaps you may be the
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| − | first in the thirty years of the Maggot Marathon to find it.
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| − | If YOU feel YOUR program could be a hit, perhaps WE could help to make it
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| − | one. Why not contact us, in the strictest confidence, for evaluation and
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| − | possible marketing of your product. Write to: ROMANTIC ROBOT 77 Dyne Road
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| − | London NW6 7 DR
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| − | "THREE... TWO... ONE... GO!". And with a single shot from the starter's gun
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| − | the regional championsoftheAnnualMaggot Marathon bite their lips and quickly
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| − | set off on the most dangerous and highlighted event of the insect world
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| − | sporting calendar.
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| − | As you set your pace for the race ahead you r mind begins to drift when you
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| − | think about the fame, glory and honour for the first contestant who completes
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| − | the race in over thirty years.
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| − | You are suddenly brought out of your dream as you realize you are being
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| − | trampled on by an ant. You jump out of its way, thankful it did not follow you
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| − | as others may do. But now in your weakened state you need food. Ah, you see
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| − | some, but how do you get to it? And here is a key and an ant spray but which
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| − | will you take?
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| − | Watch out for that spider! One touch from him and you are dead! Look - a
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| − | parachute. You may need it later... But you cannot get to it as you slip off
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| − | the moving floor and with your life energy drained plunge to your death with | + | |
| − | only the thought of what might have been ...
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| | == Ratings == | | == Ratings == |
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| | == Covers == | | == Covers == |
| − | | + | <gallery> |
| | + | Wriggler Disc Cover.jpg|Disc Cover |
| | + | Wriggler Tape Cover.jpg|Tape Cover |
| | + | </gallery> |
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| | == Tape == | | == Tape == |
Your goal is to complete the marathon while maintaining your energy by eating food and avoiding the ants and the spiders.
