Should have stuck to eating paste.
February 2, 2009 11:30 AM Subscribe
Help name the first computer game I ever played. In preschool. Circa 1985. A few sketchy memories inside.
I think it was in color.
I think it was played on a computer whose form factor featured the disk drive situated beneath the monitor.
I know it featured canals, as in those of Venice. Waterways surrounding buildings.
I think the objective was to either situate your crocodile in the canal below a window from which a hippopotamus would jump, or maybe to avoid this happening. Maybe it was a gondola and I thought gondolas were crocodiles.
It's entirely possible that there were other stages and I just never got to them. I don't recall being too adept at the gameplay.
That's it.
I think it was in color.
I think it was played on a computer whose form factor featured the disk drive situated beneath the monitor.
I know it featured canals, as in those of Venice. Waterways surrounding buildings.
I think the objective was to either situate your crocodile in the canal below a window from which a hippopotamus would jump, or maybe to avoid this happening. Maybe it was a gondola and I thought gondolas were crocodiles.
It's entirely possible that there were other stages and I just never got to them. I don't recall being too adept at the gameplay.
That's it.
Best answer: Sounds like Ducks Ahoy to me, had the same game and played the hell out of it.
posted by wavering at 11:40 AM on February 2, 2009
posted by wavering at 11:40 AM on February 2, 2009
CBS Software, man that's obscure even for the 1980s. I wonder if it had anything to do with the CBS Network. CBS Software also did a cool game called Weather Tamers that you might like, too, but I have no idea where to get it; even arnold.c64.org doesn't have it.
posted by crapmatic at 12:34 PM on February 2, 2009
posted by crapmatic at 12:34 PM on February 2, 2009
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posted by FatherDagon at 11:39 AM on February 2, 2009