Comic Bakery
Encyclopedia
Comic Bakery is a computer game for the MSX
, made by Konami
in 1984 and later ported to Commodore 64
by Imagine Software
.
, a well-known musician of computer game music. As it was normal for the machine at the time, Galway composed an exclusive title song. The tune is one of the most well known chiptune
melodies, and has been covered by Press Play On Tape and Instant Remedy among many others. The MSX version does not have unique music, using Yankee Doodle
instead.
The game was set in a bakery, where the town baker tries to bake and deliver bread (Croissant
s in the MSX version) while fighting off raccoon
s. Pieces of bread would move along a factory line while the raccoons tried to eat your bread and also try to switch off your machines. You had to keep your machinery running and also scare away the raccoons. If you did this your delivery truck will be loaded with bread and drive off, advancing to a level with exactly the same layout on a more challenging difficulty.
MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
, made by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
in 1984 and later ported to Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
by Imagine Software
Imagine Software
Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20...
.
Summary
The music and sound effects for the C64 version were made by Martin GalwayMartin Galway
Martin Galway is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip, and for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum...
, a well-known musician of computer game music. As it was normal for the machine at the time, Galway composed an exclusive title song. The tune is one of the most well known chiptune
Chiptune
A chiptune, also known as chip music, is synthesized electronic music often produced with the sound chips of vintage computers and video game consoles, as well as with other methods such as emulation. In the early 1980s, personal computers became cheaper and more accessible than they had previously...
melodies, and has been covered by Press Play On Tape and Instant Remedy among many others. The MSX version does not have unique music, using Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle
"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years' War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut...
instead.
The game was set in a bakery, where the town baker tries to bake and deliver bread (Croissant
Croissant
A croissant is a buttery flaky pastry named for its distinctive crescent shape. It is also sometimes called a crescent, from the French word for "crescent". Croissants are made of a leavened variant of puff pastry...
s in the MSX version) while fighting off raccoon
Raccoon
Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are...
s. Pieces of bread would move along a factory line while the raccoons tried to eat your bread and also try to switch off your machines. You had to keep your machinery running and also scare away the raccoons. If you did this your delivery truck will be loaded with bread and drive off, advancing to a level with exactly the same layout on a more challenging difficulty.