Spiderdroid
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Spiderdroid is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600
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It was a clone of Amidar
(a more popular game that was in the arcades and also for the Atari 2600) with a more futurisic setting. The object of the game is to fill in boxes that have to be made by moving by its four corners. There is similarity to Pac-Man
also. Instead of ghosts, spiders chase you while you are trying to complete your task (gorillas are the foes in Amidar).
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
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It was a clone of Amidar
Amidar
Amidar is an arcade game programmed by Konami and published in 1981 by Stern. Its basic format is similar to that of Pac-Man: the player moves around a fixed rectilinear lattice, attempting to visit each location on the board while avoiding the enemies...
(a more popular game that was in the arcades and also for the Atari 2600) with a more futurisic setting. The object of the game is to fill in boxes that have to be made by moving by its four corners. There is similarity to Pac-Man
Pac-Man
is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
also. Instead of ghosts, spiders chase you while you are trying to complete your task (gorillas are the foes in Amidar).