Snapper - Acorn Electron

Publisher:Acornsoft  Info
Developer:Jonathan Griffiths  Info
Year:Unknown
Category:Action / Labyrinth
Game Manual:N/A Game Music:N/A

Also on: Acorn BBC Micro, Arcade

Video from another systemArcade version shown because a Acorn Electron video is unavailable.
Arcade version
Title screen of Snapper on the Acorn Electron.
Title Screen
Box cover for Snapper on the Acorn Electron.
Box
Box back cover for Snapper on the Acorn Electron.
Box Back
Cartridge artwork for Snapper on the Acorn Electron.
Cartridge
Top of cartridge artwork for Snapper on the Acorn Electron.
Cartridge Top


Snapper has a quite convoluted history. It started out as a faithful Pac-Man clone, and was even called "Pacman" straight until it was released, when the name was changed to Snapper to avoid infringing on Namco's copyright. Nevertheless, this simple name change wasn't enough, and subsequent releases saw the sprites changed from the well-known yellow circle and chasing ghosts to a yellow ball with legs and a hat, chased by humanoids.
One gameplay change compared to the original Pac-Man is the behaviour of the ghosts (or humanoids). Wherewas they all have distinct movement patterns in the original, here they behave the same, each patrolling one corner of the maze, but are let out of their pen in the centre of the screen at different times, with the red one being let out first. As in the original, there are bonus fruits appearing on each level, with the final one being – fittingly – an acorn.



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