Herbert (video game)

Herbert is a program developed by AMC publishing computer game. It was published in 1988 for the Atari 8 -bit series.

Survey

It is in the game to a so-called platform game. The game world is shown from the side. The game content is to fight with one or two ducks (Herbert and his friend Oskar ) through twenty levels, and to free his girlfriend at the end. In this case, both characters can be taken over by human players, the level is twice one below the other. Herbert has the opportunity to run to run, to swim and to flutter. He can also lay an egg in back and re-emerging nests and receives an extra life, and three times per level, it is possible to trigger invulnerability for a few seconds. Enemies are, for example, a witch, a fish, a swordsman, thorns on bushes or carnivorous plants. Need to complete a level Herbert collect gems in a time limit and reach the exit on the right. There are storable best times for each level and a highscore list.

A level is half a screen high and about 6 screens wide, it is scrolled horizontally.

In Germany Herbert received good reviews, including 91 % in Compy -Shop magazine and a very positive meeting at Atari magazine. It was a year in the reader 's top ten of the Atari magazine and reached this place three times 1 Outside Germany, the games are hardly known.

The games are since 10/2003 freeware.

Reviews

"The game is just funny. [ ... ] This actually already slightly outdated hopping and running principle is able to awaken with new features of interest. [ ... ] The control of the character (s) is something to get used to. [ ... ] " Herbert " is one of the games that can be unreservedly recommended for children. It is great fun. "

Chronology

• Herbert (1988 )
• Herbert 2 (1989 )