Genre: | Arcade Game: Action |
Publisher: | Ocean |
Cover Art Language: | English |
Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K |
Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
Available For: | Spectrum 48K |
Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
Original Release Date: | 6th April 1984 |
Original Release Price: | £5.90 |
Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
Item Weight: | 64g |
Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Black |
Author(s): | Ronald Rhodes & F. David Thorpe |
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Pogo has landed on the Planet of Steps and must keep alive by painting all the levels on which he can jump. Unfortunately he has been pursued from his birthplace by his enemies who are out to stop him.
The glass ball will try to crush him as it chinks down the steps and the scorpion will sting poor Pogo if he gets too close. His worst enemy however is Hiss the wily snake, intelligent in its movements and deadly.
Pogo can make good his escape by enticing the snake to the side of the steps and then leaping off on to the rotating transporter while the snake falls to its slithery end. The transporter will carry Pogo to the top to begin his painting agaiin.
When all the steps are coloured, bonus points are earned and a more difficult level appears.
Good luck!
On screen scoring shows current score, Hi-score, number of lives (4), level attained and the colour to paint. A Hall of Fame is included for the day's top scores and points are awarded as follows:
On the first four screens there is one colour to change (25 points) and from screen five onwards a second colour (50 points).
There are 27 steps to paint in each screen and bonus points are gained as follows:
Screen | 1-4 | 2000 points |
Screen | 5-8 | 4000 points |
Screen | 9-12 | 6000 points |
Screen | 13-16 | 8000 points |
I - Up/Left, @ - Up/Right, CAPS SHIFT - Down/Left, BREAK - Down/Right
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Written by Ronald Rhodes.
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A digital version of Pogo suitable for ZXSpin (PC (Windows)), Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
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