Alternative Games Called Screwball
| Genre: | Arcade Game: Action |
| Publisher: | MRM |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC464, BBC Model B & Spectrum 16K |
| Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
| Original Release Date: | 1st November 1984 |
| Original Release Price: | Unknown |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Mike Williams & Mike Goldberg |
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Cassette
A&B Computing
1st August 1984
Not very much above the standard of games that can be copied from magazines these days. Read Review
Personal Computer Games
1st July 1984
As with Q*Bert key control takes some getting used to - all movement is diagonal. But once this problem is overcome, the game can become hectic and compulsive. Read Review
The Micro User
1st November 1984
Screwball is fun, fast and good value for money. Read Review
Full Instructions
The Game
You are Screwball and you have 60 seconds to change the colour of all the squares that surround you (by simply jumping on them).
Menacing you all the times, however, are the 'Black Bugs'... and they sure are mean. They even cheat by sometimes not even walking on the squares.
If they catch you then I'm afraid you lose a life. Kill the bugs by digging holes for them to fall through. If you really are in a fix then, as a last resort, you may hyperspace to the top of the grid... but you won't always survive the journey.
Game Controls
A - Up/Left, Z - Down/Right, * - Up/Right, ? - Down/Left
SPACE - Dig Hole, RETURN - Hyperspace
DELETE/COPY - Pause/Resume, Q/S - Sound Off/On
Scores
50 points for each square change.
500 points for killing a black bug
Bonus Screwball each level.
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Tape: CHAIN"" (RETURN)
Disc: SHIFT-BREAK
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| Download | What It Contains |
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 | A digital version of Screwball suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
 | A digital version of Screwball suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
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