Eggomania

Critics were quite fond of the game, though most recognized it to be a Kaboom! Derivative. Its sound, graphics, animation, and gameplay were praised highly by numerous reviewers, and it was awarded for being the "funniest game" of 1983.

• Developer — James Wickstead Design Associates • Designer — Henry Will Wes Trager • Composer — Todd Marshall • Genre — Action • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Atari 2600

• Illustration — Six green eggs falling toward the hat A chicken at the top of the screen moves back and forth, dropping eggs. The paddle controller is used to move a blue bear holding a hat over its head left and right at the bottom of the screen. The goal is to catch the eggs in the hat. At the end of each round, the player has a chance to throw the eggs they have caught back at the chicken for bonus points. The speed of the game increases as the player progresses. The game has two difficulties; the easier variation gives the player a larger hat for catching eggs.

Eggomania was developed at James Wickstead Design Associates, which also developed most of the other games published by U.S. Games. The game's composer and sound designer was Todd Marshell. According to Marshell, one of the game's programmers was Henry Will. According James Hague, author of Halcyon Days, it was also programmed by Wes Trager.

Eggomania was released by U.S. Games in January 1983, two months before U.S. Games would be dissolved by its parent company Quaker Oats. It was part of a new line of games that focused on "family fun", along with Gopher, Squeeze Box, Picnic, and Entombed. The rights to sell the game in Europe were acquired by the French company Carrere Video which started selling it in Germany in November 1983.