Herbert
Herbert is a horizontally-scrolling platform game released for the Atari 8-bit computers in 1988 by AMC Verlag. A sequel, Herbert II, was released in 1989.
Herbert
- Date
- 1988.
- Language
- German.
- Genre
- platformer.
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Herbert is a horizontally-scrolling platform game released for the Atari 8-bit computers in 1988 by AMC Verlag. A sequel, Herbert II, was released in 1989.
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• Title — Herbert • Developer — Ralf Kothe Armin Stürmer • Publisher — AMC Verlag • Released — 1988 • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player, two players independently • Platforms — Atari 8-bit
Gameplay
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• Illustration — A fish guards the lake The game world is shown from a side view and scrolls horizontally. The objective is to traverse 20 levels with one or two ducks (namely Herbert and his friend Oscar) to liberate his girlfriend. Herbert can walk, run, swim, and flap. He can lay an egg in a nest turning up once in a while and receives an extra life, and three times a level it is possible to trigger invulnerability for some seconds. Enemies are, among others, a witch, a sword fighter, thorns on bushes or carnivorous plants. To complete a level, Herbert has to collect gems and to reach the exit on the right within a time limit. There are storable best times for each level and a high score list. A level is a half screen high and about six screens wide.
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Herbert is associated with Germany.
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In Germany, Herbert received good reviews, among others 91% in the Compy-Shop-Magazin and a very positive review in the Atari Magazin. It was one year in the Readers Top Ten of the Atari Magazin and achieved place 1 for three times. Outside Germany, the games are hardly known.
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The games were released as freeware in October 2003.
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- 1.A once commercial disk magazine, CSM issue 03/88.
- 2.Atari Magazin issue 7/88, p. 112. ISSN 0933-887X.
- 3.Atari Magazin issue 11/88, p. 95, issue 12/88, p. 111, issue 1/89, p. 108.
- 4.www.abbuc.de: Acknowledgements . Retrieved on 21.02.2009.
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Herbert is associated with Germany. Classed in the genre platformer. Recorded as published in 1988. Issued for Atari 8-bit family.
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