Scrapyard Dog
Scrapyard Dog is a scrolling platform game published by Atari Corporation for the Atari 7800 in 1990, followed by an Atari Lynx port in 1991.
Scrapyard Dog
- Date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scrapyard Dog was published by Atari Corporation.
- Genre
- action game
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Scrapyard Dog is a scrolling platform game published by Atari Corporation for the Atari 7800 in 1990, followed by an Atari Lynx port in 1991.
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• Title — Scrapyard Dog • Developer — BlueSky Software (7800) Creative Software Designs (Lynx) • Publisher — Atari Corporation • Composer — John Foley (Lynx) • Platforms — Atari 7800, Lynx • Released — 7800 Lynx • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player
Plot
Plot
The player controls Louie whose dog, Scraps, was kidnapped by Mr. Big. The object of the game is to rescue Scraps through various stages.
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Atari 7800 version screenshot The Atari 7800 version has 17 stages while the Atari Lynx has 33.
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1990
Scrapyard Dog published.
1990
Scrapyard Dog is recorded as published in 1990.
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Robert Jung reviewed the Atari Lynx version of the game which was published to IGN. He wrote that, "Despite the cute graphics and the simple plot, this title offers good clean fun for players of all ages" and gave an 8 out of 10 score. Atari 7800 Forever retrospectively scored the game 3.5 out of 5, identifying with the urban blighted world and praising the amount of unique surprises in the game, yet admonishing the extremely difficult jumps that feel cheap.
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The circumstances in which Scrapyard Dog stands. Published by Atari Corporation. Developed by BlueSky Software. Issued for Atari 7800. Recorded as video game. Issued for Atari Lynx.
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- “Scrapyard Dog”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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