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Boppin' is a puzzle game developed by Accursed Toys, originally published for the Amiga by KarmaSoft. The Amiga version only sold 284 copies, according to the developers, and so it was ported to DOS and released as shareware. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ...
Accursed Toys is a computer game development company, founded by Stephen P. Lepisto and Jennifer Diane Reitz. ...
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Accursed Toys is a computer game development company, founded by Stephen P. Lepisto and Jennifer Diane Reitz. ...
The original Amiga (1985) The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ...
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The primary differences between the Amiga and DOS versions are that the graphics of the Amiga version only had 32 colours compared to the 256 colours of the DOS version, that the Amiga version had different music and sound (considered by Accursed Toys to be superior to the DOS version) and the DOS version had a different plot to make way for an increased number of levels - the plot below is from the DOS version. In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ...
Accursed Toys have since re-released a Windows version of Boppin', based on the DOS version but with the Amiga music and sound included, and have given permission for older versions of Boppin' to be freely distributed. Microsoft Windows is a series of popular proprietary operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ...
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Plot The two heros are Yeet and Boik, computer game characters, inhabitants of an alternate universe (Arcapaedia) created and maintained by the dreams and belief of their fans. Each episode has a plot, the first involving the pure and sweet Hunnybunz trapping the monsters of computer games inside specially-shaped blocks in an attempt to 'clean up' the world of computer games, and the rest repeating this plot with slight changes - with the antagonist being a meaner version of Hunnybunz, or a family member. The heroes must rescue the monsters by "bopping" these shaped blocks, as explained below. There are multiple endings to the game, depending on the player's actions. A parallel universe, also sometimes called an alternate universe, is a hypothetical universe which exists separately from our own. ...
Gameplay Levels are made up of blocks, elevators, refractors, prizes and two starting points. The game involves throwing blocks picked up from the starting point (one for each player in two-player games, only one is used in one-player) at blocks of the same type which are already in the levels. The blocks are thrown at 45 degree angles, and can be bounced off refractors placed in strategic parts of the levels. The blocks already in the level can be pushed around, and of course the prizes can be collected. A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a train station. ...
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If a thrown block hits a wall/floor, flies off the level or hits a block of another type, then the block is destroyed and the player loses a life. If a thrown block goes through a randomly-chosen space on the level called the mystery spot, then the player gains bonuses. If a thrown block, when it collides with the blocks of the same type, makes a special shape - a square or a cross - then a monster is freed from the blocks. At the end of a level, bonus points are handed out for freed monsters. A two-player mode is available, which is simply the same as the one-player mode except the other starting position is used, and you're competing for points, which makes the game a lot more fast-paced.
Levels There are 150 levels in the Amiga version, and 160 levels in the DOS registered version, most of which have completely different graphics. Most levels generally require new tactics to be conquered. The editor used to create all of the levels in the game is included, and you can use it to edit any level which came with the game, as well as create your own. The original Amiga (1985) The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ...
Shareware is a marketing method for software, whereby a trial version is distributed in advance and without payment, as is common for proprietary software. ...
The first episode, which was released freely as shareware, is called "Bothersome Hunnybunz!". The other three episodes, which were only available with the registered version, are called "Significant Other of Hunnybunz!", "Love Child of Hunnybunz!" and "Hunnyvunz Defrocked!". The last episode listed ingame is "Aleph-Zero Hunnybunz!", but is actually just the option to play custom levels created using the editor. UnrealEd is the level editor for Epics Unreal series of first-person shooters. ...
Censorship The game was extremely bloody, with depictions of suicide when you lost all your lives, leading to concern from Apogee that led to the blood being disabled in later versions of the game, along with a replaced splash screen with a note claiming it to be a "politically corrected version". Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...
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It could, however, be uncensored with a command-line option, and the censorship is not present in the re-released version.
References
External links - Classic DOS Games has the DOS version available for download.
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