Crush, Crumble and Chomp! is a 1981 strategy computer game from Epyx. In this game, the player takes control of a movie monster and attacks a famous city, such as New York or San Francisco. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Epyx, Inc. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Epyx, Inc. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Jon Freeman was an influential computer game industry figure of the 1980s and early 1990s. ... A game engine is the core software component of a computer or video game or other interactive application with real-time graphics. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Computer and video games are generally and popularly categorised into genres. ... It has been suggested that Game of strategy be merged into this article or section. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The 1977 Apple II, complete with integrated keyboard, color graphics, sound, a plastic case and eight expansion slots. ... An Atari 800XL, one of the most popular machines in the series. ... The Commodore 64 is the best selling single personal computer model of all time. ... VIC-20 with accessories. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Game of strategy be merged into this article or section. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Epyx, Inc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chicago from the air. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ...

Description

The game allows the player to recreate a movie monster, any movie monster, and attack a city, much in the manner of the classic horror movies of the 1950s. Specifically, the player can create: DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ...

• Goshilla, a giant amphibian like Godzilla
• The Kraken, a terrible sea monster
• Arachnis, a giant spider
• The Glob, akin to the monster in The Blob
• Mechismo, a towering robotic menace
• Mantra, a giant flying monster, like the infamous Mothra

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Arachnis, the giant spider, can also attack buildings, but can also clog roads with its web and can escape underground via its network of secret tunnels. Spider web with morning dew enhancing its visibility. ...

The slimy Glob oozes out of the city's sewer and absorbs obstacles in its path, including skyscrapers. It also leaves a flammable trail of slime in its wake. Image of a sewer pipe // Function Sewers transport wastewater from buildings to treatment facilities. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building architecturally, is located in Taipei City, Taiwan. ...

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The game also allows the player to "grow" their own monster, with custom abilities they choose. When doing this, the player is given 120 "crunch credits" to spend. Each ability costs a certain number of credits. For example, the ability to "leap tall buildings in a single bound" costs 8 crunch credits. The player can add a number of abilities until their credits are exausted.

Crush, Crumble and Chomp! features four cities to attack: San Francisco, New York, Washington DC and Tokyo. Combined with five possible objectives and the six (or numerous ones, counting the custom) monsters, this game has robust replayability. Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ...

After attacking a city—the main activity of the game—players are rated on how well they did. Players are rated even if their monsters die in the attack and can achieve a high score for what they accomplished before expiring.

This is one of the few games of the home computer era that allowed the player to control a classic movie monster. The only other notable home computer game of the era that featured player-controlled monsters was Electronic Arts' Mail Order Monsters. However the game featured a different premise—monsters battling one another—instead of monsters attacking an unsuspecting metropolis like the classic monster movies of the '50s. TRS-80 Color Computer II The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... EA redirects here. ... Customizing a monster in the game involved equipping it and specifying its abilities. ... Auckland Berlin Chicago Hong Kong Istanbul Johannesburg London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Metropolis Katowice Moscow Mumbai New York City Osaka Paris Santiago de Chile São Paulo Shanghai Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw A metropolis (in Greek μήτηρ, mÄ“tÄ“r = mother and πόλις, pólis = city/town) is a major city...

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Ports

Like many of Epyx's games of this period, it was released for several of the popular home computers of the era. It was originally released for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit series, but was soon ported to the Commodore 64 and DOS. Interestingly, the first two versions were marketed under the name "Automated Simulations", the name of the company that would eventually become Epyx. The two later versions, released in 1983, were released under the Epyx name. TRS-80 Color Computer II The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... The 1977 Apple II, complete with integrated keyboard, color graphics, sound, a plastic case and eight expansion slots. ... An Atari 800XL, one of the most popular machines in the series. ... In computer science, porting is the adaptation of a piece of software so that it will function in a different computing environment to that for which it was originally written. ... The Commodore 64 is the best selling single personal computer model of all time. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Legacy

Besides being the single game that allowed the player to take control of a classic movie monster, this game may have served as inspiration for the arcade game Rampage. Bally Midway's Rampage lets the player take on the role of one of three classic movie monsters, a giant Godzilla-like lizard, a giant werewolf or a King Kong-like ape. In Rampage, the player(s) also attack unsuspecting cities. Like Crush, Crumble and Chomp!, Rampage also uses real cities as its settings. Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... Rampage is a 1986 arcade game by Bally Midway. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) is a video game publisher known for such game series as Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Spy Hunter. ... A German woodcut from 1722 A werewolf (also lycanthrope or wolfman) in folklore and mythology is a person who shapeshifts into a wolf, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. ... King Kong battles a pterosaur in the original 1933 version. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, which includes humans. ...

Another game which has used the same concept is War of the Monsters for the PlayStation 2, released in 2003. However, in this game a monster battles other monsters in fictional cities. It combined several elements of the classic horror movies in one big fight. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... PS2 redirects here. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• The Movie Monster Game

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External links

• Crush, Crumble and Chomp! at MobyGames