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== Description ==
== Description ==


'''''WRIGGLER''''' is based around maggot racing other maggots. The player controls a maggot and has to escape a maze consisting of 256 screens. The maze is divided into sections: garden, underground, hell, planet surface, the dungeon.
'''''WRIGGLER''''' is based around a maggot racing other maggots. The player controls a maggot and has to escape a maze consisting of 256 screens.  


is a  game  set on an extensive map of over 250 locations, of which
The maze is divided into sections consisting of:
the six pictured show only an example. There are many routes you may take, but
* Scrubland
to  successfully  complete  the  game you must expect to go through four basic
* The Basement
areas.:
* Hell
* The Dungeons
* Underground
* Planet Surface.


1)  THE GARDEN - a complex maze out of which you will probably not find your way
Your goal is to complete the marathon while maintaining your energy by eating food and avoiding the ants and the spiders.
until you have played the game several times...
 
2)  THE  SCRUBLAND - where you can relax a little and try to bring your energy
back to scratch ...
 
3)  THE  UNDERGROUND  -  miles  of stretching labyrinths containing among else
moving  floors  and  rising heads which you must carefully balance on to cross
crevasses or climb walls. One slip and you may end up in HELL...
 
4)  THE  MANSION  with THE LI FT SHAFT- an intricate web of corridors around a
seemingly bottomless shaft. You will need not only the lift but also the right
key to the right doors - and one may lead to the Planet Surface ...
 
As  your  play  progresses  you will encounter new and varied creatures, learn
about  the  value  and  importance of different objects and their influence on
your  energy  and score. Your way to the finish will never be the same as each
game  is set  up  differently.  But there is a way and perhaps you may be the
first in the thirty years of the Maggot Marathon to find it.
 
If  YOU  feel  YOUR  program  could be a hit, perhaps WE could help to make it
one.  Why  not  contact  us,  in  the strictest confidence, for evaluation and
possible  marketing  of  your product.  Write to: ROMANTIC ROBOT 77 Dyne Road
London NW6 7 DR
 
"THREE...  TWO...  ONE...  GO!". And with a single shot from the starter's gun
the  regional  championsoftheAnnualMaggot Marathon bite their lips and quickly
set  off  on  the  most  dangerous  and  highlighted event of the insect world
sporting calendar.
 
As  you  set  your pace for the race ahead you r mind begins to drift when you
think  about the fame, glory and honour for the first contestant who completes
the race in over thirty years.
 
You  are  suddenly  brought  out  of  your  dream as you realize you are being
trampled on by an ant. You jump out of its way, thankful it did not follow you
as  others  may  do. But now in your weakened state you need food. Ah, you see
some,  but  how do you get to it? And here is a key and an ant spray but which
will you take?
 
Watch  out  for  that  spider!  One  touch from him and you are dead! Look - a
parachute.  You  may need it later... But you cannot get to it as you slip off
the moving  floor and with your life energy drained plunge to your death with
only the thought of what might have been ...


== Ratings ==
== Ratings ==
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== Covers ==
== Covers ==
 
<gallery>
Wriggler Disc Cover.jpg|Disc Cover
Wriggler Tape Cover.jpg|Tape Cover
</gallery>


== Tape ==
== Tape ==

Latest revision as of 18:35, 19 May 2024

Wriggler
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Game front cover
Developer Devonshire House
Company
Publisher Romantic Robot
Musician Alexander Goldscheider
Release 1988
Platform(s) CPC, ZX Spectrum
Genre Action
OS AMSDOS
Game Modes Single player
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Description

WRIGGLER is based around a maggot racing other maggots. The player controls a maggot and has to escape a maze consisting of 256 screens.

The maze is divided into sections consisting of:

  • Scrubland
  • The Basement
  • Hell
  • The Dungeons
  • Underground
  • Planet Surface.

Your goal is to complete the marathon while maintaining your energy by eating food and avoiding the ants and the spiders.

Ratings

<<68% in Amstrad Action>>

Solution

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Covers

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