Name This Game (Octopus)

Game title:

Name This Game (Octopus)

Platform:

Atari 2600

Author:

US Games

Release:

1982

Genre:

Action

Mode:

Single-player

Design:

James Wickstead

Game manual:

Name_this_game_-_Atari2600.pdf

Played:

19,376 times

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Name This Game, also known as Octopus in Europe, is a video game for the Atari 2600 manufactured by US Games. In the game, the player controls a diver who must protect a treasure from an octopus at the top of the screen that tries to capture the treasure with its tentacles. A shark also tries to distract the diver by swimming back and forth toward the bottom of the screen. The diver loses a life if he is captured by the shark or the octopus's tentacles, or if the air meter runs out. The diver can refill his air meter by touching a long pole which extends from a boat that appears from time to time.The game was conceived by Rob Furen in February 1982, who offered it to Parker Bros. (then owners of the videogame license for Jaws). After the company lost the license, the g...

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