Jack the Nipper
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Jack the Nipper is a video game by Gremlin Graphics released in for several home computer systems. It was followed by a sequel, Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers
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The player controls Jack, a naughty child who wants to break the record for naughtiness (recorded on the "naughtyometer"). He needs to carry out various wicked pranks on the unsuspecting inhabitants of his town, but if he's caught by angry adults he'll be spanked. With each spanking his "nappy rash" meter increases, and if it grows too high he'll lose a life. Jack must also avoid various monsters and ghosts that also inhabit his town.
Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers
Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers is a video game by Gremlin Graphics released in for several home computer systems. It is the sequel to Jack the Nipper.-Plot:...
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Gameplay
Jack the Nipper is a side-view flip screen game with puzzle solving and platform elements. The graphics are rendered in 2D, but an illusion of depth is achieved by allowing characters to move forward and back within the playing area.The player controls Jack, a naughty child who wants to break the record for naughtiness (recorded on the "naughtyometer"). He needs to carry out various wicked pranks on the unsuspecting inhabitants of his town, but if he's caught by angry adults he'll be spanked. With each spanking his "nappy rash" meter increases, and if it grows too high he'll lose a life. Jack must also avoid various monsters and ghosts that also inhabit his town.
Reception
- Sinclair UserSinclair UserSinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum...
:"Jack the Nipper is played in a Wallyish style reminiscent of Pyjamarama
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, running wild through the village, searching houses, shops and gardens for objects you can use to create havoc elsewhere... wonderful "BeanoThe BeanoThe Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...
"-type characters - old ladies wielding handbags, monkey-faced policemen and mad scientists. And somehow ghosts and the odd Space InvaderSpace Invadersis an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to...
have crept in to act a further hazards ... it's so tempting when you come across a well-tended garden and you just happen to have a bottle of weed killer ... And then there's the tin of glue and the false teeth factory..."
External links
- Jack the Nipper at Lemon 64
- Jack the Nipper at C64.com