Splat! is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum

The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...

, Amstrad CPC

Amstrad CPC

The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...

, Commodore 64

Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...

, and the SAM Coupé

SAM Coupé

The SAM Coupé is an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in late 1989. It is commonly considered a clone of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer, since it features a compatible screen mode and emulated compatibility, and it was marketed as a logical upgrade from the Spectrum...

 by Incentive Software

Incentive Software

Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine...

. The game was released in 1983, while the Commodore 64 version surfaced in 1984.

Gameplay

The object of the game is to guide Zippy around the maze through seven levels. To complete a level, the player must survive the maze until completion hits 100%, which shows how far one has gone through the level; the player receives a bonus for doing so. Zippy can eat grass, some of which are invisible and plums from level two, and the player must avoid spikes and water as Zippy cannot swim. The maze moves randomly right to left and up to down. The maze is displayed within a screen surrounded by a static wall which the player must avoid. An early example of speech effect could be heard when the player completed a level as a sequence of notes would be played resembling the word "zippee" through the built in speaker on the ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum

The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...

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Incentive Software offered a prize of £500 to whichever player could achieve the highest score in the game, which included a score verification system to stop people from cheating. The prize was claimed by 17-year-old James Tant, who scored 112,930 points after practising for between five and seven hours a day for several months.

The game was re-released in 1992 by Alternative Software as part of the 4-Most Thrillers compilation which also featured Martech

Martech

Martech Games Ltd was a video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989.Martech was formed by David Martin and brother-in-law John Barry, initially under the name Software Communications Ltd under partnership with a firm of exporters. They were initially based at Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, East...

's Mega-Apocalypse, The Fury, and Vixen.