:Clean Sweep (video game)

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{{Infobox video game

| title = Clean Sweep

| image = Clean Sweep video game cover.png

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| developer = Richard Moszkowski

| publisher = MB Video Electronics

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| platforms = Vectrex

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| genre = Maze game

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Clean Sweep is a maze game, released for the Vectrex home game console. It was written by Richard Moszkowski.

Gameplay

Clean Sweep is a maze game in which the bank president has to recover stolen money using a vacuum cleaner and return it to the deposit box while avoiding the thieves.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/electronic-fun-with-computers-and-games-volume-1-number-1-november-1982|title=Electronic Fun with Computers and Games - Volume 1 Number 1 - November 1982|date=15 November 1982|accessdate=15 January 2024|via=Internet Archive}} Some portions of the game feature a dark maze where the player can see only the loot.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/games-34-1982-december|title=GAMES Magazine #34|date=1 December 1982|accessdate=15 January 2024|via=Internet Archive}}

Reception

TV Gamer noted that this was the first of its kind for either arcade or home consoles, and "A fairly successful attempt at a maze game using Vector graphics".{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/TV_Gamer_1983-06_Boytonbrook_GB|title=TV Gamer (1983-06)(Boytonbrook)(GB)|date=15 June 1983|accessdate=15 January 2024|via=Internet Archive}}

Reviews

  • TeleMatch (German){{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N05.1983.08-KCz.pdf|title=TeleMatch.N05.1983.08|publisher=TeleMatch Verlag|accessdate=15 January 2024|via=Internet Archive}}
  • Joystick (Swedish){{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Joystick_sv_84_02-3|title=Joystick (Sverige) 1984 02/03|date=15 March 1984|accessdate=15 January 2024|via=Internet Archive}}

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