Boovie
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Boovie
| image = Boovie cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Future Games
| publisher = Future Games
| composer = Ondrej Matejka
| released = {{vgrelease|CZ|1998}}
| genre = Puzzle
| platforms = MS-DOS
|alt =
}}Boovie is a 1998 Czech puzzle video game by Future Games for MS-DOS released in early 1998. It came out on CD-ROM in January 1999.{{Cite news|url=https://doupe.zive.cz/clanek/historie-ceskych-logickych-her|title=Historie českých logických her|last=Blatný|first=Martin|work=Doupe.cz|access-date=2018-03-26|language=cs}} Based on the game Boovie (1994) for ZX Spectrum. The sequel, Boovie 2 (1998) for ZX Spectrum, is by a different authors (E.S.A. Production - Tuleby, Max, Factor6).
Gameplay
The player controls Boovie, and must push a bright brick into a teleporter to progress to the next level. The game has 20 to 40 levels, depending on the selected difficulty.
Development
Boovie is a remake of the game of the same name, which the authors programmed in 1994 for the ZX Spectrum. It's a game inspired by Flappy (1983). After the game, the developers had long tried to create a second part in spring 1999.{{Cite web|url=http://eriador.wz.cz/old/boo2/profile.html|title=Boovie 2|website=eriador.wz.cz|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-date=2020-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601014637/http://eriador.wz.cz/old/boo2/profile.html|url-status=dead}} None of the authors however didn't last long and the project died.{{Cite news|url=https://tech.sme.sk/c/1279525/rozhovor-s-future-games-autormi-ceskeho-posla-smrti.html|title=Rozhovor s Future Games - autormi českého Posla smrti|last=a.s.|first=Petit Press|work=tech.sme.sk|access-date=2018-03-26|language=sk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zx-spectrum.cz/index.php?cat1=3&cat2=3&game_id=boovie.txt|title=ZX-Spectrum Games|last=Plíva|first=Pavel|website=www.zx-spectrum.cz|access-date=2018-03-26}} The game has been translated into English.{{cite web |title=English version of Boovie |url=https://ulozto.net/file/Kfq9NG41xZhp/boovie-1998-game-english-rar |website=Ulozto.net |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=cs}}
Reception
The game is Bonusweb's favourite from Future Games, who noted similarities between Boovie and another game from the studio named Bloodie.{{Cite web|url=https://bonusweb.idnes.cz/ceske-logicke-a-akcni-hry-08u-/tiskni.aspx?r=bw-pc-ostatni&c=A000125_ceskelogickeaakcni_bw|title=České logické a akční hry|website=iDNES.cz|date=21 September 1999 |access-date=2018-03-26}}