Herbert (video game)
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{{Short description|1988 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Herbert
|caption = Cover art
|developer = Ralf Kothe
Armin Stürmer
|publisher = AMC Verlag
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|engine =
|released = 1988
|genre = Platform
|modes = Single-player, two players independently
|platforms = Atari 8-bit
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Herbert is a horizontally-scrolling platform game released for the Atari 8-bit computers in 1988 by AMC Verlag. A sequel, Herbert II, was released in 1989.
Gameplay
Image:herbert computergame.png
The game world is shown from a side view and scrolls horizontally. The objective is to traverse 20 levels with one or two ducks (namely Herbert and his friend Oscar) to liberate his girlfriend. Herbert can walk, run, swim, and flap. He can lay an egg in a nest turning up once in a while and receives an extra life, and three times a level it is possible to trigger invulnerability for some seconds. Enemies are, among others, a witch, a sword fighter, thorns on bushes or carnivorous plants. To complete a level, Herbert has to collect gems and to reach the exit on the right within a time limit. There are storable best times for each level and a high score list.
A level is a half screen high and about six screens wide.
Reception
In Germany, Herbert received good reviews, among others 91% in the Compy-Shop-MagazinA once commercial disk magazine, CSM issue 03/88. and a very positive review in the Atari Magazin.Atari Magazin issue 7/88, p. 112. ISSN 0933-887X. It was one year in the Readers Top Ten of the Atari Magazin and achieved place 1 for three times.Atari Magazin issue 11/88, p. 95, issue 12/88, p. 111, issue 1/89, p. 108. Outside Germany, the games are hardly known.
Legacy
The games were released as freeware[http://www.abbuc.de www.abbuc.de]: [http://www.abbuc.de/modules.php?name=DocTree&dtIsBlk=y&dtId=54 Acknowledgements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203032512/http://abbuc.de/modules.php?name=DocTree&dtIsBlk=y&dtId=54 |date=2009-02-03 }}. Retrieved on 21.02.2009. in October 2003.
References
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External links
- [http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-herbert_2435.html Herbert] at Atari Mania
- [http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-herbert-ii_2436.html Herbert 2] at Atari Mania
- [https://www.mobygames.com/game/72769/herbert/ Herbert] at Moby Games
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Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:Atari 8-bit computer-only games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games