Spike (video game)

{{Short description|1983 video game}}

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{{Infobox VG

|title = Spike

|image = Spike cover.webp

|developer = General Consumer Electronics

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|released = 1983

|genre = Platform

|modes = Single-player

|platforms = Vectrex

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Spike is a 1983 platform game for the Vectrex video game system. The game uses voice synthesis.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-04-15|title=Le Vectrex - Les jeux|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/dossiers/00014727/le-vectrex-les-jeux-003.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419002803/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/dossiers/00014727/le-vectrex-les-jeux-003.htm|archive-date=2011-04-19|access-date=|website=Jeuxvideo.com|publisher=Webedia}}{{cite book|last=Weiss|first=Brett|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzxTtml8Jq4C&q=spike+voice+synthesis&pg=PA279|title=Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984: A Complete Reference Guide|date=2012-03-07|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0786487554|location=|page=279}} Spike is included in the iOS Vectrex Regeneration app.{{cite web|last=Patterson|first=Blake|date=2012-11-28|title='Vectrex Regeneration' Review - iOS Gains a New...Old...Platform|url=http://toucharcade.com/2012/11/28/vectrex-regeneration-review-ios-gains-a-new-old-platform/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201040540/http://toucharcade.com/2012/11/28/vectrex-regeneration-review-ios-gains-a-new-old-platform/|archive-date=2012-12-01|access-date=|website=TouchArcade|publisher=TouchArcade.com, LLC.}}

Gameplay

The player must navigate a tiny creature named Spike through chasms and ladders while avoiding enemies and endless pits. The player must collect Molly's bows to unlock doors and reach the final level to save Molly from the boss named Spud and bring her home.

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