Sweevo's World
{{Short description|1986 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Sweevo's World
|image = Sweevo.jpg
|designer = Roy Carter
Greg Follis
|developer = Gargoyle Games
|publisher = Gargoyle Games
|released = 1986
|genre = Arcade adventure
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
}}
Sweevo's World is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Gargoyle Games in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. An enhanced version for the Spectrum 128K was also released, titled Sweevo's Whirled. The game was followed by a sequel, Hydrofool.
The game was partially inspired by the Laurel and Hardy films, with Sweevo modelled on Stan Laurel.
Plot
The artificial planetoid Knutz Folly has been overrun by the bizarre genetic experiments of the mad Baron Knutz. It's up to the robot SWEEVO (Self Willed Extreme Environment Vocational Organism){{Cite web|url=http://worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/s/SweevosWorld.txt|title=Sweevo's World|last=|first=|date=|website=World of Spectrum|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} to clean the place up and thereby achieve Active Status.
Gameplay
Sweevo must find and destroy the malfunctioning Waste Ingestion and Janitor Units ("Wijus") that are supposed to keep Knutz Folly clean, while avoiding various hostile creatures and structures. Among the other characters inhabiting Knutz Folly are the Goose Which Laid The Golden Erg (sic), the Horrible Little Girls ("Minxes"), and the Goose-Stepping Dictators. "Brownies" may be collected for additional brownie points.
Sweevo cannot jump and must rely on elevators to climb obstacles. He is not armed but can kill enemies by dropping objects on them or manoeuvring them into traps.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|CRASH = 95%{{cite magazine|magazine=Crash|title=Sweevo's World|page=28|issue=25|date=February 1986|url=https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-25/page/n27/mode/2up?view=theater}}
|CVG = 34/40{{cite magazine|magazine=Computer and Video Games|title=Software Reviews|page=14|issue=52|date=February 1986|url=https://archive.org/details/ComputerAndVideoGamesIssue052Feb86/page/n13/mode/2up}}
|SUser = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Sinclair User|title=Sweevo's World|last=Bourne|pages=72–73|issue=47|date=February 1986|url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-047/page/n71/mode/2u}}
| award1Pub = Crash
| award1 = SmashGame review, Crash magazine, Newsfield Publications, issue 25, February 1986
}}
Sweevo's World received positive reception from video game journalists.
References
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External links
- {{WoS game|id=0005087|name=Sweevo's World}}
- {{WoS game|id=0005086|name=Sweevo's Whirled}}
Category:Action-adventure games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom