Amidar
Sign in to saveAmidar is a maze video game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1982. It was distributed in North America by Stern. Parker Brothers published an Atari 2600 version in late 1982, and Casio released a port for the PV-1000 in 1983. Amidar was the first in the grid capture sub-genre of maze games and was highly cloned in arcades and for home systems.
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Amidar is an arcade game programmed by Konami and published in 1981 by Stern. Its basic format is similar to that of Pac-Man: the player moves around a fixed rectilinear lattice, attempting to visit each location on the board while avoiding the enemies. When each spot has been visited, the player moves to the next level. The game and its name have their roots in the Japanese lot drawing game Amidakuji. The bonus level in Amidar is a nearly exact replication of an Amidakuji game and the way the enemies move conform to the Amidakuji rules - this is referred to in the attract sequence as 'Ami…
- Released
- 1981
- Genres
- Puzzle, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 2600, NEC PC-6000 Series
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Parker Brothers, Stern Electronics, Konami, Superior Software Ltd.
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Amidar
- Video game.image
- Amidar.jpg
- Video game.caption
- North American Atari 2600 cover
- Video game.developer
- Konami
- Video game.publisher
- Parker Brothers (2600)Casio (PV-1000)
- Video game.released
- ArcadeAtari 2600PV-1000
- Video game.genre
- Maze
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Video game.platforms
- Arcade, Atari 2600, PV-1000
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- publication date
- 1981-00-00
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- Enemy movement
- Level differences
- Ports
- Legacy
- Competition
- References
- External links
Amidar is a maze video game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1982. It was distributed in North America by Stern. Parker Brothers published an Atari 2600 version in late 1982, and Casio released a port for the PV-1000 in 1983. Amidar was the first in the grid capture sub-genre of maze games and was highly cloned in arcades and for home systems.
The player moves around a fixed rectilinear lattice, changing the color of the lines, while avoiding enemies. Coloring all the lines around a rectangle fills it in. When all the rectangles have been filled, the player moves to the next level. There are two types of levels which alternate, with the player controlling a paint roller in one and a gorilla in the other.