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Pushover1992

Pushover

1992 Ocean Software75Good

Playtime

ModerateIt typically takes about 15 hours to finish the game.

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Details

Launch
1992
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Overview

Pushover is a platform puzzle game developed by Red Rat Software and published by Ocean Software in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, DOS and Super NES. Notably, the game was sponsored by Smiths' British snack Quavers (now owned by Walkers), where the game plot revolves around the then Quavers mascot 'Colin Curly' losing his Quavers packets down a giant ant hill. The player is then tasked with controlling 'G.I. Ant', a large soldier ant, to recover the Quavers by solving a series of puzzles. The SNES version lacks the Quavers branding, and instead the aim is to recover bundles of cash dropped down the ant hill by Captain Rat. The game consists of 100 levels of increasing complexity over nine different themed worlds. Each level features several interconnected platforms holding a number of "dominoes". The aim is to rearrange the dominoes, such that with a single push, all of the dominoes are toppled, thus opening the exit to the next level. There are 11 different types of domino, identified...

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Reception

A faithful visual recreation with a missing soul. The Good: Graphically, it's perfect. The puzzles are just as addictive as I remember, and I’m committed to finishing them all. The Bad: The audio falls flat. For Amiga veterans, the lack of original music and character speech is a major distraction that keeps this from being a perfect 10/10. Still worth...