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Adder Attack

Adder Attack is a simple arcade game where the player must collect golden nuggets while avoiding deadly snakes. A particularly dangerous blue snake also moves around the screen collecting nuggets. If it…

31 December 1983

Adder Attack is an arcade, released 31 December 1983 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Adder Attack is

Adder Attack was released in 1983. It was published by Mogul Communications. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Adder Attack is a simple arcade game where the player must collect golden nuggets while avoiding deadly snakes. A particularly dangerous blue snake also moves around the screen collecting nuggets. If it reaches the player, it will eliminate them. However, this snake carries valuable opals and occasionally drops one. The player can collect these opals for an extra 100 points. The game features simple controls using only four keys for movement. The graphics are 2D, reflecting the style of early ZX Spectrum games.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Adder Attack launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Adder Attack come out?
Adder Attack was released on 31 December 1983 for ZX Spectrum.

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