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Alphabet Zoo

Alphabet Zoo is an educational maze game viewed from above, challenging players to collect letters scattered throughout the arena. Navigate the maze, use teleporters for quick travel, and race against time to…

31 December 1984

Alphabet Zoo is a puzzle developed by Spinnaker, released 31 December 1984 on ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore VIC-20.

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What Alphabet Zoo is

Alphabet Zoo is a puzzle game developed by Spinnaker and released in 1984. It is available on ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Alphabet Zoo is an educational maze game viewed from above, challenging players to collect letters scattered throughout the arena. Navigate the maze, use teleporters for quick travel, and race against time to complete letter-based objectives. In one mode, repeatedly collect the first letter of a displayed object, while in another, gather all letters of the object's name in order. Enjoy solo play or compete with a friend in two-player mode. With customizable difficulty settings, including letter case options and level selection, Alphabet Zoo offers an engaging way to reinforce letter recognition and spelling skills for players of various ages and abilities.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Alphabet Zoo launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

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When did Alphabet Zoo come out?
Alphabet Zoo was released on 31 December 1984 for ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum.

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