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Bat Cage

Bat Cage is an action game where the player has to capture bats while fighting off other bats that try to rescue them. The playing field consists of a bat cage in the bottom and above it a bat flap around and…

31 December 1982

Bat Cage is a video game, released 31 December 1982 on Sinclair ZX81.

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What Bat Cage is

Bat Cage was released in 1982. It was published by Timex Computer Corporation. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bat Cage is an action game where the player has to capture bats while fighting off other bats that try to rescue them. The playing field consists of a bat cage in the bottom and above it a bat flap around and there are also eight bat eggs bouncing around. The player controls a bar that can be moved around freely. It is used to capture the bat eggs which are taken to the bat cage where they can hatch. As soon as the hatching begins the bat at the top of the screen will attack and try to rescue the egg. The player then has to use the bar to fend it off. It works a bit similar to Breakout as the bat will bounce back up again when it makes contact with the bar. The player then scores points as…
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Bat Cage launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Bat Cage come out?
Bat Cage was released on 31 December 1982 for Sinclair ZX81.

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