Birdie
If you had dreams to be a bird, this game will make them true. Here you are a Birdie in some sci-fi world filled with robots, carnivorous plants, parachutes, raptors, barbarians, lasers, butterflies, magical…
Birdie is an arcade, released 31 December 1987 on Amstrad CPC.
What Birdie is
Birdie was released in 1987. It was published by ERE International. It is available on Amstrad CPC only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
If you had dreams to be a bird, this game will make them true. Here you are a Birdie in some sci-fi world filled with robots, carnivorous plants, parachutes, raptors, barbarians, lasers, butterflies, magical doors, hyperspace, etc. You should survive in this world with help of your wings and flying techniques. The game is flown in third-person view, where you may control a bird moving him/her left or right, flying up or descending down, and flapping the wings. To fly correctly, the bird has to move in the air at a certain speed. Once the latter increases, the bird is handy. If bird's speed drops below a certain threshold, the bird then follows one of the oldest laws of the universe…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Birdie launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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