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Birthday Mania

This extremely rare game was sold in the U.S. state New Jersey by Personal Games Company. The company marketed it as a great birthday gift. About ten copies of the game were sold. The cartridge was sold with a…

31 December 1984

Birthday Mania is an arcade developed by Personal Software, released 31 December 1984 on Atari 2600.

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What Birthday Mania is

Birthday Mania is an arcade game developed by Personal Software and released in 1984. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This extremely rare game was sold in the U.S. state New Jersey by Personal Games Company. The company marketed it as a great birthday gift. About ten copies of the game were sold. The cartridge was sold with a three folded manual sheet. The cartridge has a red label with blue balloons on it and an empty space to write your name on. Each game is personalized to the boy or girl celebrating his or her birthday. When the game loads up it shows his or her name on the opening screen. The basic object of this game is to blow out candles as they fall toward you.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Birthday Mania 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 Birthday Mania come out?
Birthday Mania was released on 31 December 1984 for Atari 2600.

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