Byter
Byter is a Pac-Man clone. You control a mouse, moving about a maze and attempting to eat all the dots while avoiding monsters. If you touch a monster then you lose one of three lives but if you collect one of…
31 December 1983
Byter is an arcade, released 31 December 1983 on Sinclair ZX81.
What Byter is
Byter was released in 1983. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Byter is a Pac-Man clone. You control a mouse, moving about a maze and attempting to eat all the dots while avoiding monsters. If you touch a monster then you lose one of three lives but if you collect one of four dollar signs then you can eat the monsters for a short time.
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Byter 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 Byter come out?
Byter was released on 31 December 1983 for Sinclair ZX81.
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