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Clean Sweep

Clean Sweep is an arcade puzzle game. Move a vacuum through a maze in order to suck up dollar bills that are strewn throughout the screen. After several bills are vacuumed up, the vacuum will increase in size…

31 December 1982

Clean Sweep is an arcade developed by GCE, released 31 December 1982 on Vectrex.

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What Clean Sweep is

Clean Sweep is an arcade game developed by GCE and released in 1982. It was published by Bandai. It is available on Vectrex only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Clean Sweep is an arcade puzzle game. Move a vacuum through a maze in order to suck up dollar bills that are strewn throughout the screen. After several bills are vacuumed up, the vacuum will increase in size. After several size increases, the vacuum will become full and will not be able to vacuum up any more bills, so the money must be deposited in the vault in the center of the screen before the vacuum can start gathering up money again. The difficulty level increases by having the vacuum fill up quicker, causing the player to make multiple trips to the vault during a level.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Clean Sweep 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.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Clean Sweep — frequently asked questions

When did Clean Sweep come out?
Clean Sweep was released on 31 December 1982 for Vectrex.
Does Clean Sweep have multiplayer?
Yes. Clean Sweep supports multiplayer.

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