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Crazy Crab

Crazy Crab is a pac-man variant. The player controls a spider-monster and must gobble up all insects in the top-down maze. Each insect eaten earns the player points. The player is chased by four horrors that…

31 December 1983

Crazy Crab is an arcade developed by Radofin Electronics, released 31 December 1983 on VC 4000.

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What Crazy Crab is

Crazy Crab is an arcade game developed by Radofin Electronics and released in 1983. It was published by Voltmace Ltd. It is available on VC 4000 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Crazy Crab is a pac-man variant. The player controls a spider-monster and must gobble up all insects in the top-down maze. Each insect eaten earns the player points. The player is chased by four horrors that must be avoided. When the player eats a green insect he briefly gains the power to defeat the horrors. If the player manages to eat four horrors within five seconds an extra life is won allowing the player to score even more points. There are twelve game variations with different maze layouts, insect locations, and game speeds.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Crazy Crab 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 Crazy Crab come out?
Crazy Crab was released on 31 December 1983 for VC 4000.

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