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Facemaker

Everyone's mothers always say "Don't make those faces! They'll stay like that!" But now you have the chance to make the silliest looking faces anyone's ever seen! Choose from a wide assortment of eyes, ears…

4 June 1983

Facemaker is a puzzle developed by Spinnaker Software, released 4 June 1983 on ColecoVision, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Facemaker is

Facemaker is a puzzle game developed by Spinnaker Software and released in 1983. It is available on ColecoVision, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20, DOS, MSX, Texas Instruments TI-99, TRS-80 Color Computer and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Everyone's mothers always say "Don't make those faces! They'll stay like that!" But now you have the chance to make the silliest looking faces anyone's ever seen! Choose from a wide assortment of eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. Then make your newly created faces blink, wiggle their ears, wink, or razz you. You can even play a "Simon Says.." type game where your face will do some kind of action and you have to follow along!
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Facemaker launched on 4 June 1983, within three weeks of Elevator Action and Dragon's Lair.

Released around the same time: Elevator Action, Dragon's Lair.

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When did Facemaker come out?
Facemaker was released on 4 June 1983 for ColecoVision, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20, DOS, MSX, Texas Instruments TI-99, TRS-80 Color Computer and ZX Spectrum.

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