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Fruity Frank

The game is played with a controller or keyboard. The player has three lives and must collect all the fruits on the board except the apples while avoiding monsters. Frank has an apple seed that he can throw to…

1 February 1984

Fruity Frank is an arcade, released 1 February 1984 on Amstrad CPC.

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What Fruity Frank is

Fruity Frank was released in 1984. It was published by Kuma Computers. It is available on Amstrad CPC only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is played with a controller or keyboard. The player has three lives and must collect all the fruits on the board except the apples while avoiding monsters. Frank has an apple seed that he can throw to get rid of monsters. He can only use one at a time. Once he hits a target or gets lost in the monsters' nest, he reappears after a few moments. He must also avoid being crushed by apples.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Fruity Frank launched on 1 February 1984, within three weeks of Boulder Dash and Punch-Out!!.

Released around the same time: Boulder Dash, Punch-Out!!.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Fruity Frank come out?
Fruity Frank was released on 1 February 1984 for Amstrad CPC.

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