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One Little Ghost

If you ever felt sorry for the ghosts, the orphans they left behind, and wondered what would happen when Pac-Man became the ruling elite, then this is for you. Whilst researching to see if the ZX81 was capable…

27 December 2012

One Little Ghost is a video game, released 27 December 2012 on Sinclair ZX81.

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What One Little Ghost is

One Little Ghost was released in 2012. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

If you ever felt sorry for the ghosts, the orphans they left behind, and wondered what would happen when Pac-Man became the ruling elite, then this is for you. Whilst researching to see if the ZX81 was capable of doing justice to an isometric game along the lines of Ant Attack! or KnightLore, Bob's Stuff coded a program to display a single height map of tiles, and it looked a bit like a maze. Along with the code examples, he'd also been experimenting with the graphics required for such a game, and produced a cute little ghost. An idea then began to germinate... a maze, and some ghosts? Why not try a scrolling isometric Pac-Man? He's still not sure if a full isometric game is possible…
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How it plays

Its themes are action.

What it launched against

One Little Ghost launched on 27 December 2012, within three weeks of DmC: Devil May Cry, Game Dev Tycoon, ArcheAge and Kentucky Route Zero.

Released around the same time: DmC: Devil May Cry, Game Dev Tycoon, ArcheAge, Kentucky Route Zero.

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When did One Little Ghost come out?
One Little Ghost was released on 27 December 2012 for Sinclair ZX81.

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