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Outhouse

Outhouse is a single screen shooter played from a side view perspective where the player has to defend the titular outhouse from toilet paper thieves. The outhouse is located in the middle of the screen and…

31 December 1982

Outhouse is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer.

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What Outhouse is

Outhouse was released in 1982. It was published by Computer Shack. It is available on TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Outhouse is a single screen shooter played from a side view perspective where the player has to defend the titular outhouse from toilet paper thieves. The outhouse is located in the middle of the screen and the thieves come wandering in from either side. The player controls a flying craft and has to shoot the thieves before they manage to reach the outhouse and get away with the paper. Once the thieves reach the outhouse they move back to where they came from leaving a trail of paper behind and if they leave the screen the paper is lost. If shot before they leave, the paper is returned to the outhouse. There are also squatters that enter the outhouse and use up some paper directly. Other…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and science fiction.

What it launched against

Outhouse 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.

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When did Outhouse come out?
Outhouse was released on 31 December 1982 for TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer.

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