Repton
Repton, the eponymous protagonist, walks around an underground maze in a quest to find all the diamonds (some being held in safes, their release being triggered by finding and collecting a key) within a time…
Repton is an arcade, released 31 December 1985 on Acorn Electron and BBC Microcomputer System.
What Repton is
Repton was released in 1985. It was published by Superior Software Ltd.. It is available on Acorn Electron and BBC Microcomputer System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Repton, the eponymous protagonist, walks around an underground maze in a quest to find all the diamonds (some being held in safes, their release being triggered by finding and collecting a key) within a time limit in each of several levels, while avoiding being trapped or killed by falling rocks and monsters hatched from eggs. The original Repton game was released in the summer of 1985 and has 12 levels, with passwords making it possible to jump directly to later levels. If passwords were used though, on completion of the final level, the displayed message challenged the player to complete the game without using them.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Repton launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
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