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Spellevator

Spellevator is an educational video game for the Apple II published by MECC in 1988 The player controls a dust bunny, which is chased by several vacuum cleaners with different movement patterns. The objective…

31 December 1988

Spellevator is a video game, released 31 December 1988 on Apple II.

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What Spellevator is

Spellevator was released in 1988. It was published by MECC. It is available on Apple II only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Spellevator is an educational video game for the Apple II published by MECC in 1988 The player controls a dust bunny, which is chased by several vacuum cleaners with different movement patterns. The objective of the level is to grab all the letters and exit through the upper left corner. The player can pass through an unoccupied elevator (some vacuum cleaners use elevators also) by correctly answering a spelling or vocabulary question. Once one completes a level, the player can receive a bonus by correctly unscrambling the letters one grabbed into a word.
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How it plays

Its themes are educational.

What it launched against

Spellevator launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Spellevator come out?
Spellevator was released on 31 December 1988 for Apple II.

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