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Tape Worm

With Tapeworm, Spectravision gives a whole new meaning to the slithering slimes that people love to hate. According to the manual of the game, tapeworms live in bean patches, love to eat fruit and are preyed…

15 September 1982

Tape Worm is an arcade developed by Spectravision, released 15 September 1982 on Atari 2600.

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What Tape Worm is

Tape Worm is an arcade game developed by Spectravision and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

With Tapeworm, Spectravision gives a whole new meaning to the slithering slimes that people love to hate. According to the manual of the game, tapeworms live in bean patches, love to eat fruit and are preyed upon by other critters named Beeky the Bird, Spanky the Spider and Mystery Beetle. Uhhhh, right. Our hero here is Slinky, a tapeworm who's patrolling the local bean patch. In order for him to get to the fruit he loves, he has to slither around the screen eating up all the beans. He consumes them by touching a bean with his head (merely a yellow square), and by doing so, another bean appears somewhere else on the screen, and then you're off again. The more beans Slinky eats, the longer…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Tape Worm launched on 15 September 1982, within three weeks of Mr. Do! and Pole Position.

Released around the same time: Mr. Do!, Pole Position.

Official trailer

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When did Tape Worm come out?
Tape Worm was released on 15 September 1982 for Atari 2600.

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