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Johnson & Johnson series

Tooth Protectors

In this game the player must prevent objects dropping from the top of the screen from reaching the bottom by positioning their character directly under the falling objects. The player's character is a small…

31 December 1983

Tooth Protectors is a video game developed by Camelot Software Planning, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 2600.

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What Tooth Protectors is

Tooth Protectors was developed by Camelot Software Planning and released in 1983. It was published by Johnson & Johnson. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this game the player must prevent objects dropping from the top of the screen from reaching the bottom by positioning their character directly under the falling objects. The player's character is a small smiling face carrying a strand of dental floss above its head. They must prevent the snack squares from reaching the row of white teeth along the bottom of the screen; repeated hits by the snacks cause the teeth to blink and disappear from tooth decay.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Tooth Protectors launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

Official trailer

Gameplay video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Tooth Protectors come out?
Tooth Protectors was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 2600.