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Yoyo

Yoyo is an arcade adventure in which you play as Yoyo. Because of a hacker you are trapped inside your computer game. You have to collect valves and hopefully make it out. Aliens and spikes will kill you, but…

31 December 1988

Yoyo is an arcade, released 31 December 1988 on BBC Microcomputer System.

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What Yoyo is

Yoyo was released in 1988. It was published by Superior Software Ltd.. It is available on BBC Microcomputer System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Yoyo is an arcade adventure in which you play as Yoyo. Because of a hacker you are trapped inside your computer game. You have to collect valves and hopefully make it out. Aliens and spikes will kill you, but you can avoid death by using your barrier which will kill aliens and remove spikes. Once an alien is dead it stays dead even after you die. Spikes will fully return though.
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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

Yoyo 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.

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When did Yoyo come out?
Yoyo was released on 31 December 1988 for BBC Microcomputer System.

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