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MJC
06-29-2006, 10:57 AM
I'm doing some research about games based on the original Gremlins movie and need some help!

There are two distinct games as far as I can tell:

One is an arcade-style game from Atari (Atarisoft) released for the C64, AppleII, Atari 5200 and others (there's a different game for the 2600 but it's still an arcade game).

The second is a text adventure from AdventureSoft for the C64, C16, Amstrad, Spectrum, BBC and Electron.

So far so good (I think). I have two questions:

1) Was the arcade game ever released in the UK/Europe, and was the adventure game ever released in the US? (I’m trying to work out if the games were developed for specific markets.)

2) When were the two games released? (The adventure game was reviewed in British mag Zzap 64 in the June 1985 issue, so I'm guessing it was released around May/June, but I have no idea about the arcade game.)

If anyone can help I'd be extremely grateful. Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Mayhem
06-29-2006, 12:00 PM
Howdy... to answer the questions...

1) Not as far as I know, and not as far as I know.

2) The arcade game was 1984, and the adventure 1985 I believe.
Gamereviewgod
06-29-2006, 12:42 PM
You forgot the 2600 version.

http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/gremlins.htm
weredog
06-29-2006, 01:57 PM
Don't know if it counts, but there's also Gremlins: Stripe Vs Gizmo for GBA.
Mayhem
06-29-2006, 03:24 PM
You forgot the 2600 version.

He didn't... reread his post, he was excluding the 2600 version from question 1 because it's a different game to the Atarisoft version, and that's what he was interested in ;)
GizmoGC
06-30-2006, 01:05 AM
Don't know if it counts, but there's also Gremlins: Stripe Vs Gizmo for GBA.

Also one for the original GB too. Too bad that PS2 version never came out.
MJC
06-30-2006, 06:07 AM
Howdy... to answer the questions...

1) Not as far as I know, and not as far as I know.

2) The arcade game was 1984, and the adventure 1985 I believe.

Thanks Mayhem! It's a shame US gamers missed out on the adventure, as it's much more fun than the Atarisoft game IMO.
Steven
06-30-2006, 07:34 AM
on a side note, gremlins II came out on NES.

why #1 didn't as well... no clue. Never played G II but supposedly it's very solid.
kentuckyfried
06-30-2006, 09:08 AM
on a side note, gremlins II came out on NES.

why #1 didn't as well... no clue. Never played G II but supposedly it's very solid.

Gremlins 1, the movie, was released in 1984, well before the release of the NES. I guess a game could have been made after, but there's the main reason Gremlins wasn't released.
weredog
06-30-2006, 01:29 PM
on a side note, gremlins II came out on NES.

why #1 didn't as well... no clue. Never played G II but supposedly it's very solid.


It is. It's one of my favorite NES games.