Regarding "Diggerbonk!" for the Atari 8-Bits

[agent57]

Any of you A8'ers out there have docs for this old APX title or a clue as to what the overall object is here?

Thanks guys...

[Wookie]

Not familiar with the game, but there's someone on AtariAge with the username Diggerbonk. Maybe he knows about it.

[agent57]

Not familiar with the game, but there's someone on AtariAge with the username Diggerbonk. Maybe he knows about it.

Thanks for that...it's a start!

[Amos]

There's an APX catalog on www.atarimania.com with the following description for Diggerbonk:

"Take out your frustrations on the Pulsing Greenies, the Purple Gurple, and a host of other meanies. Maneuver through a vertically scrolling maze to accumulate points by 'bonking,' or demolishing, your enemies. Of course, they're out to get you, too, so you have to keep your wits about you. There are some last-ditch escape methods, including the Panic Button, for only the most dire emergency.

Besides your enemies, you have to watch out for some hazards in the landscape. If the Orange Whirlers, for example, entice you too far down the screen, you'll be boxed in as the wall scrolls downward. And the dreaded red bomb might go off at any time - it's fragments are deadly. Try to bonk as many creatures as possible before your inevitable demise!"

Not sure if this will be helpful; I never played the game. "Inevitable demise" doesn't bode well, though.

[agent57]

I'm very late here, but thank you for that. None of my APX catalogs have anything about the game at all except the title.

At least I know more now than I did!