''Flip and Flop'' is an isometric platform game for the

Atari 8-bit family The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 as the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The series was successively upgraded to Atari 1200XL , Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL, Atari 65XE, Atari 130XE, Atari 800XE, ...

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port the following year. The Commodore 64 box cover, which features a photo of acrobats that does not relate to the game itself, changes the name to ''Flip & Flop''; it remains ''Flip and Flop'' on the title screen.

Gameplay

The

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, scrolling playfield consists platforms connected by ladders. Players alternately control Flip, a kangaroo who jumps around on the platforms, and Mitch, an ape who hangs under the platforms. Flip is chased by a zookeeper and Mitch is chased by a net, both of which are lured by sticky squares that delay them for several seconds. The player loses a life for being caught or falling off the playfield. The goal is to flip over all of the marked squares by moving over them. Every five levels there is a short sequence with a small circus presentation. Levels become progressively more complicated. In Level 13, the maximum playing field size is reached. Later. marked squares must be uncovered twice and there may not be sticky fields to slow the zookeeper or the net.

Reception

In 1984, German magazine ''64'er'' stated that it was the best example of the genre.

Legacy

''Clown-O-Mania'' (1989) is an extended clone for the

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and

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References

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