''B.C. II: Grog's Revenge'' is a 1984

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by Sydney Development for the

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, ColecoVision, Coleco ADAM, and

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. It is the sequel to '' B.C.'s Quest For Tires'' and is based on '' B.C.'', the newspaper

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. The game was advertised for the

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, BBC Micro, and Amstrad CPC, but those ports were never released.

Plot

Thor, a caveman, who rides a stone

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, is searching for the "

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" within several mountains.

Gameplay

The player must navigate Thor through the mountains, collecting clams. Like the comic strip, clams are used as money. The object of the game is to collect enough clams to pay a toll to another caveman, Peter, which will allow Thor to access the next mountain. The player moves Thor along the mountainside and through caves. When on the mountainside, Thor can move in all four directions, but must avoid falling off the cliff, slamming into a wall, or hitting a rock or hole; he must also avoid encountering a green dinosaur that will eat his "tire" and Grog, who will knock Thor off the mountain by shouting "GROG". When in a cave, Thor may move from side to side, avoiding stalagmites. Caves are dark except for a beam of light emanating from the player's position. If the player collects enough clams before arriving at the end of the mountain trail, he proceeds to the next mountain; otherwise, he must return to collect more clams.

Ports

The

and Coleco ADAM versions has 15 stages (5 per set). The

and ColecoVision versions only has 5 stages. Due to a programming error, none of the

releases can be completed. The same goes for the ColecoVision version, although the bug was fixed for the Coleco Canada release. This bug was fixed by Félix Espina, a programmer from Spain in 2019.

Reception

''Zzap!64'' gave the game a 91% rating, describing it as a "stunningly impressive programme". ''

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'' rated the ColecoVision version 87% in 1989. In a retrospective feature from 1994 on old video games, Commodore Format said Grog's Revenge was "definitely a game of the old school" but remained "a fun little diversion." They rated it 70%.

Reviews

*'' Jeux & Stratégie'' #38https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-38/page/72/mode/2up

References

External links

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