Caterpillar © 1981 Phi.
This game is a hack of "Hangly Man", itself a "Pac-Man" hack.
You are a little caterpillar, trying to eat enough to grow into a butterfly. Four spiders are crawling around, trying to catch you to eat. Keep running, and even you may live to eat spiders (thanks to energizers).
Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco (@ 96 Khz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palettesize : 32
Players : 2
Control : Joystick 4-way
Buttons : 1
The four spiders are named Harry (red), Sabina (pink), Charlotte (cyan), and Webster (orange).
The second part of the first intermission shows the caterpillar having grown into a large butterfly as it chases a scared Harry off the screen.
Dots | 20 points. |
Energizers | 50 points. |
Spiders | 225, 450, 900, 1800 points. |
Cherry | 300 points. |
Strawberry | 600 points. |
Orange | 800 points. |
Apple | 900 points. |
Pineapple | 2000 points. |
Galaxian | 4000 points. |
Bell | 6000 points. |
Key | 9000 points. |
Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.