Your Sinclairs 100 Greatest Games - 66 Splat!
8Splat! was published by Incentive Software Ltd in 1983
Created by Ian Andrew, Ian Morgan
Splat! – released in 1983 – comes from the stable of the rather impressive publishing house of Incentive Software, known for Driller, Total Eclipse and under a different banner Spy vs. Spy, though as said you probably wouldn’t guess it from the initial first glances of this simple-looking game.
The rather basic idea of Splat! is that you control Zippy who is forced to run around a constantly moving maze. Level 1 is initially tricky as you get to grips with the movement of the maze, but as the game continues and the percentage covered ticks up you easily pick up the basics… then Level 2 of 7 arrives. You slowly realise why there is a “No Chance” message next to Level 7 at the main menu as you plough through this next level, then when Level 3 opens up you really understand the “No Chance” message.
Splat! came with a cash prize for the highest score – when it was released – of a mighty £500 (GBP), and it was won by the (clearly a robot) 17-year-old James Tant, with 112,930 points back in January 1984. It’s certainly a game that everyone should play at least once, to make sure they play for the rest of their lives.
Original Flickering Myth review - http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/06/the-top-100-your-sinclair-zx-spectrum-games-66-splat/
Splat! can be found on the World of Spectrum here - http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004767