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''Ah Diddums'' is a computer game released by Imagine Software for the
ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum () is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. One of the most influential computers ever made and one of the all-time bestselling British computers, over five million units were sold. ...
in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine and the
Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...
in 1984.


Gameplay

The player controls a
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who is trying to escape a toy box in order to comfort his crying baby owner. Teddy's job is to arrange building blocks in a certain order on the shelf at the top of the screen,CRASH - The Online Edition - Issue 3 Contents
/ref> allowing him to escape the toy box. On escaping one box, Teddy finds himself in another toy box, whose escape is more difficult; there are 99 toy boxes in total from which to escape.


Reception

''Ah Diddums'' won "Best Original Game" at the ''
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'' 1983 Golden Joystick Awards.


References

1983 video games Action games Commodore 64 games Fictional teddy bears Golden Joystick Award winners Imagine Software games Single-player video games Video games about bears Video games about sentient toys Video games developed in the United Kingdom ZX Spectrum games {{Teddy bears