''Ah Diddums'' is a computer game released by Imagine Software for the

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in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine and the

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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

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