''Trollie Wallie'' is a

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for 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 ...

written by Andrew Challis and published in 1984 by

Interceptor Micros Interceptor Micros, also known as Interceptor Software and later as Interceptor Group, was a British video game developer, developer/video game publisher, publisher of video games for various 8-bit and 16-bit computer systems popular in Western ...

. An

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spec ...

port was released in 1986. ''Trollie Wallie'' is a sequel to '' Wheelin' Wallie'' from the same year.

Gameplay

''Trollie Wallie'' takes place inside a labyrinthine

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where ladders, slides, and conveyor belts to form a devilish maze. Nightmarish creatures wander around inside the supermarket. Numerous items are scattered around. It is the job of Wallie, guided by the player, to take every item to the checkout counter. The game is played over one large map, which scrolls in any direction as needed by Wallie's movement. Wallie starts from the lower left corner and the checkout counter is at the lower right corner. Wallie can only carry a maximum of five items at a time, at which point they have to be taken to the checkout counter. Because of this, the player must learn to divide the game play into several trips. Forty items must be collected in order to complete the game. The background music for ''Trollie Wallie'' consists of versions of ''

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'' by

Hot Butter Hot Butter were an American instrumental band fronted by the keyboard player and studio musician Stan Free. The other band members were John Abbott (arranger, guitar), brothers Bill (producer, engineer, percussion) and Steve Jerome (producer, ...

and '' Equinoxe (part 5, 6 and 7)'' by

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. It was arranged by Graham Hansford.

References

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* 1984 video games Amstrad CPC games Commodore 64 games Interceptor Micros games Platformers Video games developed in the United Kingdom {{Platform-videogame-stub