THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE



GO BEAR GO!



PUBLISHER

It was on the cover of Sinclair User as part of Megatape 1.  Does

anybody know which issue that is?



AUTHOR

ODE, Oxford Digital Enterprises



YEAR

1988



DESCRIPTION

Go Bear Go is a version of Pengo, which takes place on a top-down

screen where you have to push blocks into the nasties.  It also

contains a level editor.



CONTROLS

The keyboard controls are as follows:-

Q - Up

A - Down

O - Left

P - Right

M - Push/break



INSTRUCTIONS

When the game has first loaded, you are presented with the game's

loading screen.  Press any key to access the menu.  From here you

have four options, selected by pressing 1 - 4.  However, options

3 and 4 are probably useless since they load/save the game to

tape which need not be done if playing on an emulator.



The Game

The game is accessed by selecting the first option from the menu.

The objective of each level is to get the three white crates

(marked with the letters SU for obvious reasons) into a line,

whether horizontal, vertical or diagonal.  Hindering you in this

misson are the nasties which roam the warehouse, destroying

random block.  If they touch the bear then he will lose one of

his lives.



To push/destroy a crate, you must walk up to it and press

Push/break at the same time as a direction in which you want to

push.  If there is a crate behind the one being pushed, then the

crate being pushed will be destroyed.  If there is no crate

behind it, then the crate being pushed will slide across the map

until it hits another crate or one of the baddies, in which case

it will kill it.



Once all three SU crates are in a line then you will go onto the

next level.  Be careful that the SU crates do not hit the edge

of the screen otherwise you will not be able to push them away.



The Level Editor

The level editor is accessed by selecting number 2 from the main

menu.  As soon as you select it you are presented with the first

level of the game.  Your movement controls now control the

flashing square.  To change the level, simply move the square to

what you want to change, and press the appropriate key, a list

of which can be seen by pressing H for help.  To move between the

levels simply press J or K.



When you quit the level editor, you will go back to the main

menu.  Selecting the game will allow you to play your new levels.





CHEATS



SEQUELS/PREQUELS

There are probably many other versions of Pengo available on the

Spectrum, but no names spring to mind.





INLAY CARD TEXT



SCORES RECEIVED

N/A



URL

ftp.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/OS/snapshots/g/gobeargo.zip



GENERAL FACTS

There is only one other game to feature the (irritating :-)) SU

icon Kamikaze Bear.  This other game, called Bear a Grudge, is a 

version of Space Harrier.





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