Whirlinurd

Information

Genre

Arcade - Platformer (Scrolling)

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 2 (alt.), 2 (sim.), 2+

Programmer(s)

Gray, Chris

Graphic Artist(s)

Gray, Chris

Sound

Gray, Chris

Cover Artist(s)

[unknown]

Year

1985

Publisher

US Gold

Developer

PMS Data

Country

United Kingdom

License

Commercial

Medium

Tape, Disk

Rarity

7 (Tape), 8 (Disk)

Serial

-

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.5/10 · Votes: 52 · Downloads: 3,041 · Hits: 10,478

Additional Comments

Screenshots (9)

Cover Art (3)

Comments (4)

• Baz — 30 Sept 2013

  This was one of my all time XL faves. I remember reading the Atari User review and it sounded pretty strange... they praised the character animation when the nurd turned round and that was a nifty piece of programming. The concept was bizarre but offered plenty of fun and some hair raising moments only to usually result in the nurd "melting" as it was killed once again! For a platformer, this had enough originality and humour for me.

• rastafarout — 16 Jul 2009

  if you typed in "iamthehungrydude" in the title/game play you can leep to all levels...or it might meen extra lives...my feeble brain

• fog — 11 Mar 2008

  I remember this game, as it was quite surreal. Also that it was a dual format tape.. one side was c64 and the other atari.

• Muffy St. Bernard — 15 Sept 2007

  Fun, but the way you need to start levels over again after you die is maddening.