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Halloween Harry - Microbee (1984)
It
is the 21st century and from this futuristic new world comes an exciting new
hero:- HALLOWEEN HARRY!
As Halloween Harry, a fearless ghost-hunter, you have been assigned to destroy
an evil witch that has taken over a 13 room building. You do this by collecting
the magic item in each room, then escape through a mystical door.
There are 12 items to collect, ranging from a broom in room 1 to a cauldron in
room 12. When all the items are collected you must confront the witch in the
13th room. The witch is protected by a magical barrier, so you must collect a
padlock and a key (in any order) so that her defence is broken down...
Once exposed you may zap the witch with your trusty garlic-blaster laser gun,
(which has 13 shots). 3 additional shots may be obtained by grabbing the bonus
garlic. To make your task difficult, the witch has summoned up various ghosts
and ghouls, as well as the dreaded dropjaws and zombie hands to destroy you!
Don't forget there's a time limit. It can be extended by the magic hourglass
that appears when time is low.
This game makes the 1st appearance of Halloween Harry, though story wise, it's not the same character. The info posted above is actually the game's story, which appeared on the start screen.
Crested by John Passfield alone while he was still in high school, and it was actually his 2nd game (His first being called Chilly Willy,a clone of another game called Pengo). The game was actually written for a very little known computer system called the Microbee, created in Australia, but popular in Swedan as well.
According to the entry on his blog about the game, John states that it was inspired by Ghostbusters and was essentially a single screen platform/shooter, and that it took him six weeks overall to complete the game, after which he sent it off to a publisher called "Honeybee".
It seems it was composed of 13 screens, each with a different theme:
Magic Broomstick Closet
Witches' Hat Room
The Enchanted Chalice
Pumpkin-Pie Room
The Wizard's Library
The Magic-Potion Pantry
The Room of Wax
Black Cat's Cavern
The Crystal Ballroom
Grandfather's Clockroom
Yoric's Bedroom
The Witch's Cauldron Room
The Bewitching Hour