Ludography
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1983 · Tecmo · Arcade · Maze

Guzzler

Guzzler is a coin operated arcade maze game developed and manufactured by Tehkan Ltd., and licensed to Centuri for United States distribution in 1983. It was released as a conversion kit, including a new marquee and control panel.

Released
13 April 1983
Platforms
ArcadeNintendo SwitchOthello MultivisionSG-1000
Genres
ArcadeMaze
Developers
Tecmo
Publishers
TecmoTsukada OriginalHamster Corporation
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Languages
English

About

Guzzler is a 1983 maze video game developed and published by Tehkan for arcades. It was released in Japan in April 1983 and in North America by Centuri in November 1983. It was ported to the SG-1000 console. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2021.

Keywords

  • maze

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player controls a firefighter creature who can drink water from puddles, then extinguish fires and monsters spawned from them. Each level is a maze of varying openness. That must be extinguished to complete the level, also spawn fire-themed monsters which pursue the player. The main character can attack with three blasts of liquid before becoming empty.

With each blast of liquid, the character moves faster and gets closer to being an empty outline with pink shoes. When empty the character is a shell of a sprite, but moves faster. Liquid is replenished by drinking from puddles. Occasionally, an alcoholic beverage appears in the center of the screen.

Reception

William Michael Brown wrote in the Electronic Fun with Computers & Games 1983 coin-op preview:

Of all the brand new [conversion] kit titles we saw, probably the best is Ceniuri's Guzzler—a comical maze game starring a little guy who is not much more than a fat, mobile water tank. Up against a fast mob of angry demons, flashes and fireballs, his only defense is to drench them with some of his limited supply of water. The game's graphics and sounds are outstanding, and there's even a special feature that lets you win a free game whether you scored high or not.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade1 April 1983Japan
SG-100031 December 1983Japan

Editions and related releases

Ported as
Arcade Archives: Guzzler

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Collections2 collections

Platform libraries

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