1982 · Arcade

Hungry Horace

“Hungry Horace” offered gameplay based of the popular arcade game “Pac-Man”, it was celebrated as the first arcade game for the Spectrum. It was one of the few Spectrum games that were also available in ROM format. It formed part of the “Horace” series, which included “Horace Goes Skiing” and “Horace and the Spiders” and the unpublished “Horace to the Rescue”.

Released: 1 February 1982
Platforms: Android Commodore 64 Commodore C64/128/MAX Dragon 32/64 Timex Sinclair 2068 ZX Spectrum
Genres: Arcade
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Series: Horace
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Languages: English

About

Hungry Horace is a video game developed by Psion Software Ltd. and published by Sinclair Research in 1982 for Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Timex Sinclair 2068, ZX Spectrum, and later for Microsoft Windows and Android. It is the first game in the Horace series. The gameplay is noted to be very similar to Pac-Man, involving the collection of food pellets in a maze while avoiding enemies. Hungry Horace was well received upon release.

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Gameplay

Hungry Horace was written as a simple Pac-Man clone, and published in 1982. In this game, Horace must gather food from around a park and move onto the next section while avoiding guards. It is possible to collect a bell to panic the guards and render them vulnerable, like the power pills in Pac-Man. This title was available on the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Dragon 32. The ZX Spectrum version was marketed and distributed by Sinclair, while the Commodore 64 and Dragon 32 versions were distributed by Melbourne House.

The Commodore 64 version also included a level editor which allowed the player to create, edit and save their own levels. These could be shared with other owners of the game.