Pepper II

Pepper II is a maze game with zip! The object of Pepper II is simple enough, all you do is zip closed sections of the maze and they will become filled with color. Zip in all the sections of the maze and it's complete. However, if you backtrack you might unzip your path, so be careful!

Released: 1982
Platforms: Arcade ColecoVision
Genres: Arcade Maze
Developers: Exidy
Publishers: Exidy
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: United States
Languages: English

About

Pepper II is an arcade video game developed by Exidy and released in 1982. Despite its name, there was no predecessor named Pepper or Pepper I. Coleco published a port of Pepper II for its ColecoVision home system in 1983. The ColecoVision version supports one or two players, and offers four selectable skill levels.

As in Amidar by Konami, the goal is to color the lines on a grid; each rectangle is filled in after being completely surrounded. The grid in Pepper II consists of four connected screens that make up a single level.

Keywords

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Gameplay

There are four mazes per level in Pepper II. Each maze has exits leading to three other mazes. All four mazes must be filled to advance to the next level. To fill in a maze, the player maneuvers "Pepper" around different segments of the maze.

As Pepper travels, he leaves a "zipper". Once he encloses or "zips" a segment, it fills in and points are awarded. If Pepper backtracks on an uncompleted segment, it unzips.