- Pyjamarama
Infobox VG| title = Pyjamarama
developer = Chris Hinsley
publisher =Mikro-Gen
designer =
engine =
released = 1984
genre =Arcade adventure
modes =Single player
ratings = N/A
platforms =ZX Spectrum ,Commodore 64 ,Amstrad CPC
media = Cassette
requirements =
input = Keyboard,joystick "Pyjamarama" is a
computer game for theZX Spectrum ,Amstrad CPC andCommodore 64 . It featuresWally Week as the central character and is the second (after "Automania ") of a series of games featuring Wally and/or members of his family. It was published byMikro-Gen . The game takes its name from the second single by the bandRoxy Music .Gameplay
"Pyjamarama" is an
arcade adventure set across several interconnecting rooms. The player takes the role of Wally, who has gone to bed for the night and has to wake up early in the morning for work. Unfortunately, hisalarm clock has not been wound, and thus he will sleep late in the morning, and his boss will fire him. However, in his sleep, Wally'sconsciousness travels around his home, and other places, wearing his pyjamas, in search for the key to rewind the alarm clock and wake himself up.The game is made up of static single-screen rooms, each of which can include platforms in various arrangements, objects to pick up, and enemies to avoid. Wally can walk through the screens to progress through the game's map and to pick up objects. Wally can only carry two items at a time, so each time he picks up an item, he drops an old item in its place. Contact with an enemy drains Wally's "snooze energy", and if it runs out, Wally loses one of his "lives". When all three "lives" are lost, Wally returns to sleep and doesn't wake up until late in the morning, losing the game.
"Pyjamarama" can be played either with a
joystick or with the keyboard. Only three controls are needed: walk left, walk right, and jump.
=equels
Four other Wally Week games were released. These are: "
Automania ", "Everyone's A Wally ", "Herbert's Dummy Run " and "Three Weeks in Paradise ".Remakes
A remake of "Pyjamarama" was released for Windows and Mac OS in 2005. It can be downloaded via the Remakes Zone website. [http://remakeszone.com/?lng=english]
Critical Acclaim
The ZX Spectrum version of Pyjamarama received the Game of the Month award in the November 1984 issue of
Personal Computer Games . This was somewhat controversial as Pyjamarama beat the BBC Micro version of the game Elite to the title.External links
*moby game|id=/pyjamarama|name="Pyjamarama"
*WoS game|id=0003949|name=Pyjamarama
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