Speedy Eggbert

Infobox VG
title=Speedy Eggbert


developer=eGames
publisher=eGames
released= flagicon|US September 13, 1993
genre=Platform game
modes=Single player,Multiplayer with up to 4-players
ratings=ESRB: K-A (Kids to Adults)
platforms=Windows-based PC's Toshiba Spectre
media=CD-ROM

Speedy Eggbert is a computer game for Windows-based PCs published and developed by eGames. This game was released on September 13, 1993, to very little response to the media. The game is a side scrolling action/puzzle game featuring "Eggbert", a yellow oval, as the main character. Although "Speedy Eggbert" was not a high-profile game when it was released, it managed to get its very own fanbase. A sequel also exists.

Controls

Walk: use the left & right arrow keys

Look up: use the up button

Look down: use the down button

Jump: Press the Ctrl button (2 squares)

Low jump: Press the Ctrl button & the down button (1 square)

High jump: Press the Ctrl button & the up button (4 squares)

Duck: Use the down button

Shoot glue: Press the shift,enter, or the space bar
*Note: Glue can only be used if using a Helicopter or a Glue Tank.

Collect dynamite or personal bomb: press the down button

Release dynamite or personal bomb: press the enter button

Get in vehicle: walk up to it

Cheats

2x Speed- Press F6, F7 or F8 while playing. Press F5 to go back to normal speed.

Get Helicopter- While playing, type 'givecopter'. You will automatically receive a helicopter.

Get skateboard- While playing, type 'funskate'. You will automatically receive a skateboard.

Get Glue Tank- While playing, type 'drivetank'. You will automatically receive a Glue Tank.

Invincibility- While playing the game, type 'megablupi'

Show Secret Spots- While playing type 'showsecret'.

Gameplay

The whole game is centered on a central hub, where you can access all of the game's seven themed worlds. At first you can only go to the practice level, where you will learn most of the controls listed above. The rest of the controls are not shown to you during the practice game; they are left for the player to discover these moves while passing through the levels.

The game has over 40 levels, ranging from easy to difficult. The point of each level is to collect all the treasure chests and then move to the endpoint. The game includes enemies which you cannot destroy normally, but that you can destroy using vehicles. The game lets you drive a helicopter, a Glue Tank, a Car and a Skateboard. Each of them lets you use a special ability.

Level Editor

On a player's account they can make up to 20 custom missions (160 custom missions for all players) They can use all the objects enemies and vehicles to make their levels.However you cannot make the large keys on single player mode.

equel

Among the changes noticeable in "Speedy Eggbert 2" are the addition of keys and lock barriers, teleporters, special barriers that only open when a specified number of treasure boxes have been collected, new enemies for Eggbert to defeat, and the addition of new themes, such as slime, cavern, cheese, and palace. A new vehicle, the hovercraft, is introduced in Speedy Eggbert 2.

More Info

*Speedy Eggbert is also known as Blupi by his original creator. The name 'Eggbert' was coined by eGames.
*Eggbert is also the star of the games Blupi Mania, Blupi at Home, and Planet Blupi.
*Even though the game was published by eGames the original concept came from the company EPSITEC located at [http://www.ceebot.com/ CeeBot.com] or [http://www.epsitec.ch/index-e.php EPSITEC.ch] .
* A piece of adware called "TSADBOT" is included with the softwareFact|date=July 2008, but it is now innate as the TSADBOT server was closed down on March 21,2007.