Rocky's Boots

Infobox VG| title = Rocky's Boots


developer = Warren Robinett and Leslie Grimm
publisher = The Learning Company
released = 1982
genre = Educational game
modes = Single player
platforms = Apple 2, CoCo, Commodore 64, IBM PC

"Rocky's Boots" is a logic puzzle adventure game by Warren Robinett and Leslie Grimm, published by The Learning Company in 1982. It was released for the Apple II, the CoCo, the Commodore 64 and the IBM PC. It was followed by a more difficult sequel, "Robot Odyssey".

Gameplay

The object of "Rocky's Boots" is to use a mechanical boot to kick a series of objects (purple or green squares, diamonds, circles, or crosses) off a conveyor belt; each object will score some number of points, possibly negative. To ensure that the boot only kicks the positive objects, the player must connect a series of logic gates to the boot.

The player is represented by a brown square, and picks up devices (the boot, logic gates, clackers, etc.) by moving their square over them and hitting the joystick button. When the boot has kicked all of the positive objects and none of the negative objects (obtaining a score of 24 points), Rocky (a raccoon) will appear and do a beeping dance.

imilar games

The engine for the game was used in several other games by The Learning Company, including the sequel "Robot Odyssey", and a still later game called "Gertrude's Secrets". The distinctive style of the game was modeled after Robinett's earlier Atari 2600 game "Adventure", to which "Rocky's Boots" was originally going to be a sequel. [http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/ROBINETT.HTM]

References

External links

* [http://www.warrenrobinett.com/rockysboots/ Rocky's Boots page by co-author]