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| Herbert | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Ralf Kothe Armin Stürmer |
| Publisher | AMC Verlag |
| Platform | Atari 8-bit |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre | Platform |
| Modes | Single-player, two players independently |
Herbert is a horizontally-scrollingplatform game released for theAtari 8-bit computers in 1988 by AMC Verlag. A sequel,Herbert II, was released in 1989.
The game world is shown from a side view and scrolls horizontally. The objective is to traverse 20 levels with one or two ducks (namely Herbert and his friend Oscar) to liberate his girlfriend. Herbert can walk, run, swim, and flap. He can lay an egg in a nest turning up once in a while and receives an extra life, and three times a level it is possible to trigger invulnerability for some seconds. Enemies are, among others, a witch, a sword fighter, thorns on bushes or carnivorous plants. To complete a level, Herbert has to collect gems and to reach the exit on the right within a time limit. There are storable best times for each level and a high score list.
A level is a half screen high and about six screens wide.
In Germany, Herbert received good reviews, among others 91% in theCompy-Shop-Magazin[1] and a very positive review in theAtari Magazin.[2] It was one year in the Readers Top Ten of theAtari Magazin and achieved place 1 for three times.[3] Outside Germany, the games are hardly known.
The games were released asfreeware[4] in October 2003.