ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

Boing! The Game

General info

Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

No WHDLoad installer.

Stats

2,130

Genre

Conversions

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1990
Boing! The Game
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
2
Extremely rare

Notes

[1] Game concept by Kevin Kelm; game story ("Boing! The Story") by Mike Morrison; game level design by Cole Calistra, Paul Costa, Rob Hurst, Rhett Rodewald and Mike Morrison. Coding by Kevin Kelm. Graphics by Mike Bailey. Music by Mike Bailey; sound FX by sound FX by Kevin Kelm.

[2] Distributed in the USA by Oxxi.

[3] Game features an integrated level editor (see last screenshot) allowing players to create their own levels.

[4] BOING! THE GAMEV0.30 (demo) plus game instructions are available for download on Fish Disk 0335 from AminetHERE. (dir: misc/fish/fish-0335.lha).

Last known release: V1.00 (1990)


TRIVIA: The game was written in dedication to the classic Boing Ball demo, which was coded by Amiga pioneers RJ Mical, Sam Dicker and Dale Luck during a break at the 1984 CES trade show. Dale Luck gave his blessing to main coder Kevin Kelm to use the game title, "BOING! THE GAME". [Source: Kevin Kelm]

Conversion Notes

Screen info

ECS / OCS
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Screenshot ECS no. 10

Box: ECS / OCS
Disk: ECS / OCS
Misc: ECS / OCS

Manual info

ECS / OCS

No manuals found.

ECS / OCS

On the title screen press F10 or the left mouse button to continue from the last level reached during play.

During play press 'P' to pause the game and type the following to add 10 lives (do not include the double quotes):

"BOSCO BRAINLY IS OUR MAN" press RETURN
"HES THE HACKER WITH A PLAN" press RETURN
"WRITING CODE HIS SPECIAL WAY" press RETURN
"HES THE ONE WHO SAVED THE DAY"

Now press fire to unpause the game and you should now have 10 additional lives. Every time you type it it will add 10 lives.

During play press 'P' to pause the game and type the following to complete the level (do not include the double quotes):

"OUR USERBASE IS SWIFTLY GROWING" press RETURN
"SOON THEYLL LEARN TO CHEAT ON BOING" press RETURN
"THEYLL READ IT IN A MAGAZINE" press RETURN
"AND LEARN TO SKIP A LOT OF SCREENS"

Now press fire to unpause the game and you will be presented with screen with the words "Made It!". Press fire to continue.

Conversion info

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

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Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Joystick
6 (Jun 1990)
87%
JM Destroy
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

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ECS / OCS

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