Ah Diddums

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Developer Imagine Software
Publisher Imagine Software
Designer David H. Lawson [1]
Platforms ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
Release1983: ZX Spectrum
1984: C64 [2]
Genre Action
Mode Single-player

Ah Diddums is a computer game released by Imagine Software for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine [3] and the Commodore 64 in 1984. [2]

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Gameplay

The player controls a teddy bear who is trying to escape a toy box in order to comfort his crying baby owner. Teddy's job is to arrange building blocks in a certain order on the shelf at the top of the screen, [4] allowing him to escape the toy box. On escaping one box, Teddy finds himself in another toy box, whose escape is more difficult; there are 99 toy boxes in total from which to escape. [5]

Reception

Ah Diddums won "Best Original Game" at the Computer and Video Games 1983 Golden Joystick Awards. [6]

References

  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. 1 2 Ah Diddums at Lemon 64
  3. Ah Diddums at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
  4. CRASH - The Online Edition - Issue 3 Contents
  5. Shaw, Peter (Aug–Sep 1983). "Ah Diddums". ZX Computing. p. 72. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  6. "The Golden Joystick Awards". Computer and Video Games. No. 29. EMAP. March 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 11 June 2025.