| Boovie | |
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| Developer(s) | Future Games |
| Publisher(s) | Future Games |
| Composer(s) | Ondrej Matejka |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Boovie is a 1998 Czech puzzle video game by Future Games for MS-DOS released in early 1998. It came out on CD-ROM in January 1999. [1] It is based on two games: Boovie (1994) and Boovie 2 (1998) for ZX Spectrum from the same authors.
The player controls Boovie, and must push a bright brick into a teleporter to progress to the next level. The game has 20 to 40 levels, depending on the selected difficulty.
Boovie is a remake of the game of the same name, which the authors programmed in 1994 for the ZX Spectrum. [1] It's a game inspired by Flappy (1983). After the game, the developers had long tried to create a second part in spring 1999. [2] None of the authors however didn't last long and the project died. [3] [4] The game has been translated into English. [5]
The game is Bonusweb's favourite from Future Games, who noted similarities between Boovie and another game from the studio named Bloodie. [6]
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