The Movie Monster Game

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The Movie Monster Game
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Developer(s) Epyx
Publisher(s) Epyx
Platform(s) Apple II, Commodore 64, Evercade
Release
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

The Movie Monster Game is a computer game released by Epyx for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1986. The game offers a variety of scenarios, playable monsters, and cities to demolish (complete with famous landmarks, such as Tokyo Tower, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Golden Gate Bridge, Saint Basil's Cathedral and Big Ben). The monsters were all original characters based on movie monsters such as The Blob, Mothra, Tarantula, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and the Transformers. The one exception was Godzilla, which Epyx was able to officially license. [1]

Contents

The game was re-released on Evercade part of THEC64 Collection 1 [2]

Gameplay

The game involves the player choosing one of six movie monsters to play as, a scenario for them to play through, and finally a city for the scenario to take place. The gameplay is depicted on a movie screen in front of a movie theater crowd simulating an actual monster movie. Each scenario even starts off with an advertisement, (for popcorn and "Gummi Glogs"; in the Apple II version "Godzilla Mouthwash" is also featured), and other attractions, (such as promotions for Epyx's own Summer Games ) before the "Feature Presentation" of the game begins. [3]

Monsters

Scenarios

Cities

Reception

In Dragon #114's "The Role of Computers" column, reviewers Hartley and Pattie Lesser stated that "this is a game that is a great deal of fun to play!" [4]

Computer Gaming World said that The Movie Monster Game "gets a little tedious after a while". [5]

Reviews

See also

References

  1. "Commodore Magazine Interviews Epyx (1989)" . Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  2. https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/thec64-collection-1/
  3. Commodore 64 version manual. Epyx. 1984 via archive.org.
  4. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Pattie (October 1986). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (114): 72–76.
  5. Ardai, Charles (April 1987). "Titans of the Computer Gaming World / Part 1 of V: Ardai on Epyx". Computer Gaming World. p. 12.
  6. "Zzap! 64 Issue 020 (HQ)".
  7. "Kultpower.de - die Powerplay und ASM Fan Site".
  8. "Commodore User Magazine Issue 39". December 1986.
  9. "Computer Gamer - Issue 22 (1987-01) (Argus Press) (GB)". January 1987.