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Product: WHOOPSY!
Supplier: SHARDS
Available on Tape, 3.5"/5.25" Disk (CDFS, DFS)
Reviewed by (the) Dave in EUG 55
ALMOST two decades before the likes of dot-comedy's internet gaming in-
vited us to push pies into Posh Spice and see how many homosexuals we
could pick up on Clapham Common, SHARDS came along with its politically
incorrect baby arcade game WHOOPSY! As our shock thresholds have stiff-
ened in the meantime, it's nigh on impossible to believe that this title
was originally considered 'too rude' to be on sale in the high street
stores, delicate as its subject matter may be.
For those who didn't read about how 'controversial' it was at the
time [in the pages of ELECTRON USER - Ed] of its 1985 release, think
euphemistically about the title for a while. Still don't understand?
Well, it's one of the polite ways of saying Poo (as in Mr Hanky The and
not Winnie The!) and this is a game where shit really does happen in the
literal sense: you, as the baby, deposit your graphically-represented
dumps about an arena to distract your mummy from "homing-in" on you.
Although ELECTRON USER milked the WHOOPSY! controversy, it never re-
viewed it in full and, as it was only available via mail order, the sus-
picion is that most Elk owners knew only what is stated above. This
ignorance was certainly shared by this reviewer, who prejudged it almost
infinitely more than most games. The idea, while original, seemed puer-
ile and unamusing - the opposite of what its author intended, in fact -
and the uninspiring cover of a hand-drawn title and big-headed baby
coupled with instructions blantantly added with a Stone Age typewriter,
all photocopied and cut out with scissors, did little to fuel any
remaining enthusiasm.
Pleasantly surprising it is, then, when after a minutes' loading, you
are presented with an opening screen displaying huge baby, mummy and
whoopsy sprites (the latter cunningly labelled as "Shhh"); all Mode 2
multi-coloured numbers - that are very nicely animated when the actual
game begins. The game is almost pure machine code, and runs at a brisk
pace (even on a standard Electron!) reacting quickly to your keypresses
and allowing you total control over your crawling baby.
As all the greats agree, the best game ideas are simple. This is the
case here. You select which level to begin on, and appear bottom right
of a blank screen with three whoopsies (displayed top right) stored up
in your bowels, ready to soil your mum's carpet. She, doubled up in a
perfect 'scrubbing the scullery steps' pose waits patiently top left.
Randomly dotted about the screen are a number of toys. The object is to
play with each toy - you do this by touching them; they then vanish! -
without Mummy Dear touching you. On pressing <SPACE> to begin the game,
the first whoopsy falls and your mum comes charging towards it.
While any whoopsy is on screen, mummy is not deadly to touch and you
can run through, around and (most likely) away from her. Unfortunately,
you also cannot pick up any toys until the whoopsy has been cleaned up.
The idea therefore is to go, to go to the toy farthest away, to get it
and as many of them as you can in the time between the clean up job and
mummy's refreshed charge toward you and then drop another thought for
the day and repeat the exercise until you've collected all the toys.
With the brisk flow of action, you need at least average reflexes to be
able to attempt this and even then it's not easy. Especially not when
the patrolling potties enter the arena; contact with these results in a
'contained' crap which is bad news indeed if it's your last and there's
still a screenful of toys to snatch!
On-screen presentation of this game is good and the code seems to be
spotless, although the inlay refers to a bug in the code which may crash
some Electrons IF you lose your three lives on level one AND have the
music turned on. Oddly you choose either sound effects (default) or the
hushed tones of "Rock-a-bye-baby" music but cannot play the game devoid
of sound. The music grates after a while.
Effects are adequate with jingles and suitable dull notes to mark the
pressing of the whoopsy key. (That DIXONS found them to be repugnant
toilet noises beggars belief!) The animation is also of a high standard;
mummy lumbers about and scrubs up while baby waddles around on all fours
and the potties seamlessly glide back and forth in not-altogether-fixed
patterns. All cleverly flip vertically too.
All characters and objects (such as the toys) are viewed in profile
which works well even though the only way gravity and layout would be
realistic would be if the action was viewed from a Birds' Eye position.
Scores and bonuses are regularly awarded and it's not hard (at first!)
to get yourself honoured in "The Naughty Nine" high score table, even
though you will first be sharing it bizarrely with the cast of Last Of
The Summer Wine.
All in all, WHOOPSY! is not a shocking game and it is neither offen-
sive nor really comical. What it is is simply one of those addictive
arcade numbers you keep coming back to time and again because it just
"has something other games don't". Take away yesteryear's pathetic
paper presentation and you're left with an underexposed gem that's suit-
able for all ages.
Dave Edwards, EUG #55
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Although EL| 000004b0 45 43 54 52 4f 4e 20 55 53 45 52 20 6d 69 6c 6b |ECTRON USER milk| 000004c0 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 57 48 4f 4f 50 53 59 21 20 |ed the WHOOPSY! | 000004d0 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 76 65 72 73 79 2c 20 69 74 20 |controversy, it | 000004e0 6e 65 76 65 72 20 72 65 2d 0d 76 69 65 77 65 64 |never re-.viewed| 000004f0 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 61 6e 64 2c | it in full and,| 00000500 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 | as it was only | 00000510 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 76 69 61 20 6d 61 |available via ma| 00000520 69 6c 20 6f 72 64 65 72 2c 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 |il order, the su| 00000530 73 2d 0d 70 69 63 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 |s-.picion is tha| 00000540 74 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 45 6c 6b 20 6f 77 6e 65 72 |t most Elk owner| 00000550 73 20 6b 6e 65 77 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 77 68 61 74 |s knew only what| 00000560 20 69 73 20 73 74 61 74 65 64 20 61 62 6f 76 65 | is stated above| 00000570 2e 20 54 68 69 73 0d 69 67 6e 6f 72 61 6e 63 65 |. 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Pleasan| 00000740 74 6c 79 20 73 75 72 70 72 69 73 69 6e 67 20 69 |tly surprising i| 00000750 74 20 69 73 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 2c 20 77 68 65 6e |t is, then, when| 00000760 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 | after a minutes| 00000770 27 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 2c 20 79 6f 75 0d 61 |' loading, you.a| 00000780 72 65 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 |re presented wit| 00000790 68 20 61 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 73 63 72 |h an opening scr| 000007a0 65 65 6e 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 68 |een displaying h| 000007b0 75 67 65 20 62 61 62 79 2c 20 6d 75 6d 6d 79 20 |uge baby, mummy | 000007c0 61 6e 64 20 0d 77 68 6f 6f 70 73 79 20 73 70 72 |and .whoopsy spr| 000007d0 69 74 65 73 20 28 74 68 65 20 6c 61 74 74 65 72 |ites (the latter| 000007e0 20 63 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 6c 79 20 6c 61 62 65 6c | cunningly label| 000007f0 6c 65 64 20 61 73 20 22 53 68 68 68 22 29 3b 20 |led as "Shhh"); | 00000800 61 6c 6c 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 32 20 0d 6d 75 6c 74 |all Mode 2 .mult| 00000810 69 2d 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 65 64 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 |i-coloured numbe| 00000820 72 73 20 2d 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 72 65 20 76 65 |rs - that are ve| 00000830 72 79 20 6e 69 63 65 6c 79 20 61 6e 69 6d 61 74 |ry nicely animat| 00000840 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 61 63 74 75 |ed when the actu| 00000850 61 6c 20 0d 67 61 6d 65 20 62 65 67 69 6e 73 2e |al .game begins.| 00000860 20 54 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 61 6c 6d | The game is alm| 00000870 6f 73 74 20 70 75 72 65 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 |ost pure machine| 00000880 20 63 6f 64 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 72 75 6e 73 20 | code, and runs | 00000890 61 74 20 61 20 62 72 69 73 6b 0d 70 61 63 65 20 |at a brisk.pace | 000008a0 28 65 76 65 6e 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 73 74 61 6e 64 |(even on a stand| 000008b0 61 72 64 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 21 29 20 72 |ard Electron!) r| 000008c0 65 61 63 74 69 6e 67 20 71 75 69 63 6b 6c 79 20 |eacting quickly | 000008d0 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6b 65 79 70 72 65 73 73 |to your keypress| 000008e0 65 73 0d 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 |es.and allowing | 000008f0 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 74 61 6c 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f |you total contro| 00000900 6c 20 6f 76 65 72 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 72 61 77 |l over your craw| 00000910 6c 69 6e 67 20 62 61 62 79 2e 0d 20 20 20 41 73 |ling baby.. As| 00000920 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 61 74 73 20 | all the greats | 00000930 61 67 72 65 65 2c 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 |agree, the best | 00000940 67 61 6d 65 20 69 64 65 61 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 |game ideas are s| 00000950 69 6d 70 6c 65 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 |imple. This is t| 00000960 68 65 0d 63 61 73 65 20 68 65 72 65 2e 20 59 6f |he.case here. Yo| 00000970 75 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6c |u select which l| 00000980 65 76 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 62 65 67 69 6e 20 6f 6e |evel to begin on| 00000990 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 62 6f 74 |, and appear bot| 000009a0 74 6f 6d 20 72 69 67 68 74 0d 6f 66 20 61 20 62 |tom right.of a b| 000009b0 6c 61 6e 6b 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 77 69 74 68 |lank screen with| 000009c0 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 77 68 6f 6f 70 73 69 65 73 | three whoopsies| 000009d0 20 28 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 74 6f 70 20 | (displayed top | 000009e0 72 69 67 68 74 29 20 73 74 6f 72 65 64 20 75 70 |right) stored up| 000009f0 0d 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 62 6f 77 65 6c 73 2c |.in your bowels,| 00000a00 20 72 65 61 64 79 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 69 6c 20 79 | ready to soil y| 00000a10 6f 75 72 20 6d 75 6d 27 73 20 63 61 72 70 65 74 |our mum's carpet| 00000a20 2e 20 53 68 65 2c 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 64 20 75 |. She, doubled u| 00000a30 70 20 69 6e 20 61 20 0d 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 20 |p in a .perfect | 00000a40 27 73 63 72 75 62 62 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 |'scrubbing the s| 00000a50 63 75 6c 6c 65 72 79 20 73 74 65 70 73 27 20 70 |cullery steps' p| 00000a60 6f 73 65 20 77 61 69 74 73 20 70 61 74 69 65 6e |ose waits patien| 00000a70 74 6c 79 20 74 6f 70 20 6c 65 66 74 2e 20 0d 52 |tly top left. .R| 00000a80 61 6e 64 6f 6d 6c 79 20 64 6f 74 74 65 64 20 61 |andomly dotted a| 00000a90 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 |bout the screen | 00000aa0 61 72 65 20 61 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 |are a number of | 00000ab0 74 6f 79 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 |toys. The object| 00000ac0 20 69 73 20 74 6f 0d 70 6c 61 79 20 77 69 74 68 | is to.play with| 00000ad0 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 6f 79 20 2d 20 79 6f 75 20 | each toy - you | 00000ae0 64 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 62 79 20 74 6f 75 63 68 |do this by touch| 00000af0 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6d 3b 20 74 68 65 79 20 74 |ing them; they t| 00000b00 68 65 6e 20 76 61 6e 69 73 68 21 20 2d 0d 77 69 |hen vanish! -.wi| 00000b10 74 68 6f 75 74 20 4d 75 6d 6d 79 20 44 65 61 72 |thout Mummy Dear| 00000b20 20 74 6f 75 63 68 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 4f | touching you. 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