Bristles

published by First Star Software / Atari2600.com in 2004-08-21, developed by First Star Software / Mean Hamster Software, running on Atari 5200
type: puzzle, maze, platformer
genre: Platformer
perspective: side view fixed camera
player options: shared-screen
languages: eng

Official description

[sic]
Fernando Herrera has done it again! From the creator of Astro Chase and My First
Alphabet comes Bristles . With outrageous graphics and dazzling game play, testing
quick reactions, concentration, logic and strategy, it is mind and joystick boggling!!
Featuring Sex-Select you can choose either boy or girl painters. Up to four players
can play at one time.
Bristles features 8 different game screens and 6 skill levels for each building. Scramble
to paint the entire building while avoiding the smart Bucket Chucker ,dumb Buckets
and flying Half-Pints . Take the elevators , climb the stairs and watch out for the super's
daughter; she puts her hand prints all over the place! Then there's prizes, candy canes
"invisible paint"....
With fully animated characters, music, sound effects, multiple screens, and hi-res graph-
ics, you can't help but want to add Bristles to your collection of Herreraware!

Zerothis - # 2007-09-22 21:00:29 - official description - Back of the box - 1 reply

Description

ATA52GAM0231. Rarity 3 scarce. North America NTSC. 1 player, 2 players, 3 players, or 4 players simultaneous. MSRP: $60.00
First sold to the public at CGE2K4 in San Jose, California, USA. Subsequently available from atari2600.com. Developed by First Star Software in 1983 and ported by First Star and Mean Hamster software. Only 100 copies were made. Each one has an individual serial number printed on the box, instructions and hidden in the game itself. Box and instructions are in color. 6 skill levels. Play Pete the Painter as he tries to paint 8 entire building. Obstacles and enemies include the Bucket Chucker, flying Half-Pints, and Super's daughter who leaves fresh paint hand prints. Stairs or elevators are used to go from floor to floor.

Trivia:
This was the first game ever officially published for a 'dead' game system by an original developer and publisher for that system.

Each game has a serial number programmed into it that matches the serial number on the box flap and instructions. To find it, plug in more than one controller and slowly press an release the following numbers on the first controller: 7 3 7 4 2 5.


(Zerothis) - # 2007-09-22 22:20:16

Technical specs

display: raster

Authors / Staff

coding

Fernando Herrera (programmer)
Robert Diaz (programmer)
Steve Tucker (programmer)

audio

Jerry White (music)

Contributors (3)

AndreaD
teran01
zerothis

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