Paws

created and published by Artic Computing in 1985, running on Amstrad CPC

type: maze, action/reflex
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng

2.6/5

Official description

You are Selwyn, the owner of a brand new detached dustbin and the proud father of a family of ten kittens. A dog, known as Bulldog Billy has moved into the vicinity. He has taken a great dislike to you and your family, and so every evening, he and his gang, The Bullydogs, gather at the Den plotting to attack and kill you.
You can defend your home from Bulldog Billy and his gang by the combined efforts of you and all your kittens to create 'catoplexic' energy. This frightens the dogs so much that they require all of the next day to recover!
However, a catastrophe has occurred. Your playful kittens have wandered off. It is early evening and a race against time as you need all your family to be able to ward off the dogs. Can you find and bring your kittens home before the dogs form their pack? Or can you stop enough dogs so they can't reach their full strength? The choice is yours.
You must search through a maze of woodland, town walls, town and scrap yard in an attempt to locate your kittens and return them safely home. While doing this, you can stun dogs with your purple catoplexic energy (you leave traces behind you and any dog touching it will be stunned for 5-10 seconds), or you can kill them with your fluff balls (which are limited). Dogs can also be killed by paw-to-paw combat - but this is very dangerous and uses up a lot of strength. On your travels, you will require food and drink, andother objects to allow the creation of more fluff balls (increase in stamina) to help you. You can call on a map which shows you the location of the dogs, kittens, the Den and your home.