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Catch 'em Up

Activities theme

Some or all gameplay is colliding with moving objects (catching them) while other gameplay (if it exist) does not requiring significant player attention.

66
games
19
platforms
Avalanche (Atari 400/800)
Avalanche
A800 1984? *
Batty Builders (Atari 400/800)
Batty Builders
A800 1983
Flying Witches (ZX Spectrum)
Flying Witches
SPC 1984
Milly The Mink (BBC Micro)
Milly The Mink
BBC 1984
Starship Chameleon (Tandy Color Computer)
Starship Chameleon
COCO 1982
Bertie The Beetle (BBC Micro)
Bertie The Beetle
BBC 1984
Flying Witches (Commodore 64)
Flying Witches
C64 1984
Bubble Jack (Commodore 64)
Bubble Jack
C64 1987
Popcorn! (Atari 400/800)
Popcorn!
A800 19xx
Dodge Dad (BBC Micro)
Dodge Dad
BBC 1983
Firemen Rescue (Amstrad CPC)
Firemen Rescue
CPC 1985
MacPork Barrel (Macintosh OS Classic)
MacPork Barrel
MAC 1988
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Games by year

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The first Catch 'em Up video game was released in 1978.

Usborne Publishing, Ediciones Generales Anaya and Softside published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 24
Tandy Coco 7
Mac OS Classic 6
TRS-80 5
BBC 5
Apple II E 3
Atari 400/800 3
C64 2
Amstrad CPC 1
Dragon32 1
KC 85 1
Ouya 1
C128 1
Atom 1
Electron 1
ZX Spectrum 1
Arcade 1
VIC-20 1
MSX 1