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Claiming

Activities theme

To progress, player must collect/claim all or most of some thing - usually objects of certain type, but can be anything - to proceed in each level.

1342
games
112
platforms

Alternate name: Collecting

Vicmen (VIC-20)
Vicmen
VIC 1982
Finders Keepers (Amstrad CPC)
Finders Keepers
CPC 1985
Mouse Trap (Atari 400/800)
Mouse Trap
A800 1987
Stone-Age (Amiga OCS)
Stone-Age
OCS 1986
Skull Diggery (Atari ST)
Skull Diggery
ST 1987
Flipper (Dragon32)
Flipper
D32 1983
Take the Money (Amiga OCS)
Take the Money
OCS 1990
Sprites Man (MSX)
Sprites Man
MSX 1984
Rubbish Monster (Commodore 64)
Rubbish Monster
C64 1983
Heartlight PC (MS-DOS)
Heartlight PC
DOS 1992
Lock 'n' Chase (Intellivision)
Lock 'n' Chase
INTV 1982
Quest: Fantasy Challenge (Game Boy Color)
Quest: Fantasy Challenge
GBC 1998
See also: collectibles

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Parent group

Goals / objectives

Child group

Catch 'em Up

Games by year

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The first Claiming video game was released in 1978.

Mastertronic, Software Projects and Atari published most of these games.

Platforms

C64 135
Linux 119
MS-DOS 115
ZX Spectrum 100
Amstrad CPC 75
Amiga 61
Atari 400/800 48
Apple II E 39
VIC-20 36
MSX 36
Windows 35
Arcade 31
Atari ST 26
Memotech MTX 25
NES 23
C16/Plus4 22
Tandy Coco 22
BBC 19
Mac OS Classic 19
Atari 2600 18
Dragon32 17
Commodore PET 13
Electron 10
ZX 81 10
Mac OS X 9
Tatung Einstein 9
Win3.1 9
Famicom Disk System 9
Atari 5200 8
GB 8

Most common companies

Mastertronic30
Software Projects23
Atari23
CP Verlag19
Tynesoft16
Brøderbund13
Firebird12
Elite11
First Star Software11
Titus11
Sierra On-Line11
Codemasters10
Datasoft10
Namco10
Hi-Tec Software9