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Predictable NPCs

Video game concept

Non-player characters behaviour is perfectly predictable, due to a predefined pattern or to known rules.

47
games
28
platforms
BurgerTime (Nintendo Entertainment System)
BurgerTime
NES 1985-11-27
Lode Runner (VIC-20)
Lode Runner
VIC 1983
Red Sea Crossing (Atari 2600 VCS)
Red Sea Crossing
VCS 1983
Lode Runner (MS-DOS)
Lode Runner
DOS 1983-10-13
Amidar (Arcade)
Amidar
ARCD 1981
Lode Runner (NEC PC6001)
Lode Runner
6001 1984
Lode Runner (BBC Micro)
Lode Runner
BBC 1985
BurgerTime (Famicom Disk System)
BurgerTime
FDSY 1988-09-23
Pac-Man (Arcade)
Pac-Man
ARCD 1980-05-22
BurgerTime (Arcade)
BurgerTime
ARCD 1982
Lode Runner (Commodore 64)
Lode Runner
C64 1983
Lode Runner (ZX Spectrum)
Lode Runner
SPC 1984

Popular tags

burgertime loderunner pacmanlike paniclike platformer

Parent group

NPC behaviour

Games by year

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The first Predictable NPCs video game was released on May 22, 1980.

Brøderbund, Mattel and SystemSoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Tandy Coco 6
Apple II E 5
Arcade 3
Linux 2
MSX 2
C64 2
Amstrad CPC 2
Atari 2600 2
NEC PC8001 2
MS-DOS 2
Sharp X1 2
Mac OS Classic 1
ColecoVision 1
VIC-20 1
Intellivision 1
MICRO 7 - FM7 1
NES 1
ZX Spectrum 1
Famicom Disk System 1
NEC PC6001 1
NEC PC9801 1
Atari ST 1
BBC 1
NEC PC8801 1
SG-1000 1
Sharp MZ 1
TI99 1
Aquarius 1

Most common companies

Brøderbund8
Mattel5
SystemSoft4
Dempa3
Computerware2
Software Projects2
Soft Pro2