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It was released for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} by Parker Bros.

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It was released for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}} by Parker Bros.

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%%* AttractMode* AttractMode: The game plays a demo of a paint roller level if you leave it alone.



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* CollisionDamage: You die when the enemies touch you. If you have invincibility it's the other way around.
* EndlessGame: It's basically two repeating levels, ape and paint roller.



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%%* GameOver* GameOver: The game ends when you run out of lives.



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%%* Instant180DegreeTurn* Instant180DegreeTurn: Actually instant 90 degree turn. The ape and paint roller turn instantly when you round a corner.



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* NoPlotNoProblem: No mention is given as to who the ape and headhunters are, who the pigs are and why they're chasing a paint roller, or why a paint roller is rolling around all by itself...
* OneHitPointWonder: You die with one touch from an enemy. Invincibility turns this around.



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%%* SpaceFillingPath: ''VideoGame/QBert'' style.
%%* VideoGameLives: Three.

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* ScoringPoints: Fill in squares to score points.
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The Amidakuji game creates this, you have to fill in the boxes by following a very twisty path, taking every turn.
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VideoGameLives: Three.The player starts with three apes/paint rollers.
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''Amidar'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by {{Creator/Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by {{Creator/Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)
Amidakuji, or [[GhostLegLottery "Ghost Leg"]].



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%%* BonusRound* BonusRound: Whenever you beat a level, you're taken to a bonus level where you pick a path at the top of the board and follow it to the bottom to pick up a bonus.



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%%* PuzzleGame* PuzzleGame: You can move along the lines as you please, but part of the challenge of the game is figuring out how to avoid the other entities, most of whom follow the rules of the ghost leg.
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* GhostLegLottery: This is one of the earliest uses of this trope in video games, working in a similar fashion to ''Qix'', but for the fact that each rectangle is predefined and movement is mostly governed by the rules of this lottery type.
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''Amidar'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, {{Creator/Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)
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* FollowTheLeader: ''Pepper II'' (the latter got some recognition on the UsefulNotes/ColecoVision.)
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''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)

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* PuzzleGame
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* SpaceFillingPath: ''VideoGame/QBert'' style.
* VideoGameLives: Three.

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''{{Qix}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)
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* SpaceFillingPath: ''QBert'' style.

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It was released for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari2600}} by Parker Bros.

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''{{Pac-Man}}'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''{{Pac-Man}}'', ''VideoGame/PacMan'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)
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* FollowTheLeader: ''Pepper II'' (the latter got some recognition on the ColecoVision.)

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[[quoteright:224:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Amidar_3904.gif]] ''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}. It's a cross between ''{{Pac-Man}}'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)

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''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}.{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. It's a cross between ''{{Pac-Man}}'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)


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[[quoteright:224:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Amidar_3904.gif]] ''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}. It's a cross between ''{{Pac-Man}}'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji. (Amidakuji has also shown up in ''Psycho Fox'', ''DecapAttack'' (Other video games featuring Amidakuji boards include ''VideoGame/PsychoFox'', ''VideoGame/DecapAttack'' and ''SuperMonkeyBall ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)
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* InvincibilyPowerUp: Filling in the corner rectangles.

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* InvincibilyPowerUp: InvincibilityPowerUp: Filling in the corner rectangles.
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Pepper II was not a sequel to a game called Pepper. The \"II\" is meant to indicate the title character\'s dual personality.


* FollowTheLeader: ''Pepper'' and ''Pepper II'' (the latter got some recognition on the ColecoVision.)

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* FollowTheLeader: ''Pepper'' and ''Pepper II'' (the latter got some recognition on the ColecoVision.)

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You play either an ape or a paint roller, depending on the level. You run around an Amidakuji board, a grid with regular vertical lines and irregular horizontal lines. You fill in areas of the screen, as in ''Qix'', but the areas are predefined rectangles. Headhunters or pigs wander around, taking every turn as per Amidakuji rules, except for one called the Tracer which patrols the perimeter for a while and then chases you around. Fill in the corner rectangles, and the [[SuperStar enemies become killable for a few moments]], as in ''Pac-Man''. In between levels is a BonusRound where you make your way from the top of the screen to a bonus at the bottom, following Amidakuji rules.

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You play either an ape or a paint roller, depending on the level. You run around an Amidakuji board, a grid with regular vertical lines and irregular horizontal lines. You fill in areas of the screen, as in ''Qix'', but the areas are predefined rectangles. Headhunters or pigs wander around, taking every turn as per Amidakuji rules, except for one called the Tracer which patrols the perimeter for a while and then chases you around. Fill in the corner rectangles, and the [[SuperStar [[InvincibilityPowerUp enemies become killable for a few moments]], as in ''Pac-Man''. In between levels is a BonusRound where you make your way from the top of the screen to a bonus at the bottom, following Amidakuji rules.



* InvincibilyPowerUp: Filling in the corner rectangles.



* SuperStar: Filling in the corner rectangles.
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[[quoteright:224:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Amidar_3904.gif]] ''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}. It's a cross between ''{{Pac-Man}}'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji.

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[[quoteright:224:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Amidar_3904.gif]] ''Amidar'' is a 1981 ArcadeGame by {{Konami}}. It's a cross between ''{{Pac-Man}}'', ''{{Qix}}'', and a Japanese lot-drawing game called Amidakuji.
Amidakuji. (Amidakuji has also shown up in ''Psycho Fox'', ''DecapAttack'' and ''SuperMonkeyBall 2''.)
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* FollowTheLeader: ''Pepper'' and ''Pepper II'' (the latter got some recognition on the ColecoVision.)
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