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MazeGame: The game draws and then continuously re-draws a simple maze of walls.
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NoPlotNoProblem: No mention of why a dot is chasing a plus sign around or where the maze came from.
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PlayerVersusPlayer: One player plays a pursuing dot, and the other player plays the pursued plus sign.
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ScoringPoints: The Pursuer scores points by touching the Pursued, and the Pursued scores points as time goes by.
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''Gotcha'' was an early ArcadeGame from Creator/{{Atari}} made in 1973, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell. It was Atari's fourth game after ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'', ''VideoGame/SpaceRace'' and ''Pong Doubles''. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The Pursuer (represented by a square) [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the Pursued (represented by a plus sign), and the Pursued scores points as time goes by without being touched by the Pursuer.
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''Gotcha'' was an early ArcadeGame UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame from Creator/{{Atari}} made in 1973, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell. It was Atari's fourth game after ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'', ''VideoGame/SpaceRace'' and ''Pong Doubles''. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The Pursuer (represented by a square) [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the Pursued (represented by a plus sign), and the Pursued scores points as time goes by without being touched by the Pursuer.
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Although it was not one of Atari's most popular games, it did gain some infamy from its novel input device. In response to people commenting on how joysticks look like [[FreudWasRight phalluses]], Atari decided to make a "female" control scheme for ''Gotcha'': two pink rubber mounds that resembled breasts that you pushed in different directions to move your character. Naturally, the MoralGuardians were not amused by this aesthetic choice. Furthermore, the promotional flyer for the game featured a man catching a woman in a skimpy outfit by the waist from behind, which [[UnfortunateImplications didn't really help the situation]]. With bad publicity looming over them, Atari decided to change the controls back to standard joysticks.
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''Gotcha'' was an early ArcadeGame from {{Atari}} made in 1973, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell. It was Atari's fourth game after ''{{Pong}}'', ''VideoGame/SpaceRace'' and ''Pong Doubles''. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The Pursuer (represented by square) [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the Pursued (represented by a plus sign), and the Pursued scores points as time goes by without being touched by the Pursuer.
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''Gotcha'' was an early ArcadeGame from {{Atari}} Creator/{{Atari}} made in 1973, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell. It was Atari's fourth game after ''{{Pong}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'', ''VideoGame/SpaceRace'' and ''Pong Doubles''. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The Pursuer (represented by a square) [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the Pursued (represented by a plus sign), and the Pursued scores points as time goes by without being touched by the Pursuer.
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''Gotcha'' was an early ArcadeGame from {{Atari}} made in 1973, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell. It was Atari's fourth game after ''{{Pong}}'', ''Space Race'' and ''Pong Doubles''. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The Pursuer (represented by square) [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the Pursued (represented by a plus sign), and the Pursued scores points as time goes by without being touched by the Pursuer.
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''Gotcha'' was an early ArcadeGame from {{Atari}} made in 1973, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell. It was Atari's fourth game after ''{{Pong}}'', ''Space Race'' ''VideoGame/SpaceRace'' and ''Pong Doubles''. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The Pursuer (represented by square) [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the Pursued (represented by a plus sign), and the Pursued scores points as time goes by without being touched by the Pursuer.
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''Gotcha'' is an early ArcadeGame from {{Atari}}, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The cat [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the mouse, and the mouse scores points as time goes by without being touched.
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''Gotcha'' is was an early ArcadeGame from {{Atari}}, {{Atari}} made in 1973, created by Al Acorn and Nolan Bushnell.Bushnell. It was Atari's fourth game after ''{{Pong}}'', ''Space Race'' and ''Pong Doubles''. It's a PlayerVersusPlayer game of cat and mouse, played in an ever-changing [[MazeGame maze]]. The cat Pursuer (represented by square) [[ScoringPoints scores points]] by touching the mouse, Pursued (represented by a plus sign), and the mouse Pursued scores points as time goes by without being touched.
touched by the Pursuer.
Although it was not one of Atari's most popular games, it did gain some infamy from its novel input device. In response to people commenting on how joysticks look like [[FreudWasRight phalluses]], Atari decided to make a "female" control scheme for ''Gotcha'': two pink rubber mounds that resembled breasts that you pushed in different directions to move your character. Naturally, the MoralGuardians were not amused by this aesthetic choice. Furthermore, the promotional flyer for the game featured a man catching a woman in a skimpy outfit by the waist from behind, which [[UnfortunateImplications didn't really help the situation]]. With bad publicity looming over them, Atari decided to change the controls back to standard joysticks.
Although it was not one of Atari's most popular games, it did gain some infamy from its novel input device. In response to people commenting on how joysticks look like [[FreudWasRight phalluses]], Atari decided to make a "female" control scheme for ''Gotcha'': two pink rubber mounds that resembled breasts that you pushed in different directions to move your character. Naturally, the MoralGuardians were not amused by this aesthetic choice. Furthermore, the promotional flyer for the game featured a man catching a woman in a skimpy outfit by the waist from behind, which [[UnfortunateImplications didn't really help the situation]]. With bad publicity looming over them, Atari decided to change the controls back to standard joysticks.
