Leprechaun is an Arcade Game by Tong Electronic. It was developed as an easy game for small children, complete with a smaller arcade cabinet so they can play it without someone having to hold them up to reach the screen.
The plot of the game has you playing as a sleuth out to get a Leprechaun's pot of gold. However, said leprechaun isn't about to let his gold get pilfered, and will try to stop you. If he catches you, then it's Game Over. You can increase the worth of the pot of gold once you've reached it by touching trees, which somehow causes their colour to change. Of course, the leprechaun can also touch the trees, which changes their colour back.
The game was released in 1982.
Leprechaun contains examples of:
- Leprechaun: The leprechaun in the game is out to protect his pot of gold.
- One-Hit-Point Wonder: If the leprechaun catches you once, you lose a life.
- One-Word Title: Leprechaun, naturally.
- Pooled Funds: When you reach the pot of gold, you dive into it.
- Wrap Around: Move off one point of the screen, reappear on the opposite side.
