B.C. II: Grog's Revenge

B.C. II: Grog's Revenge is a 1984 video game by Sydney Development for the Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Coleco ADAM, and MSX.[1][2] It is the sequel to B.C.'s Quest For Tires and is based on B.C., the newspaper comic strip by Johnny Hart. The game was originally supposed to also come out for Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Amstrad CPC, as advertised on game magazines back in the day, but were never released.[3]

B.C. II: Grog's Revenge
Developer(s)Sydney Development
Publisher(s)Comptiq, Eaglesoft, Erbe Software, Sierra On-Line, Spectravideo, US Gold
Designer(s)Rick Banks, Michael Bates
Platform(s)Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Coleco ADAM, MSX
Release1984
Genre(s)Action game
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The player controls Thor, a caveman, who rides a stone unicycle. Thor is searching for the "Meaning of Life" within several mountains.

The player must navigate through the mountains, collecting clams. Like the comic strip, they are used as money, in this case to pay the toll to another caveman, Peter, to access the next mountain.

There are two modes of play. The first is along the mountainside, where the user can move all four directions, but must avoid falling off the cliff, slamming into the wall, hitting a rock or a hole, or encountering the creature Grog, who will yell "GROG" and knock the player off the mountain. There is also a green dinosaur that will eat the player's "tire" on contact. The player may enter caves to enter the second mode. The caves are dark except for a beam of light emanating from the player, and clams must be collected without running into stalagmites. At the end of a mountain, there is a bridge to a new mountain. If the player has enough clams, the game continues; otherwise, it is necessary to return to find more clams.[4]

Version differences

The Commodore 64 and Coleco ADAM versions has 15 stages (5 per set). The MSX and ColecoVision versions only has 5 stages.

Due to a programming error, none of the MSX releases can be completed. The same goes for the ColecoVision version, although the bug was fixed for the Coleco Canada release.[5] This bug was fixed by Félix Espina, a programmer from Spain in 2019.[6] It can be downloaded as CAS and TSX file from his site.

Reception

Zzap! 64 gave the game a 91% rating, describing it as a "stunningly impressive programme".[7]

References
  1. "B.C. II: Grog's Revenge for Coleco Adam (1984) - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. "BC's Quest for Tires II: Grog's Revenge International Releases - Giant Bomb". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  3. "B.C. II: Grog's Revenge - World of Spectrum". www.worldofspectrum.org. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  4. Trunzo, James (September 1985). "B.C. II: Grog's Revenge". Compute! Gazette. p. 54. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  5. [MSX] B.C. II: Grog's Revenge - Longplay, retrieved 2019-08-23
  6. New patch for BC II Grog's Revenge
  7. "Redirecting".
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