Chomper is currently being rebuilt from a collection of dusty disks and water damaged notes. I estimate it's about 60% complete.
Chomper (1981)
Controls
- arrow: Move
Description
A fast-paced maze game where you eat dots and avoid enemies. Collect power-ups to turn the tables!
Restoration challenges...
Discovered on a damaged Beep8 disk. Graphics were corrupted, requiring manual reconstruction. Sound effects were missing, so I had to approximate them.
Notes
Gameplay
Chomper was one of the earliest Beep8 releases, heavily inspired by arcade maze games of the time. Players must navigate through increasingly complex labyrinths, avoiding enemy creatures while eating all the dots to progress to the next level.
Restoration Story
I found Chomper on a disk labeled ‘Test Ver. 0.9’. The original files were almost unreadable due to age, but I managed to reconstruct most of the game logic. The sound engine was completely missing, so I had to approximate what it might have sounded like based on period-accurate waveforms. Having worked on other beep8 games I was confident in my reconstruction, and I think it turned out quite well.