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Ted's Sinclair electric truck has broken down and needs new batteries. Ted must climb up the scaffolding and collect the batteries for his electric car. However, there are bovver bears around the site and if they get near, they will capture him. To get rid of them, Ted must use time bombs that are
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The game also includes "Baby Bear Mode" in which a player can collect batteries and move around the site without ever getting captured.
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and hearing that Sinclair were talking about the release of an electric car, Jon Ritman decided to combine the concepts to create
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scattered around the site. Once all the batteries for the car he been collected, the player moves on to the next level.
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called the premise "brilliant" and stated that it would likely stand among players' top 10 ZX Spectrum games.
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staff praised the animation and sound, and called the game "enjoyable" and "addictive".
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felt it was a good fit for younger players, especially thanks to its practice mode.
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clone, where batteries take the place of the burger ingredients.
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for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and 1984 for the Commodore 64.
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Publisher(s)
Artic Computing
Designer(s)
Jon Ritman
Platform(s)
ZX Spectrum
Commodore 64
Genre(s)
Platform
Single-player
platform game
Jon Ritman
ZX Spectrum
Artic Computing
Commodore 64
BurgerTime
Microdrives
Artic Computing



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