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Ah Diddums

Ah Diddums is a computer game released by Imagine Software for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine and the Commodore 64 in 1984.

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DeveloperImagine Software
PublisherImagine Software
DesignerDavid H. Lawson2
PlatformsZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
Release1983: ZX Spectrum
1984: C641
GenreAction
ModeSingle-player

Ah Diddums is a computer game released by Imagine Software for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and can be run on the 16KB/48KB versions of the machine3 and the Commodore 64 in 1984.1

Gameplay

The player controls a teddy bear who is trying to escape a toy box in order to comfort his crying baby owner. Teddy's job is to arrange building blocks in a certain order on the shelf at the top of the screen,4 allowing him to escape the toy box. On escaping one box, Teddy finds himself in another toy box, whose escape is more difficult; there are 99 toy boxes in total from which to escape.5

Reception

Ah Diddums won "Best Original Game" at the Computer and Video Games 1983 Golden Joystick Awards.6

References

References

  1. Ah Diddums at Lemon 64
  2. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  3. Ah Diddums at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
  4. CRASH - The Online Edition - Issue 3 Contents
  5. Shaw, Peter (Aug–Sep 1983). "Ah Diddums". ZX Computing. p. 72. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  6. "The Golden Joystick Awards". Computer and Video Games. No. 29. EMAP. March 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 11 June 2025.