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r/tipofmyjoystick • … • u/ShiningSeraphiel

[BBC Micro/Acorn Electron][1980's] A spider spins a web to catch prey, each worth different point values

I remember playing a game like this most likely in the late 80's, and almost surely on a BBC Micro/Acorn Electron rather than other computer systems that someone in the UK may have been familiar with around that time.

As a spider, you had to spin a web. You had an energy meter which represented your health, it would deplete over time (I think) and would drain while you spun your web. Prey animals would appear and could be caught in the web, earning you a score, and regaining your energy. The game ended when you ran out of health. Smaller prey like flies were worth the least, larger ones like beetles were worth more, but could break free from single web strands. I am sure that even birds were mentioned on the score sheet!

The games that I am sure it is not:

'Spider Web' on DOS. The only prey here is a swarm of flies, and I am positive I played this long before I ever encountered a DOS/Windows PC.

'Boris the Spider'. The aim in that one is to drop down onto prey and not catch them in a web,

'Web War' which is a Tempest clone, 'Web Runner' is a maze game, 'Spider and Fly' which is played more like Boris the Spider above.

This sound familiar? Thanks in advance.

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