Action & Bumping Games


Action & Bumping Games is a collection of video games published by Creative Computing in 1981.

Contents

Action & Bumping Games is a package of six games for the Apple II, including Bumper Blocks, Obstacle Course, Hustle Jr., Cycle Jump, Mine Rover, and Road Machine. Three of these games were considered Hi-Res action games, and the other three are Lo-Res bumping games. Each of these games involves eye-hand coordination, and feature many difficulty levels.

Development

Bumper Blocks and Obstacle Course were programmed by David Lubar.
Mine Rover is an early precursor to Minesweeper. Mine Rover and Road Machine were released in a 1981 compilation called Action Games with another game called Cycle Jump.

Reception

Forrest Johnson reviewed Action & Bumping Games in The Space Gamer No. 41. Johnson commented that "It is hard to find anything to criticize about this package. The worst I can say is, some of these games are highly addictive. God knows why we play these things - but if you enjoy arcade games, you will like these."
The Book Of Apple Computer Software 1982 said that "Overall, the game package is average in quality but nonetheless a good buy for a beginning game collector."