Download Spiky Harold (Remake) v1.0

In the game you control the hedgehog, Harold, who needs to collect a bunch of food items before he can return to his cave and hibernate for the winter.

This game was an entry into the Retro Remakes Competition 2006.

For information on the original game, go here “World of Spectrum” (WoW)

INSTALLING & RUNNING THE GAME

• Just unzip all the files into a directory and run the EXE file.
  
• Make sure you preserve the correct folder structure when you unzip- the game expects to finds its resources in the ‘data’ folder.

CONTROLS

• The menu is easy to navigate using the ARROW KEYS or SPACE, and then ENTER to select.
  
• It takes 3 keys to play the game – LEFT, RIGHT and JUMP; - default keys are LEFT & RIGHT ARROWS, and ARROW-UP to jump. These 3 keys can be redefined.
  
• To end a game in progress, or exit the game and return to Windows, use the ESC key.
  
• In rare cases you can get stuck in a platform if you jump into another screen; – in that case, press F1 to free yourself.
  
• The game supports the use of a gamepad or joystick. Select it from the menu first.

INSTRUCTIONS

“Harold needs to go into hibernation for the winter, but first he needs to collect enough food to last him until springtime.”

It’s a platform game – everybody knows how to play a platform game, right? In a nutshell – move around the maze, avoid all the enemies and collect a bunch of items. When you have collected enough items, find Harold’s cave and go to sleep.

FEATURES

• Difficulty Normal/Easy
  
• Separate Sound and Music settings
  
• Redefinable keys
  
• Joystick/Gamepad option
  
• Run in fullscreen or window.
  
• Cheatmode

COMPARISON BETWEEN REMAKE AND ORIGINAL

If you have played the original game then you know that it was bloody difficult. I was very fond of the Spectrum version of this game 20 years ago, but either my reactions aren’t as good as they once were, or I just don’t have the same patience as I used to, because upon revisiting the original Spectrum version

I found that it just seems too hard to control.

I could never complete the original game today. I’d be too annoyed.

So I decided to make this version a lot easier to play.

The primary change to make it easier, was to change the controls and that’s why you’ll notice that this game controls slightly differently from the original. In addition there’s also an easy mode, where you have a healthbar as well as lives.