Zipi y Zape

Dro Soft 1989

Language:: Spanish
Authors:: Jose Luis Correa Munoz
Platforms:: Amstrad CPC , MSX/MSX2, Spectrum
Genres:: Based on literature
Entered by:: Alex, Gunness, Kozelek
Added:: 31-05-2010
Edited:: 18-05-2019

Synopsis

Plot

Zipi and Zape, the famous characters from Escobar's comic book, search for a map that will guide them in their treasure hunt. You will meet your school friends, cousin Empollín, and of course your parents Mr. Pantuflo and Mrs. Jaimita.

Notes

Based on the Spanish comic book series of the same name.

Created with the GAC tool in its versions for Amstrad CPC and Spectrum and written in BASIC for MSX (computer for which there was no GAC version), the adventure lasted about 20 years without anyone being able to solve it. Following comments in a thread of the CAAD forums, Pedro Fernandez Lopez (Rockersuke Moroboshi) decided to break the protection of the program to access its source code. So it was discovered that the adventure did not have any bug that made it unfinishable, but the command needed in order to solve it was almost unguessable (an "exact word" syndrome).

The Spectrum and Amstrad versions are more or less the same. MSX has completely different graphics and design, but it also has an "exact word syndrome", although the solution is somewhat different.