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dustbins on either side or knock the player into the bowl. As a defence, Charlie the Cook can shoot flour sacks, which will push the ingredients further in the direction they are moving in. Bombs may also spawn in the game, which will allow the player to push the ingredients further than conventional flour sacks. The player has to push the right variety of ingredients into the bowl, which changes for each level.
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and attempt to escape his pantry, enabling his quest to re-capture them. The game was written by Chris
Stamper with graphics by Tim Stamper. It received mixed reviews upon release, with critics praising the graphics, but criticising the hard difficulty and its similarities to
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considered the game to be overlooked and underrated, despite him suggesting that it was the most difficult of all games developed by
Ultimate. Mangram praised the graphics as detailed, fast and "amusing", owing to the game's sentient ingredients. Reviewers of
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in 1983. In the game, Charlie the Chef has to bake a cake, however his five ingredients are
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203:Development
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64:Platform(s)
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865:Sabre Wulf
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561:"Cookie".
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895:Filmation
851:Mire Mare
808:Pentagram
748:Gunfright
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234:Reception
229:Reception
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890:Sabreman
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656:Tranz Am
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