252:(1987). The premise revolves around a character named Bill, who was kidnapped by aliens and took him aboard their ship. The aliens placed Bill on a space junkyard maze to learn about the humans, before launching an invasion against people on Earth. The player controls Bill across 120 levels, each one divided into eight ships that feature their own variety of obstacles. The goal on every level is to get each block into hole fillers to make a path around the exit, without getting blocks stuck against walls or other obstacles under a time limit. Each block has their own weight and characteristics.
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194:. The Amiga version was also distributed in Australia by Hot Point. The game stars a character named Bill, who was kidnapped by aliens and placed him on a space junkyard maze to learn about the humans, before launching an invasion against people on Earth. The player controls Bill across 120 levels, each one divided into eight ships that feature their own variety of obstacles. The goal on every level is to get each block into hole fillers to make a path around the exit, without getting blocks stuck against walls or other obstacles under a time limit.
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211:. It was designed and programmed by a team within DDI called Flatline; Richard Hackett and Stephen Bond came up with the game's concept and acted as co-designers. The soundtrack was composed by Darren Wood. The game garnered average reception from critics. In 2006, a fan remake for
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