Game Classification

Pushover (Push-Over) Red Rat Software (United Kingdom), Ocean (United Kingdom), 1992 Play it Now !

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Advergame)

Keywords

Action - Advergame - Platform - Platform puzzle - Puzzle - Puzzle-solving - Retro serious game - Strategy

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Marketing & Communication message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Advertising

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 8 to 11 years old / 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick
1 analysis

Comments

Taxonomy
  • "The computer version of this games promotes the "Quavers" chips brand."
Analyses
  • "Only the computer version is a retro serious game/advergame"

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Pushover (Push-Over) A puzzle game where you'll have to place dominoes in order to create chain reactions.

Originally, this game is an advergame for "Quavers", as the game ask you to seek for chips from this brand.
However, every advertising reference were removed from the SNES version of the game, as you have now to seek for "gold" instead of "chips".

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Amiga - Atari ST - PC (Dos) - Super Nintendo (SNES)

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