I-Pssst ngumdlalo wevidiyo wesenzo ophuhliswe ngu-Ultimate Dlala umdlalo kwaye ukhutshelwe iZX Spectrum ngoJuni 1983. Emdlalweni, uRobbie iRobot kufuneka akhusele isityalo sakhe njengoko sihlaselwa zizinambuzane ezahlukileyo, nganye nganye ifuna into eyahlukileyo eyogxothayo ukuyithomalalisa. I-Pssst yayingumdlalo wesibini okhutshwe ngu-Ultimate emva kweJetpac.
Umdlalo ubhalwe nguChris Stamper. Imizobo yenziwe ngumntakwabo uTim Stamper. I-Pssst yenye yeemidlalo ezimbalwa ze-Spectrum ezazifumaneka kwifomathi yeROM yokusetyenziswa kunye ne-Interface 2 kwaye yavumela umdlalo ukuba ulayishe "kwangoko" (ukulayishwa okuqhelekileyo kwecartridge kungathatha imizuzu embalwa). Umdlalo ufumene uphononongo oluqinisekileyo ukusuka ekukhululweni kabini xa ukhutshwa, nabagxeki bencoma umboniso kunye nomdlalo wokudlala. NgeyoMnga ngo-1983, iMidlalo yeKhompyuter yobuNtu yayibeka kwinombolo yama-40 kuluhlu lwe- “Best Software Selling”.
Kuya kufuneka ukhusele isityalo kwizifunxi-gazi, esiya kuyenza idubule kwaye igqibe inqanaba. Umdlalo uboniswa ngombono omnye we-2D kwaye ujikeleze injongo kaRobbie iRobot yokukhusela isityalo sakhe kwimigibe ye-interstellar space, leeches kunye neengcongconi. Isityalo sikhula ukusuka kwiziko elisezantsi lesikrini, kwaye iitoti zokutshiza zemithi yokubulala izitshabalalisi eyahlukileyo emithathu zikumngqameko kwicala ngalinye lesikrini. Izinto zebhonasi ezinje ngesichumiso kunye nemingxunya ibonakala kumanqwanqwa angaxakekanga, enyusa amanqaku omdlali kunye nenqanaba lokukhula kwesityalo.
Zintathu iintlobo zeparasites ezinemibala kunye neendidi ezintathu zemichiza yokubulala izitshabalalisi ezithi zibulale, zindindisholo, okanye zingabi naziphumo kwizifunxi-gazi. Umdlali unokuthwala kuphela uhlobo olunye lwesibulali zinambuzane ngexesha. Isibulala-zinambuzane esibulalayo sinokuqhutywa nangaliphi na ixesha kumanqanaba okuqala omdlalo. Nangona kunjalo, kumanqanaba okugqibela, ngaphezulu kolunye uhlobo lweparasite luya kuvela kwiscreen ngaxeshanye, ukwenza ukhetho lwezibulala-zinambuzane lube lucebo ngakumbi.
Amagqabi anokuntshula njengoko isityalo sikhula. Oku kunyusa izinga lokukhula, kodwa kunye nokuchaphazeleka kwizidleleli. Nje ukuba isityalo sifikelele kubude obumiselwe kwangaphambili, siya kutyatyamba kwaye umdlali uya kudlulela kwinqanaba elilandelayo. Ubomi buthatyathwa xa isityalo sisifa okanye umdlali edibana nesidleleli.
UPaul Liptrot we-Home Computing Weekly uncome imizobo, ebiza ngokuba "igudileyo" kwaye inemibala kwaye incoma umdlalo "womlutha". I-ZX Computing iwuthathele ingqalelo umdlalo njengobhalwe ngobuchwephesha kwaye uveliswa, kunye nemizobo egudileyo eneenkcukacha. Ukongeza, uphononongo luphawule imvelaphi ye-Pssst, umlutha, kunye nolonwabo. Uhlelo lwesibini lweMidlalo yeKhompyutha yoBuqu ibeka umdlalo kwinombolo ye-40 kuluhlu lwayo lwesoftware ethengiswa kakhulu. Kuhlelo lwesine lweMidlalo yeKhompyutha yoBuqu, i-Pssst yonyulwa kuMdlalo woNyaka kwi-1983 ngenxa ye-"graphics eyaziwayo" ye-Ultimate. Ngokombuyekezi, ezinye iimpawu zomdlalo "yayiyimvelaphi" kunye "nokuzonwabisa" xa kuthelekiswa nezinye izihloko eziPhezulu ezikhutshwe kwi-1983. Kuphononongo lokubuyela emva, umhlalutyi ovela kwiMidlalo yeRetro! ishwankathela ukuba umdlalo "awuyiyo eyona ilungileyo" yokukhutshwa kwe-Ultimate ye-ZX Spectrum, nangona yayithathwa ngokuba "idunyiswe ngaphantsi" kunabanye. Nangona kunjalo, bajonga i-Pssst "njengengcamla yezinto ezizayo" kunye nophuculo olubonakalayo ngaphezulu kwe "clunky" kunye "noopopayi" bemidlalo yangaphambili yeZX Spectrum.
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Pssst! iyayixabisa kwakhona kubadlali be-retro abafuna umdlalo okhobokisayo. Kwixesha lakudala, umdlalo uyonwabisa ngokumangalisayo, kunye ne-dash yamaqhinga.