I-Pssst ngumdlalo wevidiyo wesenzo owenziwe yi-Ultimate Play the Game futhi wakhishelwa iZX Spectrum ngoJuni 1983. Emdlalweni, uRobbie the Robot kufanele avikele isitshalo sakhe njengoba sihlaselwa yizinambuzane ezihlukene, ngasinye sidinga umuthi ohlukile wokuzixosha ukuze usinciphise. I-Pssst bekungumdlalo wesibili okhishwe yi-Ultimate ngemuva kweJetpac.
Umdlalo ubhalwe nguChris Stamper. Ihluzo zenziwe ngumfowabo uTim Stamper. I-Pssst ibingenye yemidlalo embalwa ye-Spectrum ebitholakala ngefomethi ye-ROM ukuze isetshenziswe ne-Interface 2 futhi ivumele umdlalo ukuthi ulayishe "khona manjalo" (ukulayishwa okujwayelekile kwe-cartridge kungathatha imizuzu embalwa). Umdlalo uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kusuka ekukhishweni okubili ngenkathi ukhishwa, nabagxeki bencoma ukwethulwa kwawo kanye negeyimu ikakhulukazi. NgoDisemba 1983, i-Personal Computer Games yakubeka kunombolo 40 ohlwini lwe- “Best Selling Software”.
Kufanele uvikele lesi sitshalo kuma-parasites, okuzosenza siqhakaze futhi siqede izinga. Umdlalo wethulwa ngombono owodwa we-2D futhi uzungeza umgomo kaRobbie the Robot wokuvikela isitshalo sakhe eminenke yasemkhathini, izinambuzane nomiyane. Lesi sitshalo sikhula sisuka enkabeni engezansi kwesikrini, kanti amathini okufafaza ama-pesticides amathathu ahlukene asemaphethelweni ohlangothi ngalunye lwesikrini. Izinto zebhonasi ezifana nomanyolo namafosholo ziyavela ezingxenyeni ezingasetshenziswanga, zikhuphula zombili izikolo zabadlali nezinga lokukhula kwesitshalo.
Kunezinhlobo ezintathu zezinambuzane ezinemibala nezinhlobo ezintathu zemithi yokubulala izinambuzane ebulala, ibe ndikindiki, noma ingabi namthelela kuma-parasites. Umdlali angaphatha uhlobo olulodwa kuphela lwe-pesticide ngasikhathi. Isibulala-zinambuzane esibulalayo singadluliselwa nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngesikhathi sokuqala komdlalo. Kodwa-ke, ezigabeni zakamuva, izinhlobo ezingaphezu kweyodwa ze-parasite zizovela esikrinini ngasikhathi sinye, okwenza ukukhetha kwezibulala-zinambuzane kube ngamasu.
Amahlamvu angahluma njengoba isitshalo sikhula. Lokhu kukhulisa izinga lokukhula, kepha futhi nokuthambekela kokutheleleka ngama-parasites. Lapho nje isitshalo sesifinyelele ebangeni ebelinqunyelwe kusengaphambili, siyaqhakaza futhi umdlali adlulele ezingeni elilandelayo. Impilo iyadonswa uma isitshalo sifa noma umdlali axhumane ne-parasite.
U-Paul Liptrot we-Home Computing Weekly utuse lezi zithombe, wazibiza ngokuthi "zibushelelezi" futhi zinemibalabala futhi wancoma umdlalo "oluthayo". I-ZX Computing ibheke lo mdlalo njengobhalwe futhi wakhiqizwa ngobungcweti, onezithombe ezibushelelezi nezinemininingwane eminingi. Ukwengeza, isibuyekezo siphawule imvelaphi ye-Pssst, ukulutheka, nokujabulela. Uhlelo lwesibili Lwemidlalo Yekhompyutha Yomuntu Siqu lubeka umdlalo kunombolo 40 ohlwini lwayo lwesofthiwe ethengiswa kakhulu. Ohlelweni lwesine lweMidlalo Yakhompiyutha Yabantu, i-Pssst yaqokwa njengoMdlalo Wonyaka ngo-1983 ngenxa “yezithombe ezidumile” ze-Ultimate. Ngokusho kombuyekezi, ezinye izibaluli zomdlalo "kwakuyimvelaphi" kanye "nobumnandi" bawo uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izihloko ze-Ultimate ezikhishwe ngo-1983. Ekubuyekezweni kwe-retrospective, umbuyekezi ovela ku-Retro Games! ifinyeze ukuthi umdlalo "bewungewona ohamba phambili" ekukhishweni kwe-Ultimate kwe-ZX Spectrum, nakuba ibibhekwa "njengedunyiswa kancane" kunabanye. Kodwa-ke, babuke i-Pssst "njengokunambitha kwezinto ezizayo" kanye nokuthuthuka okuphawulekayo ngaphezu kokugqwayiza "okubi" kanye "ne-edgy" yamageyimu wangaphambilini we-ZX Spectrum.
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Pssst! kuwufanele futhi kubadlali be-retro abafuna umdlalo omluthayo. Kumuntu osekhulile, umdlalo ujabulisa ngokumangazayo, unamaqhinga amaningi.
