Bird Mother (Hungarian: Madár mama) is an action game developed by Novotrade (Andromeda Software) and published by Creative Sparks for the Commodore 64 in 1984. It was not ported to other systems.

Bird Mother
Developer(s)Andromeda Software
Publisher(s)Creative Sparks
Designer(s)Pál Balog[1]
Composer(s)Zoltán Mericske
Platform(s)Commodore 64
Release1984
Genre(s)Action game
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

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As the Bird Mother the player must collect twigs to build a nest then lay three eggs in it once it has been completed. The next task is to catch flying insects to provide food for the offspring which have now hatched. They must also be defended from attacks by moving them around. The final challenge is to teach the young birds to fly. When this has been done the game progresses to a higher difficulty level.[2]

Reception

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Bird Mother received review scores of 26/40 from Personal Computer Games[3] and 33/40 from Computer & Video Games.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ "Personal Computer Games Magazine Issue 14".
  3. ^ "Personal Computer Games Magazine Issue 14". Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  4. ^ "Computer and Video Games Magazine Issue 037". Retrieved 2015-11-03.