Patry (video game)

Patry is a side-scrolling game developed and published by Seymour Games. It was first released in October 3, 1984 for TS-OS computers and Nitrome consoles. It was a hugh success and biggest hit game. It was one of the early side-scrolling games before Super Mario Bros.

Gameplay
The game is divided into six worlds, each of them containing three levels. Patry (or, in the case of a second player, his brother Samson) has to get to the end of the level by jumping over various gaps and avoiding the enemies on his way.

Characters

 * Patry - the main protagonist of the game.
 * Samson - 2-player protagonist of the game.
 * Snaily - one of the main (snail-shaped) enemies.
 * Hecky - one of the main (bird-shaped) enemies.
 * Mahria - Patry's girlfriend.

Ports
After first released for TS-OS computers and Nitrome consoles. It was ported to:
 * 1985 - Arcade, Commodore 64, Famicom
 * 1986 - Theorysonic Hyper-System, MS-DOS, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
 * 1987 - Nintendo Entertainment System
 * 1989 - Theorysonic Blue King
 * 1990 - Game Boy
 * 1992 - Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
 * 2004 - PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Nitrome Unity 256 (as Seymour Arcade Hits)
 * 2008 - PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP, Nitrome Unity 512 (as Seymour Arcade Hits II)

Reception
The game was critical and commercial success.