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Zapper : One Wicked Cricket!

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Also known as
Zapper

Control a cricket to collect eggs and evade enemies in this top-down action game.

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! was released for Game Boy Advance in 2002, the same year as its original release on other platforms such as PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube.


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About Zapper : One Wicked Cricket!

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! is an action title viewed from a top-down perspective. The narrative premise involves the cricket Zapper, whose attempt to use his companion Zipper as a TV antenna leads to Zipper's capture by a bird named Maggie, prompting a rescue mission.

Primary objectives involve navigating levels to gather eggs, which unlocks a portal for progression. Players must avoid various hostile creatures during this exploration. The cricket also possesses the ability to destroy certain objects, such as crates.

Available modes include story-based progression, an arcade option, and multiplayer functionality.

Zapper : One Wicked Cricket! Screenshots

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Main menu
Intro
The map from which all levels are accessed. It is possible to visit a level again.
First level
Sometimes the eggs, which are to be collected, have legs and walk around the level.
There are items around in the first level which give you hints and explanations when you collect them.
A teleporter
There are crates in the levels, which Zapper can destroy with his electric antenna.
These rabbits quickly get on your nerves.
With the football helmet, Zapper can sustain one hit.
If you zap the snail, it will only come out of its house and move around.
These fields enable Zapper to do one extra strong zap which can destroy metal plates and kill enemies normally unaffected by his electricity.