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1	[[quoteright:341:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bc_quest_for_tires.png]]
2	''B.C.'s Quest For Tires'' is a side-scrolling video game based on Johnny Hart's ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}'' comic strip that was published by [[Creator/{{Sierra}} Sierra On-Line]] in 1983 for Platform/Commodore64, Platform/Atari8BitComputers, Platform/ColecoVision, Platform/ZXSpectrum, Platform/{{MSX}}, and Platform/AppleII. A homebrew version of this game is in development for the Platform/{{Intellivision}}. In this game, you play Thor, the inventor of the wheel, who must ride his wheel across a terrain full of various dangers to rescue his girlfriend Cute Chick from a dinosaur.
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4	It was followed by ''B.C. II: Grog's Revenge'', in which Thor must collect 100 clams that are strewn around on mountain ledges to pay the bridge toll while avoiding tire-eating dinosaurs, rocks, pot holes, and an encounter with Grog, which instantly gives you a Game Over.
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7	!!This game and its sequel provide examples of:
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9	* BlackoutBasement: The caves in the sequel. All you see is within a cone of light projected from your character.
10	* ClamshellCurrency: As in the comic strip, clams are used in the sequel as money to pay the bridge toll.
11	%%* DamselInDistress: Cute Chick.
12	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Ruts, rocks, branches, Fat Broad with her club.
13	* NonIndicativeName: It's ''B.C.'s'' Quest for Tires, and yet you're playing Thor.
14	* OneHitKill: Grog when you run into him in the sequel will give you an instant Game Over.
15	* PunBasedTitle: The first game's title is based on ''Film/QuestForFire''.
16	* RevengeOfTheSequel: The second game ''B.C. II: Grog's Revenge''.
17	* SideView: Both games present the action from this view, except the caves in the sequel, which are presented in TopDownView.

Context VideoGame / BCsQuestForTires