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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. |
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