Caterpillar

Caterpillar is a 1-player arcade game for the BBC Micro.

Arnold the Caterpillar is trying to eat all the white lettuce on the screen. As he eats more lettuce he grows longer. If he touches his tail, the edge of the screen, or the red and green mushrooms, he loses a life. Each level has a bonus timer, and if the player eats enough lettuce before time runs out they receive bonus points. On screen 5 the player has a bonus level, where they try to eat as much lettuce as possible in 30 seconds. Starting on screen 6, an enemy caterpillar named Charlie appears, that the player must avoid while eating lettuce. The player starts with three lives.