The Perils of Percival Penguin
Description
The Perils of Percival Penguin is a 1-player arcade platformer for the BBC Micro.
Like a good father, Percival Penguin has been minding his mate's egg while she was fishing. She has returned, and now it's Percival's turn to head to the ocean for food. Percival must cross four screens of slippery ice to find the open sea and safety.
Played from a side view, the player must avoid deep crevasses by jumping from ice block to ice block. On the surface, the player must avoid leopard seals and Antarctic skuas that will knock the penguin into crevasses. When knocked down into a crevasse, the player must attempt to jump between icy ledges, while avoiding mutated invertebrate life. The player has limited energy to jump, as the more they jump the lower the energy and the height of their jumps becomes. Fortunately, fish can be picked up to restore Percival's power.
The player starts with four lives, and the sun in the sky marks time for, if it becomes dark, the player loses a life.
