Litil Divil

Litil Divil
Original Amiga CD32 cover art
Developer(s) Gremlin Graphics
Publisher(s) Gremlin Graphics
Platform(s) Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, Philips CD-i, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Release 1993 (CD32, DOS)
1994 (CD-i)
2011 (Microsoft Windows)
2013 (OS X)
2014 (Linux)
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

Litil Divil is a video game released by Gremlin Graphics Software in 1993.

Gameplay

The player takes control of a little red devil called Mutt who is trying to retrieve the "Mystical Pizza of Plenty" from the Labyrinth of Chaos.[1] The dungeon consists of a maze maneuvered through from an over-the-shoulder perspective and rooms where Mutt is facing various riddles.[2]

Ports

A port for the Atari Jaguar CD was in development by Gremlin Interactive and slated to be published around the second quarter of 1995, but it was never released.[3][4][5][6]

Reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
PC Gamer (US)86%[7]

Computer Gaming World in March 1994 called Litil Divil "a delightful graphic adventure", predicting that the game "should cause quite a stir ... stuffed full of game play and long term enjoyment". The magazine predicted that a sequel and imitations would appear.[8] The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly had a moderately positive reaction to the CD-i version, praising the multifaceted gameplay, the graphics, the sound, and the cute, humorous personality of the player character, but criticizing the lagging controls. They awarded it a score of 6.5 out of 10.[9]

Next Generation reviewed the CD-i version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "The various levels [...] fail to offer anything more than a stimulus-response style of play that will have most players (even children) disinterested inside of a few minutes."[10]

Re-release

Funbox Media re-released the game in DotEmu (PC), Good Old Games (PC) and GamersGate (PC, Mac) on May 11, 2011,[11][12] June 21, 2011,[13] and March 19, 2014,[14] respectively. OS X and Linux versions were added in GOG.com by Blue Moon Red Owl, the current distributor of the game on GOG.com, on May 9, 2013 and July 24, 2014.[15][16][17] Kiss, Ltd. re-released the game on Steam on March 19, 2014 for PC only and Desura for PC, Mac and Linux.[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ Keen, Steve (September 1994). "Litil Divil". CDi Magazine. No. 1. Haymarket Magazines Ltd. pp. 16–17 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ "Dicing with the Divil". Amigos. dreamkatcha. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "News - Jaguar Plugs into the CD revolution - Jaguar CD games in development". Edge. No. 20. May 1995. pp. 14–15.
  4. ↑ "Feature - XT Generation Report - Atari Jaguar". MAN!AC (in German). No. 20. Cybermedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. June 1995. p. 40.
  5. ↑ "Breaking - Jaguar Plugs into the CD revolution - Jaguar CD games in development". Next Generation. No. 6. Imagine Media. June 1995. p. 18-19.
  6. ↑ Nepožitek, Marek (July 1995). "Konzole - Jaguar+CD - CD a virtuální realita již tento rok?". LeveL (in Czech). No. 6. Naked Dog, s.r.o. p. 44.
  7. ↑ Firme, Matt (January 1995). "Litil Divil". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on March 11, 2000.
  8. ↑ Matthews, Robin (March 1994). "Rally Round The Wicket, Boys!". Over There. Computer Gaming World. pp. 98, 100.
  9. ↑ "Review Crew: Lil [sic] Divil". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis (63): 42. October 1994.
  10. ↑ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 1. Imagine Media. January 1995. p. 93.
  11. ↑ DotEmu (2011-05-11). "DotEmu post on Facebook about Litil Divil release". Facebook.
  12. ↑ DotEmu (2011-04-22). "Guilty Gear Isuka now on DotEmu.com!". Develop.
  13. ↑ GOG.com (2011-06-21). "New release: Litil Divil". CD Projekt.
  14. ↑ GamersGate (2014-03-19). "GamersGate post on Facebook about Litil Divil release". Facebook.
  15. ↑ GOG.com (2013-05-09). "Mac Game Update: 10 New Classic Additions". CD Projekt.
  16. ↑ GOG.com (2014-08-19). "GOG.com Now Supports Linux!". CD Projekt.
  17. ↑ Charlie Hall (2014-07-24). "Linux users: GoG.com lauches more than 50 games for you". Polygon.
  18. ↑ Valve Corporation (2014-05-19). "Now Available on Steam - Litil Divil". Steam.
  19. ↑ Kiss Newsdesk (2014-03-19). "'DESERT THUNDER' AND 'LITIL DIVIL' OUT TOMORROW". Kiss, Ltd.


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