<s>
Amidar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Konami	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
1981	O
by	O
Stern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
:	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
around	O
a	O
fixed	O
rectilinear	O
lattice	O
,	O
attempting	O
to	O
visit	O
each	O
location	O
on	O
the	O
board	O
while	O
avoiding	O
the	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bonus	O
level	O
in	O
Amidar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
nearly	O
exact	O
replication	O
of	O
an	O
Amidakuji	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
enemies	O
move	O
conform	O
to	O
the	O
Amidakuji	O
rules	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
in	O
the	O
attract	O
mode	O
as	O
"	O
Amidar	B-Application
movement.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Amidar	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
grid	O
capture	O
sub-genre	O
of	O
maze	B-Application
games	I-Application
and	O
was	O
highly	O
cloned	O
in	O
arcades	O
and	O
for	O
home	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
opposed	O
by	O
enemies	O
who	O
kill	O
on	O
contact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
odd-numbered	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
an	O
ape	B-Language
(	O
in	O
some	O
versions	O
labeled	O
"	O
Copier	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
must	O
collect	O
coconuts	O
while	O
avoiding	O
headhunters	O
(	O
labeled	O
"	O
Police	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Thief	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
even-numbered	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
paint	O
roller	O
(	O
labeled	O
"	O
Rustler	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
must	O
paint	O
over	O
each	O
spot	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
while	O
avoiding	O
pigs	B-Language
(	O
labeled	O
"	O
Cattle	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Thief	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
player	O
clears	O
all	O
four	O
corners	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
briefly	O
empowered	O
to	O
kill	O
the	O
enemies	O
by	O
touching	O
them	O
(	O
just	O
as	O
when	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
"	O
power	O
pill	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
enemies	O
(	O
and	O
bonus	O
stage	O
pigs	B-Language
)	O
in	O
Amidar	B-Application
move	O
deterministically	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
Amidar	B-Application
movement	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amidar	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
by	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
in	O
1982	O
and	O
the	O
Casio	B-Operating_System
PV-1000	I-Operating_System
console	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gakken	O
released	O
a	O
handheld	O
version	O
of	O
Amidar	B-Application
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
three	O
flip-top	O
games	O
with	O
VFD	B-General_Concept
screen	O
and	O
magnifying	O
Fresnel	O
lens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
clones	O
and	O
spins	O
on	O
Amidar	B-Application
have	O
been	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Amidar-like	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	O
,	O
Atari	O
8-bit	O
family	O
,	O
and	O
C64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kid	B-Application
Grid	I-Application
was	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spiderdroid	B-Application
is	O
a	O
reskinning	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
Amidar	B-Application
published	O
in	O
1987	O
by	O
Froggo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
game	O
Pepper	B-Application
II	I-Application
has	O
a	O
grid	O
spread	O
across	O
four	O
screens	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
grid	O
in	O
Triple	B-Application
Punch	I-Application
is	O
wider	O
than	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
scrolls	O
horizontally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
ROM	O
sets	O
for	O
Amidar	B-Application
:	O
a	O
harder	O
version	O
distributed	O
by	O
Stern	O
and	O
an	O
easier	O
set	O
created	O
by	O
Konami	O
.	O
</s>
