Spot: The Video Game was essentially a four-player version of the ancient Chinese board game Go with elements of Reversi, also known as Othello. It was the first video game that featured the 7-Up mascot Spot.
Dave Crummack and Craig Galley originally developed it for Wise Owl Software as Infection in 1988, before they sold it to Virgin Mastertronic. It was then licensed to Leland Corporation and released to arcades as Ataxx. The Infection version was released into the public domain by developer Gary Dunne in 1994. This public domain version was included on the pack-in disc of the forty-ninth issue of Amiga Power magazine.
The Spot version, which was expanded on by Virgin programmers, was the most fully developed of the many versions of the game. While the other versions of the game featured up to two players, the Spot version had a maximum of four. In this version of the game, if there is more than one player, each player takes turns using the same controller.
In all the versions of the game, the players were given different colors of chips. The goal was to build your chips outward one by one until you reach your opponent's chips. After that, the goal becomes to flip your opponent's chips until they are all your color.
The Spot version has a fantastic background tune that is so memorable that I would remember it from time to time even years after my last playthrough. The animations in this version are really fun, with Spot jumping, walking, and diving into other colored chips to flip them over. All of the versions are fun, but because of the additions to the Spot version, this is the version I recommend if you want to check it out.
Final Verdict:
4 out of 5
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