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Crackpots

Overview

A barrage of bugs are attacking your home, and you need to defend it with potted plants!

You control your character at the top of the screen where there are six potted plants. These can be dropped on the bugs to destroy them as they make their way up from the sewer at the bottom. Just beneath the potted plants are six windows; you need to make sure you destroy the bugs before they can reach these windows. If six of the bugs make it into the windows, a layer of your house will be eaten. This will drop you one step closer to the bottom of the screen, making it more difficult to destroy the incoming bugs! There are four different color bugs in the game, each of which have a different pattern of movement. As the levels progress, bugs will keep coming faster and faster!

The game ends when six layers of the building have been eaten.

Developers
Activision
Publishers
Activision
Platform
Atari 2600
Genre
Action
Alternate Names
  • Kampf dem SteinfresserGermanyFlag of Germany region
  • Crab ControlAustraliaFlag of Australia region
  • Boom BangGermanyFlag of Germany region
  • Boom BangBrazilFlag of Brazil region
  • Boom BangAustraliaFlag of Australia region
  • Boom BangEuropeFlag of Europe region

Media

Banner

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Box - 3D

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Box - Back

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North America -  800 x 1093
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Crackpots - Box - Back (Europe) - 600x822
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Box - Back - Reconstructed

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North America -  500 x 680

Box - Front

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Australia -  600 x 827
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Europe -  669 x 916
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Box - Front - Reconstructed

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North America -  669 x 916

Cart - Front

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Clear Logo

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Crackpots - Clear Logo (Europe) - 1095x111
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Fanart - Box - Front

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Fanart - Cart - Front

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Screenshot - Game Title

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North America -  640 x 480

Screenshot - Gameplay

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