Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Computer and Video Games | 36/40 |
| CRASH | 91% |
| Sinclair User | 8/10 |
| Personal Computer Games | 10/10 |
The game was highly recommended by Sinclair Answers, while Crash described both the graphics and sound as excellent. Micro Adventurer said that the game made the Spectrum feel like a new machine, while Sinclair Programs urged readers to "rush out and buy both games (Atic Atac) now". Your Sinclair said that the gamed posed quite a challenge. The game was a bestseller on the Spectrum at the time of release.
The game won the awards for best maze game and best advert of the year according to the readers of Crash magazine. It was also was voted the 11th best game of all time in a special issue of Your Sinclair magazine in 2004.
The game was included on the 1985 compilation They Sold a Million, along with Beach-Head, Daley Thompson's Decathlon and Jet Set Willy.
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