Litterbug

You are a sanitation worker sweeping a park. Walk over every piece of litter to pick it up for 10 points while the litterbugs chase you; one that touches you dirties your uniform and costs a life. Press the button to put down a garbage bag: the first two bugs go for the bag instead of you, and while it lies there every piece of litter is worth ten times as much. A bug that reaches the bag eats it. You have eight bags a life. Now and then a badge appears; pick it up for 1000 points and an extra bag. A clean park ends the level with a bonus for the time left, and the next level brings new litter and a third bug. Choose a speed from 1 to 9 and EASY or NORMAL.

Controls: Joystick only. The stick walks and a side button puts down a bag. On the title, left and right choose the speed from 1 to 9, up and down choose EASY or NORMAL, and a button starts.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, November 1987: original Commodore 64 program by Paul Choquette. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.