The Fidgetts
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| The Fidgetts | |
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| Developer | Game Over Production[citation needed] |
| Publishers | Elite Systems, GX Media Co, Jaleco[citation needed] |
| Platform | Game Boy |
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| Genre | Platform[2] |
| Mode | Single-player |
The Fidgetts is a 1993 video game for the Game Boy developed by Game Over Production and published by Elite Systems. The game was later published by GX Media Co in Japan in 1994 and Jaleco in North America in 1997. The game is a platform video game in which players alternate between two mice, Frankie and Freddie, to navigate mazelike levels to help both reach the end. Upon release, The Fidgetts received average reviews[citation needed], with praise for its visual design and backgrounds, and criticism of its difficulty and time limits.
Players assist brothers Frankie and Freddie Fidgett, two mice who are travelling through the city sewers to the docks to board a departing ship with the rest of their family in America.[3][4] To complete platforming puzzles, players must switch between the two characters pressing the Select button and get both to the end of a level before the time limit runs out.[3] Frankie can jump on top of the other to reach higher spaces, and the other can travel through narrow spaces.[3][4] Objects such as blocks and springs are found throughout levels, and can be picked up and carried. Between levels, players complete bonus stages featuring Breakout-style puzzles.[4] The game features a password save system to record progress across levels.[4] A two-player mode utilising the Game Link Cable was originally planned, but removed from the game.[4]