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| Full title | Mr. Wimpy |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Ocean Software Ltd (UK) |
| Author(s) | Paul Owens |
| Tie-in licence | Wimpy (UK) (brand) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Platform |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £5.90 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info |
Supports the Currah MicroSpeech Appeared on side A of the compilation Select 1 (Computer Records) Also listed on Freebase |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the BBC Micro and Commodore 64 |
| Score |
6.38 (26 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | ||
|  | Mr.Wimpy.tzx.zip | 11,903 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | |||
|  | Mr.Wimpy.tap.zip | 16,091 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | Mr.Wimpy.gif | 3,418 | (Loading screen) |
| Mr.Wimpy.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| Mr.Wimpy.gif | 2,345 | (In-game screen) | |
 | Mr.Wimpy.pdf | 32,408 | (English instructions) |
| Mr.Wimpy.txt | 2,393 | (English instructions) |
| Mr.Wimpy.png | 130,098 | (Game map) |
| Mr.Wimpy.jpg | 88,488 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Mr.Wimpy_2.jpg | 198,355 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Mr.Wimpy_OriginalArtwork.jpg | 829,026 | (Original artwork) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| Title | Author | Year | Platform | Status |
| Mr. Wimpy | PJ Crozza | 2007 | PC/Windows | available |
| Mr. Wimpy | Krazy Pengwin Software | 2009 | PC/Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | available |
| 2 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 12.83 | page 12 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 12.83 | page 206 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer News | 12.83 | page 206 | (News/Note) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.83 | page 465 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 1.84 | page 424 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.84 | page 29 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 2.84 | page 57 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.84 | page 216 | (Feature - Food for thought (various reviews)) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.84 | page 53 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.84 | page 76 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.84 | page 18 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 3.84 | page 15 | (Review) | |
| Your Spectrum | 3.84 | page 57 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Big K | 4.84 | page 48 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.84 | page 341 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Games Computing | 9.84 | page 14 | (Review) | |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 104 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 3.85 | page 5 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.86 | page 91 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.87 | page 70 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 60 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 2.86 | page 29 | (Micromania) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.83 | page 248 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.83 | page 91 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.83 | page 248 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer News | 10.83 | page 290 | (Advert) | |
| Your Computer | 10.83 | page 2 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computing Today | 11.83 | page 2 | (Advert) | |
| Personal Computer News | 12.83 | page 198 | (Advert) | |
| Computer Choice | 1.84 | page 107 | (Advert) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.84 | page 172 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.84 | page 276 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer Choice | 2.84 | page 91 | (Advert) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.84 | page 172 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 2.84 | page 37 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.84 | page 39 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 2.84 | page 2 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer Choice | 3.84 | page 91 | (Advert) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.84 | page 11 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 3.84 | page 236 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 4.84 | page 106 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.84 | page 10 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.84 | page 7 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 4.84 | page 236 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 5.84 | page 98 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.84 | page 12 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.84 | page 18 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 6.84 | page 98 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer Choice | 6.84 | page 6 | (Advert) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.84 | page 9 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 6.84 | page 146 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.84 | page 18 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 6.84 | page 2 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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