For your consideration is one used, tested and working reproduction game. Tested on an Atari CX2600, 2600+ and 7800+. Mangia! was originally released in PAL format, this is the NTSC conversion. PAL format is available upon request.
The game...
All day long, your thoughtful Italian mama has been slaving away at the stove, cooking up a plate of your favorite dish: Pasta! Now she's serving it up to you in immense proportions, more than even a good, food-loving Italian boy can handle. What do you do? Mangia! Mangia! Eat! What else can you do? Mama loves you dearly , and you can't break her heart by turning the pasta away. And you can't just keep eating, because you'll burst! Well, just in time, along comes help, in the form of Sergio the Italian dog and Frankie the Italian cat. Before we tell you exactly how these Sicilian pets can help you out of your predicament, though, let's first tell you how this great game is played.
Object: The object is to score as many points as possible by getting rid of as much of Mama's pasta as you can. The maximum score is 9999.
Action: Once the game begins, Mama automatically walks back and forth between her stove and the table, delivering plates of pasta. The cat randonly pops up in the window and the dog walks by from time to time. You control all the action of the boy with your joystick.
How to Eat it Up: Each time Mama reaches the table, the number of plates of pasta increases by one. You can't let the plates build up. So what you do is move your joystick to the right to pick up the plate, and then to the left to eat the pasta. Whenever you take a plate of pasta from the table, the number there will be decreased by one.
End of Game: You have four chances in Mangia. These are represented by the boy himself plus the three faces on the lower left hand corner of the screen. When all four chances have been used up, the game is over.
Sergio and Frankie
In Mangia, both a dog and a cat are a man's best friend! More specifically, they're your best friend. Quite honestly, you could simply never get rid of all that pasta without Sergio the Dog and Frankie the cat.
You may not know it, but Italian pets love pasta just as much as their masters. They will be more than glad to take the handout ... but your timing has to be just right.
First off, you can't ever let Mama know. It would hurt her feelings to know that her little boy is "passing the pasta." So you must pitch off the stuff when she's not looking. For every time you feed the dog or cat while Mama is looking (facing you) you will be penalized. For errant throws, you will be penalized.
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Refund Policy…
If I say it works, then it has to work. My guarantee. A full refund will be given after the return of the item and confirmation that it is nonfunctional, and no components were “swapped”.
Shipping...
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