Night Shift

Genre:

Puzzle

Year:

1990

Developer:

Attention to Detail

Publisher:

LucasArts

Perspective:

Platform

Theme:

Puzzle elements

Releases:

DOS (1990), Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1990), Macintosh (1990), Commodore 64 (1990), Amstrad CPC (1991), ZX Spectrum (1991)

Also known as:

Night Shift: Industrial Might & Logic, Mr. Fixit

It is a unique action game where the hero is a worker in a factory owned by Industrial Might and Logic (a parody of Industrial Light and Magic). The player's character ensures that the factory is working properly as it cranks out Star Wars action figures, including those of stormtroopers and Darth Vader. The object of the game is to always ensure the factory is working properly, and to move into increasingly better homes. The game was first conceived as Fixit, revolving around a factory worker trying to keep a machine nicknamed "Beast" from breaking down, while simultaneously needing to be charged by a bicycle-based generator every few minutes. First they have the player run through part of the machine as an animated platformer. The game was rebranded Night Shift and redesigned the game's concept to tie into them more readily, and added a female playable character to add "feminine appeal" to the title. Gameplay is divided into 6 different kinds of shifts, each with its own assignments (provide power, use wrench to tighten bolts, etc.) You will use tools throughout the game, and will be awarded with bonus items (hourglass for extra time, cash bonus for extra points).