{{Short description|1983 video game}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox video game | title = Guzzler | image = Guzzler arcade Flyer 1983.jpg | caption = Arcade flyer | developer = Tehkan | publisher = {{vgrelease|JP/EU|Tehkan|NA|Centuri}} | designer = Michitaka Tsuruta{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} | released = {{vgrelease|JP|April 1983|NA|November 1983}} | genre = Maze | modes = Single-player, multiplayer | platforms = Arcade, SG-1000 }}
{{Nihongo foot|'''''Guzzler'''''|ガズラー|Gazurā|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1983 maze video game developed and published by Tehkan for arcades. It was released in Japan in April 1983 and in North America by Centuri in November 1983.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Akagi |first=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |isbn=978-4990251215 |location=Japan |page= |pages=49, 113 |language=ja |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)}}</ref> It was ported to the SG-1000 console. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their ''Arcade Archives'' series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2021.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Craddock |first=Ryan |date=2021-05-13 |title=Koei Tecmo's Guzzler Joins Hamster's Arcade Archives Range On Switch Today |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/05/koei_tecmos_guzzler_joins_hamsters_arcade_archives_range_on_switch_today |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Gameplay == The player controls a firefighter creature who can drink water from puddles, then extinguish fires and monsters spawned from them. Each level is a maze of varying openness.<ref name=":1" /> That must be extinguished to complete the level, also spawn fire-themed monsters which pursue the player. The main character can attack with three blasts of liquid before becoming empty. With each blast of liquid, the character moves faster and gets closer to being an empty outline with pink shoes. When empty the character is a shell of a sprite, but moves faster. Liquid is replenished by drinking from puddles. Occasionally, an alcoholic beverage appears in the center of the screen. Picking it up causes the character to refill and turn red and the fires temporarily freeze.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plasket |first=Michael |date=2012-12-18 |title=Guzzler |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/guzzler/ |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=Hardcore Gaming 101 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Reception== William Michael Brown wrote in the ''Electronic Fun with Computers & Games'' 1983 coin-op preview: {{blockquote|text=Of all the brand new [conversion] kit titles we saw, probably the best is Ceniuri's ''Guzzler''—a comical maze game starring a little guy who is not much more than a fat, mobile water tank. Up against a fast mob of angry demons, flashes and fireballs, his only defense is to drench them with some of his limited supply of water. The game's graphics and sounds are outstanding, and there's even a special feature that lets you win a free game whether you scored high or not.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=William Michael |title=Hot Fun in the Summertime |journal=Electronic Fun with Computers & Games |date=July 1983 |volume=1 |issue=9 |pages=26, 27 |url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_09_1983-07_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n25/mode/2up?q=guzzler}}</ref>}}
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== External links == * {{KLOV game|id=8056|name=Guzzler}}
Category:1983 video games Category:Arcade Archives games Category:Arcade video games Category:Centuri games Category:Hamster Corporation games Category:Maze games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Multiplayer hotseat games Category:SG-1000 games Category:Tecmo games Category:Video games about firefighting Category:Video games developed in Japan {{arcade-stub}} {{maze-videogame-stub}}