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Der Vielfrass is a 1983 Atari 2600 release from developer DataSoft, a game that fits right into the experimental, often abstract spirit of its era. It doesn't try to be a big, narrative adventure; it's a simple, screen based puzzle action title that relies on its own odd internal logic. You get what you get, and you figure it out from there.

You control a small, blocky creature, moving it screen by screen through a maze like environment. Your goal is to eat every object on a stage to proceed, but many of the items will harm or kill you on contact, so you must learn through trial and error what is safe to consume. The pacing is deliberate, almost puzzle like, as you memorize safe paths and avoid hazardous shapes. It feels like solving a riddle where the pieces are constantly trying to trick you.