Pizzini by Clio Games

Pizzini is a classic text adventure game that was written in 1989 as an indie game for the ZX Spectrum. In 2024, it was ported and can now be played in a browser on PCs, smartphones or tablets. It is available in German (as in the original) or English.

We, the developers, hope you enjoy the retro game and ask ourselves: Who will be the first to bring one of the brothers to their father and who can even reach the destination with all four brothers?

The game controls | Die Spielsteuerung
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- The keyboard is used to enter text in the input line and is executed by pressing [ENTER] > only the 1-4 letters at the beginning of the word are recognized by the parser.
- The mouse is required when the [Next] button is displayed.
- On touchscreen devices such as smartphones or tablets that do not have a keyboard connected, text is entered using the virtual keyboard, which is displayed at the bottom of the game screen. The virtual keyboard can be hidden or shown at any time using the slider.
- If you have a small display, we recommend turning it to landscape format. Nevertheless, even then it cannot be ruled out that the input will not succeed because the keyboard buttons are very small. In such a case, the game is unfortunately not suitable for the touchscreen device.
- By entering "N", "W", "S", "E", the currently active brother moves from one place to the next in all directions. | Mit den Texteingaben "N", "W", "S", "O" bewegt sich der momentan aktive Bruder in alle Himmelsrichtungen von einem Ort zum nächsten.
- The text input "P" displays the window in which one of the brothers can be set to the active status. | Die Texteingabe "U" blendet das Umschaltefenster ein, in dem einer der Brüder in den aktiven Status gesetzt wird.
- Entering "Help" or "H" displays a list of words (all verbs/action words and some special nouns) that the parser understands. | Die Texteingabe "Hilfe" oder "H" blendet eine Liste der Wörter (alle Verben/Aktionswörter und einige spezielle Hauptwörter) ein, die der Parser versteht.
- By entering "R", the description of the location where the active brother is currently located is displayed again.
- Entering "I" lists all objects that the active brother is carrying in his inventory.
- The game can be reset to the beginning with "Quit". | Mit "Ende" lässt sich das Spiel zurücksetzen auf den Anfang.
- Up to five game states can be saved or loaded with "Save" or "Load". | Mit "Speichere" bzw. "Lade" können bis zu fünf Spielstände gespeichert bzw. geladen werden.
- Most sentences are entered in the form <verb> <noun>. If another noun is required, the player is prompted to enter another noun.

Hints and tips
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- There are no game deaths and no dead ends. Failures are punished by being imprisoned, but there are always solutions to escape.
- If two or more brothers are in the same room, an item can be given by one brother putting the item down and the other taking it. However, if one of the brothers is imprisoned, this type of interaction between brothers is not easily possible.
- Entering several sentences in the correct order can be crucial. Some, for example, only take effect if you wait afterwards. Others are only possible if everything has been prepared with the sentences beforehand.
- The use of objects does not work in all rooms.
- When a new object appears, it does not always automatically end up in the inventory.
- If a combination of <verb> and <noun> does not work, try other combinations, whereby a look at the word list (enter "H") can be helpful.