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Blaze fires out Slinky, Crazy Minigolf Zoo and MTV Quiz game for mobile

The perfect trio for animal loving pop fans who like falling down stairs

Blaze fires out Slinky, Crazy Minigolf Zoo and MTV Quiz game for mobile
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Mobile game makers are undoubtedly an eclectic bunch, seemingly capable of being inspired by just about anything.

In the last week alone we've brought you news of games based on retro TV quiz shows, modern-day glamour models, hardcore console games and Noel Edmonds. Today we get to add to that list courtesy of publisher Blaze, who is serving up zoo-based golfing, a music awards ceremony and possibly the world's first game based on a spring toy that falls down the stairs.

Falling in line first (but not due for launch until November), Slinky is the official game of the classic 1980s toy/fad, whose appeal was its ability to fall down stairs in perpetuity, or until the stairs ran out. Obviously that wouldn't make much of a game in itself, which is where the developer appears to have looked to the likes of Marble Madness.

Playing as the eponymous toy, your job is to slink around 50 levels set in five distinct worlds (including Ancient Egypt and the Urban Jungle), collecting coins and diamonds and steering clear of enemies. The presence of dynamic blocks including teleporters and speed-ups plus hazards such as fire, waterfalls and the fickle finger of gravity add further complexity.

If the ability to relive your slinking days doesn't appeal, then how about the chance to play crazy golf with a monkey? That's one of the options on offer in Crazy Minigolf Zoo, which does pretty much what it says on the tin, enabling you to pick from three players (one of which is the said simian) and then putt around three mini golf courses based in a zoo.

Animals aside, the promise of sophisticated ball physics, a hot seat multiplayer mode and dynamic features in each of the courses should be enough to add this to the, erm, animal-based crazy golfing leaderboard when it arrives later this month.

Last in the eccentric line-up is MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 Quiz, which really does do exactly what it says on the tin, offering a quiz based around the MTV music awards that are due to take place next month.

Including hundreds of text and image questions divided into four categories (The Stars, The Music, The Shows and The Awards), the game will inject extra intrigue via the presence of bonus items, all-or-nothing gambles, a personality test to see what kind of music fan you are and an online high score system.

There's more than just bragging rights at stake here too, as the best players will win tickets to the awards show itself in Copenhagen on 2nd November. MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 Quiz is available now.

We'll be back with more on all of these (and no doubt the latest game based on a hat stand too) in due course; to have Slinky news fall into your lap, press the 'Track It!' button now.

Chris James
Chris James
A footy game fanatic and experienced editor of numerous computing and game titles, bossman Chris is up for anything – including running Steel Media (the madman).