Underplayed Gems

Senku (1982)

Senku cover
Platforms
VIC-20
Where to get it
My Abandonware
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Senku feels like a sparse and unadorned relic from early home computing—basic in interactivity and minimal in sensory feedback.

retrosimpleearly computingarchivalobscurebasic gameplay

About

Released in 1982 for the Commodore VIC-20, *Senku* is an original video game featuring that specific title on its label. This entry represents a piece of software history from the early home computer era available on the platform during that time.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.