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'''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''' is an [[action]] game, that was developed by [[Enigma Variations]] for [[Alternative Software]] and released upon the [[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC]] and [[Commodore 64]] in [[1990]]; it is based on the British children's television series of the same name, itself an adaptation of ''The Railway Series'' books by the Reverend W. Awdry, and was later redeveloped for the [[Commodore Amiga]], [[Atari ST]] and [[MS-DOS]] by [[PeakStar Software]] in [[1992]]. The 8-bit versions are infamous for being impossible to complete on "normal" difficulty due to the placement of rocks on the tracks being randomly-generated, Thomas' so-called "friends" whom, in the '90 versions, were limited to Duck and Diesel appearing at varying points, and Thomas himself derailing if he tries to turn a corner at a high speed - and going back two screens each time he got "repaired" did not help.

This is the first of [[:Category:Thomas the Tank Engine|games based on Thomas the Tank Engine]], and was followed up by three sequels: [[Thomas the Tank Engine 2]] (Commodore Amiga, [[1993]]), [[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (1993)]] ([[SNES]]/[[Sega Genesis]], 1993) and [[Thomas the Tank Engine Pinball]] ([[Commodore Amiga CD32]], [[1995]]). An [[NES]] version of the third game, which was developed and published by [[THQ]] instead of Alternative, was also planned, but was never released, possibly because that console was too dated by that time.