also remains active, roaming randomly on the board even when not being used to attack. A Dog Tolerance meter slowly drops, representing a time limit. Once this reaches zero, the dog begins to attack the mower, causing an immediate overheat if he manages to bite it. If Dog Loyalty remains, the dog can be distracted from attacking the mower by commanding it to attack the neighbour or gardener instead. Also, if the mower collides with the dog, the Dog Tolerance meter immediately drops to zero. Legacy Windows port In 2002, Idigicon released a Microsoft Windows version under its Kool Dog label. It was not programmed by Jeff Minter. Mower acceleration was removed, and the player has 5 lives instead of 3. Intellivision port In 2018, Elektronite released an Intellivision version. It was not programmed by Jeff Minter but rather by Óscar Toledo Gutierrez. Sequel In 2002 Minter released a sequel, Hover Bovver 2, for the Windows and PocketPC platforms. This introduced new features: The gardener's speed increases with the number of flowers mowed. If all flowers on the board were mowed, "the police" appear to chase the player—five extremely fast enemies who were immune to the dog. Dog Tolerance drops much more slowly, and crashing into the dog with the mower no longer drops Dog Tolerance to zero. Instead, it causes "the vet" to appear, an enemy behaving as the others but immune to the dog's attacks. The dog occasionally relieves itself on the lawn. The player can prevent this by spending Loyalty. If allowed to proceed, the resulting dog mess slows down the mower, but it also freezes any enemy colliding with it for a long period of time. A "dog toy" can be collected which and thrown to the dog, increasing Loyalty and Tolerance at the cost of the player being unable to use the dog for a period of time. Some levels feature a "weed killer" which if collected, gradually destroys all of the flowers on the level, leading to the gardener and police appearing. Sheep gradually appear to assist in mowing the lawn by eating grass. MAME port In 2022 Llamasoft released a version of Hover Bovver that would run under MAME. References 1983 video games Atari 8-bit family games Commodore 64 games Maze games Windows games Llamasoft games Video games about dogs Video games about plants Video games developed in the United Kingdom