ATARI CLIMBER(TM) (1 PLAYER)
A sunny weekend afternoon of baseball behind Atari’s corporate headquarters becomes an adventure through the halls of the great video game company. A
“Play Ball” The Umpire Cries!
Your job is to retrieve the ball wherever it may land. You wear your uniform with pride, and you’re an integral part of the team. Your friends can only afford one baseball, and your job is to retrieve stray balls and return them to the umpire. Whether running to get a foul or chasing the ball after it’s been knocked out of the park, you’re the best at what you do. And you better be, because the entire game grinds to a halt while a your friends wait for you to bring back the ball.
This time’s different though – it’s the bottom of the 9th and with 2 outs the opposing team’s batter just hit a whopper of a homer to tie it. A homer that just happened to land all the way at the top of Atari’s building.
The building consists of several horizontal levels, each connected by one or more ladders. You start on the lower right hand side of the screen; with the ball is all the way up at the upper left. You’ll have to make your way up the building avoiding all the swinging girders coming your way. Every time you get hit, you have to start over. Get hit five times and you can kiss your job goodbye!
Controls
Use your Joystick to select one of three skill levels (Original, Normal, Advanced) upon startup. More advanced levels include falling objects and harder moving girders, and moving balls!
Press the Joystick left or right to make your player run left or right.
To climb ladders, align your player with the ladder and press the Joystick up or down accordingly.
Credits
ATARI Climber(tm) is a homebrew game written by Dennis Debro.
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