Sammy Lightfoot
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| Developer(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Designer(s) | Warren Schwader[1] |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC |
| Release date(s) | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
Sammy Lightfoot is a game written by Warren Schwader for the Apple II and published by Sierra On-Line in 1983. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision,[2] Commodore 64, and IBM PC. A multi-level platform game (or "climbing game," as the genre was called in the U.S. in 1983)[3] in the vein of Donkey Kong, Sammy Lightfoot follows the travails of a circus worker who jumps and climbs through a number of perilous situations.
See also
Apple Cider Spider - another Apple II platform game released by Sierra On-Line in 1983.
References
- ↑ "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ↑ ColecoVision Rarity Guide
- ↑ "The Player's Guide to Climbing Games". Electronic Games 1 (11): 49. January 1983.
External links
- The ColecoVision version of Sammy Lightfoot can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive
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