Climber 5

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Climber 5
Developer James Rogers (Compute! magazine)
Xype
Publisher Activision (Activision Anthology)
Atari, S.A. (Atari Flashback 2)
AtGames (later Atari Flashback models)
Platforms Atari 2600, Atari Flashback (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9 Gold, Portable [revisions 1, 2, 3, and 4]), Atari 8-bit, Game Boy Advance, macOS, Windows
Released Atari 8-bit computers
North America: August 1987
macOS, Windows (Activision Anthology)
North America: October 6, 2003
Game Boy Advance (Activision Anthology)
North America: December 8, 2003
Atari Flashback 2
North America: 2005
Atari Flashback 6
North America: September 15, 2015
Atari Flashback 7
North America: October 1, 2016
Atari Flashback Portable (rev. 1)
North America: 2016
Atari Flashback 8
North America: September 22, 2017
Atari Flashback Portable (rev. 2)
North America: September 22, 2017
Atari Flashback 9
North America: October 24, 2018
Atari Flashback 9 Gold
North America: November 15, 2018
Atari Flashback Portable (rev. 3)
North America: 2018
Atari Flashback X, Flashback X Deluxe
North America: October 21, 2019
Atari Flashback Portable (rev. 4)
North America: 2019
Added to
Museum
macOS, Windows: March 1, 2024
Flashback 8 Activision: May 30, 2022

Climber 5 was created by James Rogers for Atari 8-bit computers.

An Atari 2600 remake of Climber 5, known as both Climber 5 and as Atari Climber on Atari Flashback video game consoles, was created by Dennis Debro of Xype.

Releases

Climber 5 was first released for Atari 8-bit computers in the August 1987 issue of Compute! magazine.

The Atari 2600 remake was published by Activision for macOS and Windows in North America on Activision Anthology: Remixed Edition on October 6, 2003 and on Game Boy Advance in North America on December 8, 2003.

It was published by Atari, S.A. when it was included in the Legacy Engineering-designed Atari Flashback 2 in 2005.

It was later published by AtGames in their versions of Atari Flashback consoles in North America, including Atari Flashback 6 on September 15, 2015, Atari Flashback 7 on October 1, 2016, the first revision of the Atari Flashback Portable in 2016, Atari Flashback 8 and the second revision of the Atari Flashback portable on September 22, 2017, Atari Flashback 9 on October 24, 2018, Atari Flashback 9 Gold on November 15, 2018, the third revision of the Atari Flashback Portable in 2018, the Atari Flashback X and Atari Flashback X Deluxe on October 21, 2019, and on the fourth revision of the Atari Flashback Portable in 2019.