Climber 5
Climber 5 | |
Developer | James Rogers (Compute! magazine) Xype |
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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 both by the original name as well as by 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.