Climber 5 - Atari 2600

Amazing Game. Climber 5 is a great game. With three levels of play and challenges at every level, this game is a must buy for ANY Atari fan. Climber 5 features simple, yet exceptionally well designed graphics and plenty of pick-up and play action. But don\'t let that stop you from checking out the awesome full color manual, complete with expository comic strip in the back!Best of all there is enough challenge and replay value in Climber 5 to keep you playing it for hours!Climber 5 is a can\'t miss hit that belongs in EVERY Atari collection.

I bought this game years ago when it first hit the AA store and always thought it was solid Atari 2600 title. The game play is simple enough. Retrieve your baseball from the top floor of an unfinished skyscraper, climbing ladders and avoiding girders that move throughout the levels. Each level see's the gameplay get a bit faster and the girders get positioned closer to each other.

There are variations of this theme with random placement of ladders and girders, timers, and falling objects that give this game a lot of replayability. Best of all NO FLICKER!!! A really top notch homebrew.

Climber 5 is an adaptation of a game (also called Climber 5) originally created for the Atari 8-bit computers. I downloaded and tried out the original version prior to writing this review. The object of the game is to climb up a building that\'s under construction, and retrieve a baseball that\'s been hit up there. You have to climb ladders, and avoid girder beams moving back and forth. That\'s about as far as the original game went, and an adaptation of that version is included on the 2600 cart.But Dennis Debro also added two improved versions to the cart. The "Normal" version adds a timer, randomized girders and ladder positions, and the ability for the player to change the girders\' directions (which takes extra time away from you). For those looking for an added challenge, the "Advanced" version also adds falling objects that you need to either avoid, or catch to earn more time. This third version is where Climber 5 really begins to shine. The falling objects transform it into a really well-rounded and challenging game, where strategy and good timing become indispensable.The player\'s speed on the first level feels really sluggish, but that picks up starting in the second level. The graphics are decent, and in keeping with the original game. The sounds are about average for a 2600 game. Ultimately though, it\'s the gameplay that will keep you returning to Climber 5 - especially the "Advanced" version.

The care & effort that Dennis put into Climber 5 is obvious. If only we\'d had a game like this on our beloved 2600\'s back in the early 80\'s! The 3 game variations really go a long way to keeping Climber 5 a fresh & fun experience every time! Watch for the bonus falling coffee cup! :)

Great Graphics, great playability. Not much else to say. The game is simple, & very challenging. And yet keeps you coming back for more... a must have for everyone...