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Climber

Climber is a Game & Watch video game released in the Crystal Screen format in 1986 and the New Wide Screen format in 1988. The game was never released in Japan, and an estimated 250,000 of the New Wide Screen…

4 July 1986

Climber is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 4 July 1986 on Game & Watch.

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What Climber is

Climber is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1986. It is available on Game & Watch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Climber is a Game & Watch video game released in the Crystal Screen format in 1986 and the New Wide Screen format in 1988. The game was never released in Japan, and an estimated 250,000 of the New Wide Screen version were produced by Nintendo. The model number for the Crystal Screen version is DR-802, while the model number for the New Wide Screen game is DR-106. Some speculate that the game is based on the Ice Climber NES game, though this is unconfirmed. In Climber, you are a child known as Climber who, with the help of Lord Meiji's teachings, jumps across platforms trying to get to the top of Block Mountain while avoiding enemies and platforms that move. The enemies are the Blockmen…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Climber launched on 4 July 1986, within three weeks of Bubble Bobble and Salamander.

Released around the same time: Bubble Bobble, Salamander.

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When did Climber come out?
Climber was released on 4 July 1986 for Game & Watch.

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