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Pick Axe Pete!

You play a miner named Pickaxe Pete, and you start off in the middle of the screen with a pick-axe. There are three doors from which boulders are coming, bouncing down the mine-shafts; every time Pete destroys…

31 December 1982

Pick Axe Pete! is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on Odyssey and Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.

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What Pick Axe Pete! is

Pick Axe Pete! was released in 1982. It was published by North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.. It is available on Odyssey and Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You play a miner named Pickaxe Pete, and you start off in the middle of the screen with a pick-axe. There are three doors from which boulders are coming, bouncing down the mine-shafts; every time Pete destroys one of these he gains 3 points, although the axe wears out after a while and disappears. When two boulders collide, they explode, and out comes either a pick-axe which floats to the bottom of the screen, a key which floats to the top, or nothing. If Pete has no axe, you can either jump over boulders (gaining him 1 point), or get to the bottom of the mine to retrieve a new axe (gaining a 5-point bonus). If he collects a key then he can enter the doors, which lead him to the next level.
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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

Pick Axe Pete! launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Pick Axe Pete! come out?
Pick Axe Pete! was released on 31 December 1982 for Odyssey and Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.

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