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Spelunker (video game)
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<p><i>Spelunker</i> is a <a href="/facts/Platform_game/KJnmd0Il">platform game</a> developed by Timothy G. Martin of MicroGraphic Image and published for <a href="/facts/Atari_8-bit_computers/aT04N5zR">Atari 8-bit computers</a> in 1983. It is set in a <a href="/facts/Cave/SNfJTJtM">cave</a>, with the <a href="/facts/Player_character/YAfuo6f2">player</a> starting at the cave's entrance at the top. The objective is to get to the treasure at the bottom. </p><p><i>Spelunker</i> was ported to the <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a>, then re-released by <a href="/facts/Broderbund/hqef1olm">Broderbund</a> in 1984, with European publishing rights licensed to <a href="/facts/Ariolasoft/KpEMJa8c">Ariolasoft</a>. It was released as an <a href="/facts/Arcade_video_game/dCRltFVF">arcade video game</a> in 1985, on the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">Nintendo Entertainment System</a> on December 7, 1985 in <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a> and September 1987 in North America, and <a href="/facts/MSX/mthwra8a">MSX</a> in 1986. An arcade sequel was released in 1986 as <i>Spelunker II: 23 no Kagi</i>, and a different sequel for the NES on September 18, 1987 called <i><a href="/facts/Spelunker_II:_Y%C5%ABja_e_no_Ch%C5%8Dsen/XXLomdqw">Spelunker II: Yūja e no Chōsen</a></i>, both by <a href="/facts/Irem/IcuaHWHE">Irem</a> and in Japan only. </p>