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Electronic Games, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1985)

Electronic Games editors. 1985. “Electronic Games, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1985).” Electronic Games, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1985). Reese Communications.

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Electronic Games, Apr 1985
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Pinned in stubs batch 35 for Bill Kunkel's review of Broderbund's Spelunker for Atari computers (printed p. 56).

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Reviews of Broderbund's edition name Tim Martin and MicroGraphic Image as Spelunker's authors. Electronic Games, in April 1985, heads its review "Designed by Tim Martin / and Micro GraphImages", and David Stone, in Computer Gaming World's February 1985 issue, wrote that "MicroGraphic Image and Tim Martin, the game's authors, deserve at least one kudo each".p. 56 (image 56), Computer Gaming, Spelunker review header; read on the page imageMagazine
Broderbund published Spelunker for Atari computers and the Commodore 64. Computer Entertainer's December 1984 Availability Update lists "x-Spelunker (BRO)" for the fourth quarter under both Atari computers and the Commodore 64; the page's legend for the x is cut off at the scan's edge after "x - indicates sh". Electronic Games gave Broderbund's Atari version as a 48K disk at $29.95, and COMPUTE! reviewed it in July 1985 for the Commodore 64 with a disk drive and for Atari 400, 800, XL or XE computers with at least 48K and a disk drive, at $29.95.p. 56 (image 56), Spelunker review header; read on the page imageMagazine
Bill Kunkel reviewed Broderbund's Atari version in Electronic Games in April 1985. He found that after a few rounds most players would be absorbed by "this skillful send-up of cave exploring in an action-game context", called the graphics first rate, and singled out a ride in a coal car. He found the keyboard functions "a bit of a hassle" and the on-screen spelunker, if anything, over-sensitive.p. 56 (image 56), Spelunker reviewp. 56 (image 56), Spelunker reviewp. 56 (image 56), Spelunker reviewp. 56 (image 56), Spelunker reviewp. 56 (image 56), Spelunker reviewMagazine