Sammy Lightfoot
Sammy Lightfoot is a video game written by Warren Schwader for the Apple II and published by Sierra On-Line in 1983. It is a platform game (or "climbing game", as the genre was called in the US in 1983) in the vein of Donkey Kong. Lightfoot follows the travails of a circus worker who jumps and climbs through perilous situations in three non-scrolling levels.
Sammy Lightfoot
- Date
- 1983
- Genre
- platformer
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It was ported to the Commodore 64 followed by ColecoVision and the PC-8800 series.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Sammy Lightfoot • Developer — Sierra On-Line • Publisher — Sierra On-Line Comptiq (PC-88) • Designer — Warren Schwader • Released — 1983: Apple, C64 1984: ColecoVision 1985: PC-88 • Platforms — Apple II, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, PC-88 • Genre — Platform
Reception
Reception
The Commodore 64 Home Companion stated that Sammy Lightfoot captures the cartoon spirit and graphic style of Donkey Kong without being a simple clone.
Legacy
Legacy
Warren Schwader worked on a sequel called Sammy's Icehouse which was never finished. He described it as similar to Mario Bros.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Sammy Lightfoot, revision 1353409137 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Hague, James. The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers.
- 2.The Player's Guide to Climbing Games. Electronic Games. 1. 11. 49. January 1983.
- 3.Sammy Lightfoot.
- 4.ColecoVision Rarity Guide
- 5.Beekman, George. Sierra On-Line. The Commodore 64 Home Companion. 174–175. 1984.
- 6.Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers. 1997.
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