Bagman (video game)
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Bagman is a
It was licensed to Stern for U.S. distribution in 1983 and to Taito in Japan the same year. In France, the game is titled Le Bagnard (English: The Convict). Bagman was followed-up with Super Bagman in 1984.Gameplay
The objective of the game is to maneuver the bagman through various
Bagman is played using one 4-way joystick and one action button. The joystick is also used to jump out of the ore cart. The action button is used to perform the following tasks:
- Pick up and drop money bags
- Pick up and drop pickaxe
- Grab and release the ceiling beam to avoid the ore cart (this can be done while carrying a money bag)
- Placing a money bag in the wheelbarrow
- Pick up and drop the wheelbarrow
Points are scored for each horizontal step the player takes, for each money bag placed in the wheelbarrow, and for each guard stunned.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed the game on their June 15, 1983 issue as the third most-successful new table arcade unit of the month.[4] In the United States, it was among the thirteen highest-grossing arcade games of 1983.[5]
Legacy
Aardvark Action Software published clones for the Commodore 64 and TRS-80 Color Computer as Bagitman. Ocean Software released a clone for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum in 1984 titled Gilligan's Gold.[6]
In 2010 a French programmer reconstructed source code from the game to port it to modern platforms.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-4990251215.
- Killer List of Videogames
- ^ "En Saône-et-Loire, sur les traces des premiers jeux vidéo français" [In Saône-et-Loire, on the tracks of the first French video games]. Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型新製品 (New Videos-Table Type)" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 214. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 June 1983. p. 27.
- Cash Box. October 29, 1983. p. 60.
- ^ Gilligan's Gold at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- ^ bagman on jotd.pagesperso-orange.fr
External links
- Bagman at the Killer List of Videogames