Claim Jumper (video game)

Claim Jumper is a 1982 video game written by Gray Chang for the Atari 8-bit family and published by Synapse Software.[1] It is primarily designed as a two-player competitive game, but includes a separate shoot 'em up mode for either one or two players.[2]

Claim Jumper
Developer(s)Gray Chang
Publisher(s)Synapse Software
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit family
Release1982

Gameplay

Claim Jumper is a game in which the player is a cowboy collecting gold bars.[3]

Development

Gray Chang kept a notebook while writing the game which contains nearly 200 pages of code, flowcharts, technical details, and graph paper sketches of the game art.[4]

In-game screenshot

Reception

Allen Doum reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "The graphics and animation in Claim Jumper are very good but, while there are sound cues for most game actions, the sounds are not very imaginative. There aren't many interactively competitive two player arcade-style games, so it is nice to see a company like Synapse release a game like Claim Jumper which fills that need so nicely."[3]

References
  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. "Claim Jumper Manual". archive.org. Synapse Software. 1982.
  3. Doum, Allen (Jan–Feb 1983). "The Atari Arena". Computer Gaming World. 1 (8): 34–35.
  4. Chang, Gray. "Claim Jumper Development Notebook". archive.org.
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