Spelunker

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Spelunker is a platform game developed by Timothy G. Martin of MicroGraphicImage and published for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. It is set in a cave, with the player starting at the cave's entrance at the top. The objective is to get to the treasure at the bottom.

Spelunker was ported to the Commodore 64, then re-released by Broderbund in 1984, with European publishing rights licensed to Ariolasoft. It was released as an arcade video game in 1985, on the Nintendo Entertainment System on December 7, 1985 in Japan and September 1987 in North America, and MSX in 1986. An arcade sequel was released in 1986 as Spelunker II: 23 no Kagi, and a different sequel for the NES on September 18, 1987 called Spelunker II: Yūja e no Chōsen, both by Irem and in Japan only.

From Wikipedia's article Spelunker (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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NESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
BZN
AXM
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Keyboard controls

NESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
BZN
AXM
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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SpelunkerNES

3.0 Good job

Players 71 · 177 votes

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What the critics said

  • Computer Gaming World of 1985 called Spelunker "a thoroughly enjoyable game... a class act".

    — Computer Gaming World, 1985

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Spelunker (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

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