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06-20-2003, 09:41 AM
At long last, the DP Random Subterranean Generator of Games (tm) has produced an Odyssey2 title! And I only had to submit a request 43 times this morning to get one!
One of the most popular games on the O2 system was this original title. We talk enough about it in the entry itself - but what do YOU think of Pickaxe Pete? Write your own mini-review here!
DP Guide sez:
Pick Axe Pete! (Odyssey2, by NAP) $7/R3 +
a.k.a. Didi na Mina Encantada!, Peter tete depioche
Designed by Ed Averett. Originally titled "Hammerin' Hank" but renamed and literally retooled (from a hammer to a pick-axe) in the wake of the K.C. Munchkin lawsuit in order to avoid similar flak from the Donkey Kong camp, even though the only real similarity between the two games is the presence of ladders. Extremely fun cart with lots of action and superb Odyssey2 character animation. Whenever you have a key, JUMP toward the doors. Even if you get hit by a boulder, you'll almost always roll right on out the door and be able to continue playing. You can also often avoid getting hit by boulders (they will pass right through Pete) by standing just outside a door. In its heyday, Odyssey sponsored the Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off, a competition that crowned the best Pick Axe Pete player and awarded him one pound of gold, worth over $6000. More than 10,000 Odyssey2 gamers entered the contest by submitting TV screen photos of their highest scores. Judged by Electronic Games editors Katz, Kunkel and Worley, (and written up in their February 1983 issue) the Pick Off brought its five finalists, all of whom scored over 9000 points to qualify, to the World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee. The competition helped boost Fair attendance to a single day record of 110,000 people. In the end, ten year old Tony Scardigno of New Jersey went home with the gold. Tony won the hearts of Digital Press readers everywhere when he said that he wanted to put "about an ounce" of the gold toward the purchase of more videogames. The Knoxville World Fair is featured in the Simpsons episode 3F17, (seventh season, 1996) "Bart on the Road" and includes plenty of shots of the infamous Sun Sphere! Sadly, Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Martin were about fourteen years too late to enter the Pick-Off, but on the plus side, Nelson did knock over the Sun Sphere. Ha-ha! Released in 1982. EASTER EGGS: Whenever you have the key, always jump towards the doors. Even if a boulder hits you, most often you will roll out the door and continue the game. c1982 Ed Averett. #AC9437.
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One of the most popular games on the O2 system was this original title. We talk enough about it in the entry itself - but what do YOU think of Pickaxe Pete? Write your own mini-review here!
DP Guide sez:
Pick Axe Pete! (Odyssey2, by NAP) $7/R3 +
a.k.a. Didi na Mina Encantada!, Peter tete depioche
Designed by Ed Averett. Originally titled "Hammerin' Hank" but renamed and literally retooled (from a hammer to a pick-axe) in the wake of the K.C. Munchkin lawsuit in order to avoid similar flak from the Donkey Kong camp, even though the only real similarity between the two games is the presence of ladders. Extremely fun cart with lots of action and superb Odyssey2 character animation. Whenever you have a key, JUMP toward the doors. Even if you get hit by a boulder, you'll almost always roll right on out the door and be able to continue playing. You can also often avoid getting hit by boulders (they will pass right through Pete) by standing just outside a door. In its heyday, Odyssey sponsored the Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off, a competition that crowned the best Pick Axe Pete player and awarded him one pound of gold, worth over $6000. More than 10,000 Odyssey2 gamers entered the contest by submitting TV screen photos of their highest scores. Judged by Electronic Games editors Katz, Kunkel and Worley, (and written up in their February 1983 issue) the Pick Off brought its five finalists, all of whom scored over 9000 points to qualify, to the World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee. The competition helped boost Fair attendance to a single day record of 110,000 people. In the end, ten year old Tony Scardigno of New Jersey went home with the gold. Tony won the hearts of Digital Press readers everywhere when he said that he wanted to put "about an ounce" of the gold toward the purchase of more videogames. The Knoxville World Fair is featured in the Simpsons episode 3F17, (seventh season, 1996) "Bart on the Road" and includes plenty of shots of the infamous Sun Sphere! Sadly, Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Martin were about fourteen years too late to enter the Pick-Off, but on the plus side, Nelson did knock over the Sun Sphere. Ha-ha! Released in 1982. EASTER EGGS: Whenever you have the key, always jump towards the doors. Even if a boulder hits you, most often you will roll out the door and continue the game. c1982 Ed Averett. #AC9437.
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