Pickaxe Pete
Pickaxe Pete is a platform game released as cartridge number 43 for the Philips Videopac console. It was published in North America for the Magnavox Odyssey² as Pick Axe Pete!. In Brazil, Pickaxe Pete was re-branded as Didi na Mina Encantada (Didi in the Enchanted Mine) for the Odyssey.[2] Pickaxe Pete was designed by Ed Averett, who wrote the majority of the games for the system.[1]
| Pickaxe Pete (Europe) Pick Axe Pete! (US) | |
|---|---|
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| Publisher(s) | Philips Magnavox |
| Designer(s) | Ed Averett[1] |
| Platform(s) | Philips Videopac (Europe) Magnavox Odyssey² (US) |
| Release | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
A U.S. national competition, "The Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off," was held at the World's Fair in October 1982.[3][4]
Gameplay
The player controls a miner named Pickaxe Pete who starts in the middle of the screen with a pick-axe. There are three doors from which boulders are coming, bouncing down the mine-shafts; every time Pete destroys one of these he gains 3 points, although the axe wears out after a while and disappears. When two boulders collide, they explode, and out comes either a pick-axe which floats to the bottom of the screen, a key which floats to the top, or nothing. If Pete has no axe, the player can either jump over boulders (gaining him 1 point), or get to the bottom of the mine to retrieve a new axe (gaining a 5-point bonus). If Pete collects a key then he can enter the doors, which lead him to the next level.[3]
References
- Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- "Didi Na Mina Encantada!". Odyssey Mania (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- Cassidy, William. "Pick Axe Pete - Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- "Pick Axe Pete Pick-Off News Coverage". The Odyssey2 Homepage. Retrieved December 6, 2016.