Jumpman

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Description

Jumpman is a bomb disposal expert. He is called on to save the Jupiter headquarters after the evil Alienators invade it and booby-trap its 30 levels.

In this early platform game, the titular hero must find his way around each screen, collecting every bomb. There are platforms and ladders to use, and a jet booster to propel you up the screen. However there are also enemies to avoid, and Jumpman must be careful not to fall too far.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Donkey Kong variants
• Jumpman legacy

User Reviews

Jumpman we knew ye not	PC Booter	Terrence Bosky (5458)
Lots of action for a lypical ladder game of that era	PC Booter	Olivier Masse (449)
tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick	Commodore 64	Katakis | カタキス (42876)

Critic Reviews

Your Commodore	Commodore 64	Apr, 1985		100
The Video Game Critic	Commodore 64	Feb 13, 2013	A	100
Retro Game Reviews	Commodore 64	Jun 15, 2015		90
Nintendo Life	Wii	Sep 19, 2008		80
64'er	Commodore 64	Jul, 1986	12 out of 15	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Oct 02, 2008	3 out of 10	30
Info	Commodore 64	Sep, 1983	Unscored	Unscored

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Source code

Sometimes the developers forget to format their floppies before building a production master. Here's a tidbit of source code found on the original program disk:

CSEG    SEGMENT
        ASSUME  CS:CSEG,DS:CSEG,ES:CSEG
        INCLUDE J:JUMPTBLE.ASM
        ORG     9300H
LEVEL_NUM       DB      '05'
SCREEN_DRW      DW      SCR_TABLE
TARGET_LIST     DW      TAR_LIST
JUMPMAN_AREA    DW      JMA
JMC1            DW      FJM1
JMC2            DW      FJM2
NUM_TARGETS     DB      14
NUM_BULLETS     DB      0
BONUS_VALUE     DB      '15'
PRE_PLAY:       JMP     INITS
PLAY:           JMP     STARTS
POST_PLAY:      JMP     DONES
PLAYER_LIST     DW      PLAYERS
START_POS       DW      152,94
BULLET_LIST     DW      0
SCR_TABLE:
        DW 128,12,1,136,10,2,152,8,2,168,10,2,184,12,1,8,32,3,56,32,5
        DW      96,34,1,104,36,1,112,38,1,120,40,1,128,42,1,136,44,1,144,46,1
        DW      152,48,2,168,46,1,176,44,1,184,42,1,192,40,1,200,38,1,208,36,1
        DW      216,34,1,224,32,5,288,32,3,8,64,3,32,66,1,40,68,1,48,70,1
        DW      56,72,6,136,72,6,216,72,6,264,70,1,272,68,1,280,66,1,288,64,3
        DW      24,104,10,136,104,6,216,104,10,16,136,9,120,136,10,232,136,9
        DW      8,176,8,104,176,2,120,174,1,128,172,1,136,170,1,144,168,4
        DW      176,170,1,184,172,1,192,174,1,200,176,2,248,176,8,0FFFFH
        DW      72,24,10,232,24,10,32,96,10,152,96,9,272,96,10,0FFFFH
        DW      0FFFFH,8,28,3,308,28,3,0FFFFH

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• The Jumpman Lounge (Find information and files related to all of the Jumpman games.)
• The jumpman project (Project to port the bootable IBM PC game to a DOS program. )
• The Jumpman Story (Coalition to save Jumpman)
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