Hardhat Climber

Four levels of girders joined by ladders rise above you, and at the top sits a pile of 12 barrels that roll down one at a time, falling off the ends, down some ladders and through holes in the girders. Pick up the 16 toolboxes for 150 points each without being hit, and jump over a barrel for 1000. Collect every toolbox to earn 100 for each barrel left and move to a harder screen, with more holes and more broken ladders. You lose a climber if a barrel hits you, if you walk off a girder, or if all 12 barrels roll away before you finish. You start with three climbers and get one more every 10,000 points.

Controls: Use either joystick. Left and right walk, up and down climb, and the left button jumps the way you last walked. The keypad is not used.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a faithful adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, January 1984, page 196: original Commodore 64 program by Chris Lesher. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.