Hop Around

A villain is creeping along the top girder of a five-storey building site toward Sweet Doris, who waves for help at the far end. Walk left and right, and hop: you rise straight up through any holes above you. The villain drops bombs one at a time; each burns its fuse on the top girder, then falls, punching a hole in every girder on its way. Walk into a hole and you drop to the girder below, but fall too far, fall through the bottom, get hit by a bomb or bump into the villain and you have bombed out. After every bomb the villain creeps closer, and if he reaches Doris he carries her off. Hop up through the top girder and land on him to save her. Five levels; the fewest jumps is the record.

Controls: The stick walks left and right, and either button hops (hold it to keep hopping). On the title, up and down choose, left and right or a button change the level, and a button starts. Either controller works.

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 reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! No. 16, April 1985, page 86: original Commodore 64 program by Kevin Dewey. Printed for both the Commodore 64 and the VIC 20; the adaptation follows the C-64 listing. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.